Birth - how was it for you

At home or high-tech every birth is fascinating and different. Here are the stories that babyworld members have written about their labours and birth.

Amusing, enlightening, heartwarming, scary these stories cover the whole range of birth experiences - a great way for you to gen up for your big day or to compare notes!

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• Caesarean (both emergency and planned

• Natural birth

• Assisted delivery (eg ventouse, forceps)

• Home birth
• Short births
• Premature births
• Twins
• Big babies
• Water births
• VBAC
• Births using hypnotherapy
• Births abroad

Caesarean (both emergency and planned)

Ryan's arrival
Not too posh to push
Joshua's arrival
Is he meant to be purple
I'd do it all again tomorrow

Natural birth

Kira's birth - the long story of a short labour
Fastest homebirth ever
I didn't make it to the delivery room
Elodie's long awaited arrival

Assisted delivery (eg ventouse, forceps)

We love our Maisie (forceps)
I knew I was in labour (ventouse)
She's finally here (forceps)
From no pain relief to epidural (forceps)
Slow progress (forceps)
A picture perfect ending (forceps)
It happened in the end (forceps)

Home birth

Kira's birth - the long story of a short birth
A tale of two friends
Fastest homebirth ever
Jamie's birth - similar birth, different midwife

Short births

I didn't make it to the delivery room
Fastest homebirth ever!

Premature births

"I felt eased into motherhood"
"I was so relieved when I heard him cry"
"Two pushes later, out she came!"

Twins

Moving house and giving birth to twins
Easier than expected
An early double delivery
One of each
Pop! Went my waters.....twice
Milo and Fizz make their grand entrance...eventually

Big babies

They said he would be 10lbs
Eldoie's long-awaited arrival!

Water births

"Everything I had hoped for and a truly wonderful experience"
Made in water
Oscar's arrival - Paula's first water birth

VBAC

Fast, sudden VBAC!
A tight squeeze
The VBAC of Eve Carmel
A good inducement
At first I was terrified
I did it!

Births using hypnotherapy

One birth two stories - a couple's view of their hypnobirth at home
The contractions were enjoyable!
Our home hypno-waterbirth

Births abroad

Operation Osaka Baby
A birth house in Germany