Your due date is fast approaching, you're feeling excited and nervous, but how will you know for sure when labour is actually starting? Early labour is when the uterus starts to contract, and the cervix - which is the neck of the womb - softens

Pregnant Lily Allen seems like she's trying to naturally induce her labour, with some telling tweets. Lily, who is pregnant with her and husband Sam Cooper’s second baby, tweeted over Christmas that she didn’t intend to spend much of this year

Davina McCall can’t be accused of mincing her words this week after she decided to give pregnant Kate Middleton a bit of inside info on giving birth. Davina said, “Imagine weeing a watermelon. It’s that bad.” Then, after shelling out that pearl of wisdom, Davina added, “It is whe...

or back. Most consider labour to be painful, but the first stage of labour tends to start gradually and build up, with the contractions intensifying as the cervix becomes more dilated.Some mums-to-be feel the pain through every nerve ending, whereas others

women feel a dull ache through their lower back when they are experiencing labour contractions. In fact, many women say that they feel their contractions start in their back and slowly wrap around to the front as the contraction progresses

baby shower.And if you want it to be a star-studded affair, take inspiration from these celeb mums whose showers proved to be a big hit!Read more…Davina McCall’s labour advice for Kate MiddletonIs third trimester Lily Allen trying to kick start labour

reference to "castor oil" and admitted she was on her “3rd curry this week”, both said to bring on labour. Plus we heard that Lily had chosen the super-cool Mima buggy for her new baby - you can see it here on our sister site Madefor

An amazing image of a baby being born has become an internet sensation.Randy Atkins captured this breathtaking photo while his wife Alicia gave birth to their daughter Neveah in October by Caesarean-section.The image shows the baby’s hand reaching out while she is still in the wo...

are in excellent health."The songstress has kept fans upto date on her pregnancy even sharing her ultrasound pic. So it's no surprise that earlier in the day she took to Twitter to tell her fans she had gone into labour, and ask for their well wishes."I'd like

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