birth
"It blows my mind thinking back to it now."
"Hideously grateful is how I would describe my birth."
We've gone from "baby boomers" to "baby bust".
"For once I don't care – congratulations!"
"Ouch, ouch, yay!" or "Never, ever again" – what would yours be?
'I didn't meet my daughter until 48 hours after was she born.'
'They hoiked my dress up around my hips, I pushed, and she came out.'
Double trouble – or double the joy?
Almost a third of pregnant women now have their labour induced.
"I was in limbo – and nobody and nothing could rid me of my fear."