By: Samantha Thurlby-Brooks

Relax... your body knows what it's doing so you don't need to do a thing! You don't need to think about what comes next or what position you should or shouldn't be in, or whether you've left the iron on! You're having a baby and your body loves it.

By: Samantha Thurlby-Brooks

It does sound a little strange to say "remember to breathe" during labour, but you'll be surprised how often we hold our breath in day-to-day activities, let alone while giving birth.

When you're experiencing any sort of discomfort, the immediate reaction is to hold your breath. This will cause you far more discomfort, as well as making you light headed, unfocused and increase your experience of pain as well as making you stressed and irritable.

By: Samantha Thurlby-Brooks

Over the past few millions of years, humans and mamals have been giving birth without the use of hospitals, doctors or epidurals, for the most part, very effectively. The female body is designed to give birth very successfully and efficiently without the need for conscious control. In fact, the more you try to control the functioning and experiences within your body as you go through labour and childbirth, the more uncomfortable, stressful and prolonged your experience will be. Here's why...

By: Teresa Redmond

Here's the skinny on childbirth. You will hear all kinds of stories about childbirth. What's true and what is simply a myth. We have listed ten of the most common myths about childbirth.