March 2026 Babies 🇬🇧

3-6pm pushing and was out. First baby too but damn with no pain intervention… did get third degree tears.

Anyone got any tips for tear recovery as I'm finding it really difficult 😭 baby was born Tuesday morning and I got a 3rd degree tear. Been on paracetamol and ibuprofen but and just so worried about the pain that I'm basically constantly clenching my bum. Lying down is the only comfortable position and sitting can be quite painful. But I can't just lie down all the time as also have a toddler so really struggling. Baby was doing quite well at side lying breastfeeding but since my milks come in she's had bad reflux so now I have to feed her sitting up which is a lot more painful. All feels a bit impossible at the moment - any advice or tips or just general reassurance that it gets better would be great ❤️

What does your midwife care look like now? I’m 40+4 and had my 40 week appointment today and I thought they’d be really pushy on induction and sweeps, but other than a quick offer, which I declined, that was it! They just booked me in again for next Friday! Just wondered if anyone else is having more frequent appointments/monitoring?

I really need some help. My 2 week old is feeding between and hour to 3 hours, which is fine, but he’s not having 1-3oz he’s having 4-6oz everytime and last night he had a whole 8oz! I know I’m not over feeding him because I know the cues that he’s looking for a bottle and also when he’s done with the bottle he’ll either just stop suckling when he’s done or he’ll push the bottle out with his tongue. I’ve had a health visitor tell me he’s cluster feeding so carry on feeding him on demand, then another telling me to make him wait 3 hours, but he won’t take a dummy to pacify him. I think he needs a plan whether it’s new milk or what, because how am I meant to have a life? I have an older son who’s 3 and he needs attention aswell and I just can’t have the time for him when my baby is always eating. I feel so guilty constantly telling him “one minute mate” or whatever, I can’t go out because there’s just no way I can possibly take enough milk so I can’t even get the kids out the house for my own sanity. I’m not sleeping at all and I’m now on medication for post natal depression. I’m at a loss I really am 😢😢 I feel like all I do is feed my baby

Does this look normal? I don’t remember my first born belly looking like this when breathing 😕