date approaches, you should also:Eat well and get plenty of restPractise your breathing exercises - your antenatal teacher or midwife should be able to advise you about thisGentle squats will help strengthen your legs for labour. Use a chair or exercise

about you going into labour naturally.You'll be given an epidural, the top of your pubic hair shaved, a drip put into your arm to give you saline fluid and a catheter inserted to empty your bladder. A screen will be placed in front of you so you won

is lying low), fibroids, an oddly-shaped womb or, rarely, there’s a problem that could probably be identified by an ultrasound scan.Q Is there anything I can do to help my baby to turn?A You could ask your midwife to show you some exercises that may help

A tear during labour means that you have suffered damage to the skin, tissues and occasionally muscles of your vagina and perineum - the area between your vagina and anus.The tear could be anything from a nick in the skin to a deeper laceration