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Nursery 😕 I don’t know what to do

So Milo has his first settle in session last week which didnt go very well and he’s supposed to have a 2 hour session today ready for starting next week but the nursery have today emailed me and said they forgot about half term and because we’ve only signed Milo up for term time he won’t be starting until the 12th s...

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Pethidine/ epidural

Hello lovelies! Which is a better pain relief, is it pethidine or epidural?? X

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Yellow in baby spit up

Has anyone had this before? There was a tiny bit of yellow in a little bit of my babies spit up, he’s 8 weeks old and formula fed. The rest of the spit up was normal and he seems fine, What could this be?!

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poop pic tmi sorry in advance

ladies I’m at a complete loss. My little girl is 10 weeks, she initially was breast fed but she was constantly wanting to feed so we switched her to formula. We started her on Aptamil but she was extremely gassy, had diarrhoea, had a lot of stomach pain and was completely unsettled. We spot to her GP and 2 health vi...

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Baths

When having a bath at 37 weeks. Can I have it so the water is over my bump or not & how bloody hot are we allowed them. Just wanna relax 😂😂😂

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Baby not urinating since birth

Anyone else with this problem?

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5 month old development toys

Hi Ladies, can any body recommend any toys for development for my 5 month old? I love the idea of the #Lovevery development kits.. but they seem so expensive. I want to try & keep toys to a minimum as we don’t have much space. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!! 🙏🏼✨

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Advice

Having very frequent uncomfortable tightenings - up to 6 an hour, sometimes accompanied by low back ache. Is this Brixton hicks? Im 37+5 Thanks!

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Umbilical Hernia?

Could this be an umbilical hernia? I just thought it was an outie (I had one!) But I notice when he cries/strains it seems hard. When relaxed it’s soft. I’ll get to the doctors but just wondered first if anyone had anything similar.

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How often bathing baby?

Our LO is 20 weeks and we are establishing a bedtime routine which is loosely bath, book, bottle, bed. However, we don't want to bath her every day (HV advised 2-3 times a week is ideal) but then worried that we won't have the same routine every day. Is everyone else bathing every day just to maintain their bedtime ...

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Smell!!

Does anyone elses little one trumps stink! She’s very trumpy and very stinky!!

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Advice

Im Pregnant with my second and with my first which I had in England I didn’t have any vaccines but I’m having my second in wales due to moving here and have been told about having vaccines am I able to refuse them as don’t like needles and don’t really want them as didn’t with my first No hate or judgement please

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Helping baby poo

Hi all, has anyone tried giving their baby infacol to help with constipation? We have no issues burping and she does fart alot but poos are maybe twice a week now and always end up being massive explosions. She also doesn't poo without our help, so we have to do exercises, maybe feed her a ready made formula bottle ...

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Chickenpox

Just a quick question. My brother has chicken pox and I’ve been in contact with him for a few hours. I’ve had chickenpox before when I was a toddler (now 22 and 25 weeks pregnant) just wondering if there are any effects on the baby after being exposed even though I’ve had it before

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Tongue tie

My LG had her GP check and first imms today. She has bad reflux and colic and is on gavsicon. We have recently changed bottles and milk which is helping but not resolving. I mentioned to the GP that I thought she had tongue tie, he confirmed she has one (I think posterior) but because she’s gaining weight and she’s ...

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Baby 8 week jabs

I’m a ftm and my baby is soon due his 8 week jabs. I have booked an appointment but he will be 9weeks then. Is this still ok? Will this affect anything having them a week later??

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Doing the Nasty ?!!

Hi ! I have a question?? Are any mommas still or stopped doing the nasty ? lol my husband and I stopped for the first couple weeks and just started again at 10 weeks but every time we do I feel like I’m on a roller coaster and start gagging lmao 🤣 Am I alone in this ? lol

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Mobile epidural

Hi everyone is mobile/walking epidurals common in the uk? I did read only certain hospitals provide this which I thought was odd! As it’s only a lower dose right? Has anyone had this ? And does anyone know if st Thomas hospital London provide this by any chance? Thanks all

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CMPA Poops

I'm sure this is normal, but I'm just looking for reassurance. My LG has been having mucousy poops, been drs and given nutramigen LGG 1 milk, she just had 4th bottle, had a mucousy poops before the bottle which is normal for her but then after the bottle (with a lot less straining than normal) produced a seedy poop ...

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I need to speak to someone

So basically my mom the other day idk if it was on accident or purpose picked up my daughters dummy and dropped it but it smack her I'm her face of course I said mom wtf u have just hit her in the face but she just didn't seem.fussed about it idk if its me over exaggerating but idk it's really pissed me.off Video ...

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