After planning a home birth, things changed for this couple when they discovered their baby wasn’t growing properly in the womb. But they still got a wonderful birth experience on the labour ward!

Having planned a prepared for a home birth, but finding her waters breaking at 36+1, it seemed this baby had other plans! A lovely positive hospital birth story for a first time mum.

What sort of monitoring should you have in labour? A look at pinnards, dopplers, CTG, FSC and Telemetry monitoring.