Birth Diaries

Corinne Card was in the bath when she reached down and felt what she thought was her baby's head...
Kat Clark recalls how she went from feeling barely anything to experiencing racehorse surges: "It felt like I’d stolen a Ferrari and gone from 0-100 in five seconds without any warm-up."
Nine women tell HuffPost UK what it was like to give birth during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Birth Diaries: "My midwife and I were holding hands doing squats together. It was like a workout!"
Birth Diaries: "When my daughter came out, I was exhausted. I felt like I was having an out of body experience."
Birth Diaries: "I’ve been in midwifery for over a decade, so I’ve seen a lot. Beautiful births, peaceful births at home, all the way to very traumatic births."
Birth Diaries: 'It’s exactly what I didn’t want, but the whole team was so calm and reassuring. I had an all-female team in theatre!'
Birth Diaries: 'I went into labour early – at six months, 27 weeks and four days to be precise.'
Birth Diaries: "I had a pill up my bum, three drips from each arm, and my adrenaline was high."
Birth Diaries: "My head was killing me. I’d stayed in hospital that night and it was unbearable the next day."