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Barely a month later, Sarah Robinson stepped into a birthing pool at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, a hospital run by the same NHS trust.

But with a half-decorated flat in disarray, a birthing pool to figure out, and unexpected visitors, things do not go according to the birth plan.

"This meant no pain relief as I was already fully dilated when I arrived. I went into the birthing pool but my labour slowed and the baby turned so was stuck. I ended with a forceps delivery and not the birth I planned," she said.

Becky had used a birthing pool for her labour and was delighted at the arrival of her daughter.

Jocelyn, from Cardiff, said she gave birth to her second child on 6 October in a birthing pool at home.