Rupert Axel

Had the absolute best birth. (Positive birth story!)

Woke up today at 5.15am with wet knickers. I was 41+2 and booked in at 10.30 to have my waters possibly broken. I wasn’t sure if my waters had gone, but something was happening for sure as I’d noticed I’d had my bloody show. I’d been losing my mucus plug for a couple of weeks but this was the only one with blood in.

Tried to go back to bed but couldn’t sleep. I got up to have a shower before my toddler woke up at 7.30 and planned to leave the house around 9, go to the shops to get snacks for labour, and get to the hospital. Well my body had another idea and contractions started at 8am every 7 minutes.

By 9am they were every 2, my mum arrived and we decided to skip the shop and drive straight to the labour ward. When I arrived at 9.30, they checked and confirmed that only my back waters had gone and I was 3cm but to very thin and stretchy. They admitted me into the birthing centre where we set up the room with my music, aromatherapy diffuser and dimmed the lights. By 10.30, they had started to fill the birthing pool and by 11 I had the gas. In the pool at 11.30 where my contractions were every 1.5 minutes. By 1pm I had the strong urge to push and I just pushed him out in 2-3 pushes. Cord was wrapped around his neck but he came out so quick and they untangled him.

My placenta followed without any injection (I would of had it but didn’t need it) 10 minutes later.

And just like that our family is now a family of 4. We can’t believe how straight forward it was and everything I had envisioned.

Rupert Axel, born on the 11th of September, at 13:05, weighing 8lb 9 oz 🤍

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Pregnant with baby 2

Hi everyone! I gave birth via emergency c section 9 months ago as my baby boy was measuring big, he pooped inside so there was risk of him inhaling it and I wasn’t progressing past 3cm to have a natural birth and now I’m currently 20 weeks pregnant with my 2nd baby. I’m having a consultation on Tuesday to talk about birth options and to have any questions answered but I don’t know what to ask. I feel like it would be safer having a c section again but at the same time I don’t want a c section. Does anyone have any question ideas I could ask or any advice/stories of similar situations. Tia

I have a feeling like I might get attacked from this but I’m going to say it anyways. incognito 🥸 GLP1s being mainstream for regular people who are NOT diabetic or morbidly obese is bad for so many reasons 💉💉💉

Side affects, long term dependency, supply shortages and costs, regaining the weight back as soon as you get off them.. all that ASIDE how do people not see just from a zoomed out perspective how crazy it is. I can’t imagine being someone facing food insecurity in an underdeveloped country and watching westerners give themselves daily jabs so they can lose weight while still eating a calorie surplus/ crappy foods. It’s giving hunger games when district 12 Katniss finds out at the party at the capital that people eat and then take a pill to make themselves sick so they can 🤮 and eat some more. These ads running ozempic everywhere are disgusting, and then getting amazing athletes like Serena Williams to push them talking bout “i’ve never been healthier” girl you were an OLYMPIC athlete wym??

Planned c section

Has anyone had a planned c section and been home the same day?

Getting pregnant after c section

When did you get pregnant again after a c section? Our plan was always to have 2 under 2 but that is now out the window because I had an emergency section. I know they say 18 months and we will be sticking to it (as much as I don’t want to) but I’m curious how quickly you got pregnant after your section?

Movements

I’m 28 weeks tomorrow. Yesterday I had loads and loads of movements but today I have only felt small flutters and a couple of kicks throughout the day. I get so confused as some people say they don’t have a pattern but others say they do. We have a Doppler so used it this evening and could hear the heartbeat and then moving but does anyone else get quieter days of movement than others? I am seeing my midwife tomorrow so will check but just find myself getting anxious about it and don’t know when to get checked. I know they encourage it but last time as soon as I got to triage baby started moving loads!

Tips for babies with wind issues

My 5 week old has always had issues bringing up all his wind. When he’s laying on his back, he’s always grunting in pain to the point he cries and wakes himself up.

Spoke with a qualified physio who’s also qualified in baby massage and she said try concentric circles on baby. Small circles with a little pressure on their right (your left when facing you) from the bottom of their tummy up to their ribs and then going to the other side and doing the same. Then do the usual leg exercises with them (bicycle kicks, air squats, rotating them side to side etc)

I’ve also found this really helps doing it on my LBs back. I either use my thumb or two fingers when he’s up against me. I do both sides from bottom to top in small circles. He moves around and makes the grunting noises when I first do it but burps come out and after about 4/5 times he stops moving around or grunting at all and it’s meant he’s actually slept on his back and not had to cosleep!