Articles Tagged: water birth

Whopper water baby makes a 12lb 6oz splash at birth!

By Kelly Rose Bradford, May 17, 2012

Bethany Jane Turner made a bit of a splash when she arrived in a birthing pool at North Manchester General Hospital last week - all 12lb 6oz of her!

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"This is all your fault!" Is the delivery room really the place for your other half?

By Eleanor Tucker, Mar 6, 2012

Do dads really make the best birth partners? Join the debate and have your say on men in the delivery room

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The woman whose boyfriend and lover helped deliver her baby in a birthing pool

By Keith Kendrick, Dec 7, 2011

Jaiya Ma had both her baby’s father AND her boyfriend in the birthing pool with her to help deliver her baby Eamon.

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Mum gives birth live on the internet

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Oct 17, 2011

Just days after one mum announced she would give birth in a gallery as part of an art show, another has given birth live on the internet. Nancy Salgueiro, 32, delivered her 6lbs 10oz baby boy in front of a webcam as viewers tuned in from around the globe.

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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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Dad delivers baby - then takes to the stage minutes later!

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Apr 11, 2011

A tenor delivered his baby son, then hot-footed it to New York's Metropolitan Opera to appear on stage in Le Comte Ory just ...

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Owen Wilson proud dad to baby boy

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Jan 17, 2011

Little Fockers actor Owen Wilson has become a dad for the first time after his girlfriend Jade Duell gave birth to a baby ...

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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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