It’s perfectly okay!!! Emergency C-section trigger warning.

My lil boy came into this world 6 days ago. After 34 hours of labor, resulting in a emergency c section that was difficult.

The first night was a blur, I lost a lot of blood so the entire c-section I was blacking in and out. I remember my sons cry, I remember quickly seeing him before passing out again. I remember thinking the whole time “wow how embarrassing I have drool running down my face” each time I blacked in, I remember my husband sitting behind me with our new son but not being able to comprehend what happened. We went to recovery and they sat my son on me. It was love but I was so exhausted and drugged up from the complications I never got that initial bonding moment I dreamed of having. The first night my husband got all the time with him. I was so jealous.

I had a hard time mentally the first 2 - 3 days until we got home. I could stop breaking down. Now we are are 6 days in and I’ve had time to bond and do skin skin with our son & starting to feel like myself more and more every day or at least what I hoped for as a new mom. BUT ITS OKAY if it’s not as instant as you wanted, if it didn’t click like you thought it would, if you need more time for recovery or if you need more help then you wanted ITS OKAY!!

Thankful for my husband who has been SO great. He took on a lot of the typical “mom” duties so I mentally had time to recover a little more. He checks in every day with my mental health. I really would not have been able to do it with him!

I really just want to say, even if your birth didn’t go as planned, to be disappointed and need to take extra time to heal so you can concentrate on your new bundle of joy!!

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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!