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• The stages of labour and birth

  Find out what happens during labour and birth, including the 3 stages of labour, contractions, dilation, birth positions and monitoring your baby.

• Labour and birth

  How to tell if you're in labour and what happens during labour and birth.

• Premature labour and birth

  Find out about premature labour and birth (before 37 weeks of pregnancy), and what you might expect if it happens.

• Pain relief in labour

  Find out about the different methods of pain relief in labour, including self-help, gas and air, birth pools, pethidine and epidurals.

• What happens

  Find out what happens during a caesarean section, how you prepare, and what happens immediately afterwards.

• What happens

  Find out about preparing for angiography, and what happens during and after the procedure.

• Inducing labour

  Find out about induction of labour, where the midwife or doctor starts labour artificially using a membrane sweep, pessary or hormone drip.

• What happens straight after the birth?

  What to expect after your baby is born, including information on skin-to-skin contact, bonding, stitches and vitamin K injections.

• What happens during radiotherapy

  Read about what happens before radiotherapy, the different ways it can be given, and the issues you should be aware of during treatment.

• Signs that labour has begun

  Find out how to recognise the signs of labour, which can include contractions, a show, waters breaking, backache and needing the toilet.