Articles Tagged: birthing pool

Dad finds his newborn baby in birthing pool after blackout - using his mobile phone torch

By Keith Kendrick, Feb 15, 2012

A new dad used a torch on his mobile phone to search a birthing pool for his newborn son after a powercut blackout at the maternity hospital.

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I had a water birth at home but my baby had to be rushed to hospital

By Heidi Scrimgeour, May 4, 2011

Esther Phoebe May Felicity Dunn, 30, from Milton Keynes, had her first baby at home in a birthing pool. But a couple of ...

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Mum's Christmas Day home birth - despite domestic disasters

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 6, 2011

Mum-to-be Audrie Woodhouse, 35, had planned a relaxing water birth at home for her second baby's arrival. The new baby was ...

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B: What is a birthing aid?

By parentdish.co.uk, Apr 23, 2010

A birthing aid is a piece of apparatus that helps women to achieve an active birth and cope with the pain of contractions. ...

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How to write your birth plan

By Debbie Webber, Nov 30, 2009

Writing your birth plan can be a wonderful thing to do in the weeks leading up to the big day. It helps to focus your mind on ...

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