pregnancy ~ signs of labour ~ the latent phase ~ advice for staying at home ~ what determines the length of your labour ~ going to hospital /calling the midwife ~ first, second & third stages of labour ~ what the birth partner might see ~water-birth ~ when things don’t go according to plan (induction, ventouse, forceps, stitches, caesarean section) ~ attitude towards pain ~ role of the birth partner ~ coping methods for early labour ~ natural pain relief ~ medical pain relief ~ skin to skin ~ breastfeeding benefits to mums & babies ~ sterilising ~ bottle feeding ~SIDS (cot death) ~challenges of breastfeeding ~ anatomy & how it works ~expressing ~breastfeeding & partners ~ how life is about to change ~ first hour with your babies ~ visitors ~practicalities to consider ~ first days with your babies ~ why do babies cry? ~ nappy changing ~ bathing baby ~ baby clothes ~car-seat safety ~ insight into parenthood