Relax, Balance, Birth

What is a positive birth? A positive birth means a birth in which a woman feels she has freedom of choice, access to accurate information, and that she is in control, powerful and respected. A birth that she approaches (probably a bit nervously!) but without fear, and that she then goes on to enjoy, and remember with joy. Is it only for hippies or people who want a natural birth? Definitely not, I believe anybody can have a positive birth. It does not have to be ‘natural’ or

Having had quite a lot of back pain for a couple of days, I woke up at around 6.30am on the Friday morning, the 13th October (Friday the 13th!) with a really bad cramp in my back. I was 40+4 and had an antenatal appointment in the Rotunda for 10am.While I was pottering around, and getting dressed I realised the cramps in my back were coming quite regularly, every five/six minutes apart, and by 7.30am, I was having to breathe through them, and needed Alan to compress my hips/