Erin: First Birth, Positive NHS Hospital Induction, Reduced Movements, Three Failed Pessaries, Diamorphine, Fast Vaginal Birth

British Birthing Stories · Feb 10, 2026 · 55m

She was admitted the day before her due date with reduced movements. And then her body kept expelling every single pessary they put in.

Erin is a mum of two from a small town who shares a calm, grounded and ultimately positive first birth story after an induction that did not go quite to plan. Three pessaries. None lasting longer than an hour. A body that had its own ideas. And then a drip, diamorphine, and a labour that moved fast once it finally got going. Erin went from irregular contractions to holding her son Frankie in her arms in a matter of hours, supported by a midwifery team she…