The proud 33-year-old mother Miriam Pearman from Nottingham, said: “I really wanted to try and have a natural delivery, but that was a bit of a feat because Conor was just so big.

The proud 33-year-old mother Miriam Pearman from Nottingham, said: "I really wanted to try and have a natural delivery, but that was a bit of a feat because Conor was just so big."

But over the past decade, third-generation artificial turfs that perform every bit as well as natural grasses have begun to sprout.