NHS Birth Choices

Your choice Where to have your baby…

Labour and Birth Packing Checklist

Community Birth: At home or the Whitelake Midwifery Led Unit

Community Birth: At home or the Whitelake Midwifery Led Unit patient information leaflet

Signs of Labour

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

Signs of premature labour

Call your midwife or hospital maternity unit straight away if you think you are in early labour. It may be a false alarm, but it’s ...

Pain Relief in Labour

Labour can be painful – it can help to learn about all the ways you can relieve the pain.

Coping in Labour – Positions for labour and birth

NHS patient leaflet you can download

Induction of Labour

An induced labour is one that’s started artificially. Every year, 1 in 5 labours are induced in the UK. Sometimes labour can be induced if ...

Outpatient Induction of labour

Patient leafet you can download

Stages of Labour

At the start of labour, your cervix starts to soften so it can open. This is called the latent phase and you may feel irregular ...