Articles Tagged: gas and air

Your birth plan - and what really happens

By Hazel Davis, Sep 23, 2011

Before the birth you spend considerable time writing your birth plan which is supposed to stay in your medical notes and be waved at midwives by your tense partner, who will also be burdened with a birthing ball, cool ice and massage oil.

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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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Pain relief in labour

By Rachel Burge, Sep 18, 2010

OK, so we know this birth thing is going to sting just a tad! Apart from positive thinking, you do have some additional ...

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Big Mouth for Mummy: Oscar's birth

By Felicity Quigley, Aug 14, 2010

So here I am, a mummy! What a journey it's been these last nine months. A time I have really enjoyed, for the most part, but ...

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G: What is gas and air?

By parentdish.co.uk, Dec 22, 2009

Gas and air is a mix of 50 per cent oxygen and 50 per cent nitrous oxide (laughing gas). It is commonly used during labour ...

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Crazy woman tried to give birth at Glastonbury Festival...

By Jenny Cornish, Jul 4, 2009

A woman attempted to give birth at the Glastonbury Festival last weekend - on purpose. According to a website, she took a ...

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