Community Posts, Tips & Support on Labor & Birth

Anyone else got a breech baby and trying everything to try and make them spin? Got a presentation scan on Wednesday, I’ll be giving an ECV a go if little one is playing hard ball! A C-Section is definitely my least preferred choice..

I had to have a emergency C section on the 13th and just had my bandage took off and my scar literally flops over it 🥲 has anyone had a c section before knows if this will go away?

I’m after ideas from people who have had c sections before whether emergency or scheduled. My partners best friends wife is pregnant and after 3 previous losses this one has stuck🤞🏻🥰 she’ll be scheduled for a c section in March as she’s an older ftm and diabetic and I want to make her a post partum recovery hamper.…

Hi so I woke up this morning to use the toilet and I already felt damp in between my thighs , already my amniotic fluid measurements have reduced from 8.9 to 4.7cm So should I go to triage ?? Since I’m leaking fluid?? It’s not smelly it’s just liquid coming out from my vagina

I have my c section this week!! I have a question about compression socks. Do you put them on before surgery or after?

So earlier I woke up from a nap & I noticed that my pjs were a little soaked, but I didn’t think anything of it so I just changed into other shorts and they’re wet again :/ it’s definitely liquid , I haven’t got any contractions or anything . Does anyone know what it might be ?❓

I wonder if it’s 12 hours or more maybe?

How many weeks along are you when your packing your hospital bag? I kind of want to do it now but I think it might be too early (27+2 weeks) just like getting all baby stuff ready (gotta get it all out of storage and wash everything) but I just feel it might be too early 🤦🏼‍♀️

37+1 and today i’ve woke up with this sudden burst of energy & motivation & need to get everything done before this baby comes. i’m usually like a literal sloth and so unmotivated so this is really unusual for me. i’ve seen online “nesting” can be a sign labour is near. did anyone experience this same symptom then g...

I’m very early pregnant but still freaking out bc I just had my last baby only barely 5 months ago and I have an almost two year old. Both were delivered by c-section. However my last c section the dr told me to think hard if I want another baby bc my uterus was so thin there was a window during surgery. He said nex...

So I am 35 weeks 36 on Monday and my OB wants to do a sweep on my 38th week and if that doesn’t work, he wants to schedule me for an induction on my 39th week. I’m not 100% comfortable with the situation because I believe the baby should come whenever baby is ready, if I go past 41 weeks then I could understand, tha...

getting induced this week at 37+2 using the balloon & hormone drip. any advice please i’m terrified as my induction with my first baby (similar gestation) didn’t even dilate me, but i felt like i didn’t actually give it much of a chance

My c section had a little open hole after a week or so (I had the PICO dressing on) it started to heal from the inside out slowly but took a couple weeks and wasn't painful. Just wondered how many other people had this? It freaked me out a bit but finally healing now! Hoping if I have one again there's less chance i...

Got induced today, or at least started the process. The midwife has just checked how far along I am because Im having alot of painful tightenings and the hormones they put in fell out (sorry tmi). When she examined me, she said I was still only 2cm dilated. Is it normal to be in so much pain from the tightening so e...

Hi everyone, has anyone had their premie go home on oxygen? This is a possibility for my daughter. Feeling very out of my depth especially after this whole journey. My daughter was born at 23 weeks she is now almost 40 weeks corrected. She came off optiflow last Sunday, needed 3 hours oxygen a few hours later and ha...

So with my first pregnancy my water broke at exactly 39 weeks while I was trying to clean up the house and I had my son that night. I’ll be 39 weeks with my second on Monday but haven’t did a lot of movement. This pregnancy has been really draining. Anyone just been in bed and their water break or was there some kin...

Sorry for the description but I’m just panicking a little bit with vaginal birth. I’ve always had a very tight vaginal canal so now I keep thinking my baby won’t be able to come down or pass it through… anyone with the same sort of issue or thinking?

I’m really paranoid I’m going to go into labour before my c section date as everyone keeps saying they think I’ll be early and now I’m panicking to whether or not prepare for a natural birth just in case?!

Has anyone on here gone in to labour with no early warning signs like increased discharge or losing their mucus plug? I am 38 weeks and 1 day and have been up and down with my physical heath this pregnancy and getting really fed up, so I’m always looking for signs! Just wondering if there’s a chance there won’t b...

Hello, I’m wanting to hear some positive pregnancy stories after a c-section. I had my son in February via emergency c-section and have healed super well and fast! We’re nearly 9 months down the line now and he’s such an angel he’s convinced us to try for baby number 2. I am due to have my contraception removed Mond...