Alex: Two Births, Fast Premature Hospital Birth and Planned Induction with Ventouse Delivery

British Birthing Stories · Oct 13, 2026 · 48m

Two completely different births, one five weeks early and one planned down to the day. Alex works for a small legal firm and has two little boys under three, and she's on the pod today to share both.

Her first labour crept up on her. She lost her mucus plug, then spent a day unsure whether her waters had actually gone, baking wedding cupcakes and packing up the house because she genuinely didn't believe she was in labour at thirty five weeks. By the time she reached hospital, a doctor examined her and told her flatly that her cervix was completely closed. Two hours later she was eight…