Flip Dunning, 34, had been hoping for a home birth, and was hoping to avoid all medical intervention. But after she’d been in labour for two and a half days, it became clear that would not be possible.Flip was adamant that she didn’t want

KellyJo Krneta tells her birth story: I'm 29, married and gave birth to my first baby, Alfie Mykael, in October. I'd had a gem of a pregnancy, no sickness, so heartburn, no swollen ankles, it was great! My husband already has a son who is 14

Bex tells her birth story: I was Group B Strep during my pregnancy and was told I would need three doses of antibiotics four hours apart.I was given the due date of Christmas Day. Emeliya-rose came on Christmas Eve morning. I went into hospital at 7

Rebecca Scott-Williams tells her birth story: 'We knew we were having a little boy and 3 days after my due date, it was a Monday, I had a terrible headache and swelling to my ankles.Concerned about pre-eclampsia I phoned the midwives at our local

Tracy-Anne tells her birth story: On Monday December 8th I called the hospital as I had not had any movement for a few days. I had a flu virus for over a month and was feeling really poorly and had been wetting myself with the coughing.I was told

Emma Tierney tells her birth story: 'When I found out I was pregnant, I was terrified.At 18, I thought my parents would kill me and I couldn’t find the words to tell your Dad. We weren’t together and you weren’t planned... But after 3 weeks I got so