New baby posts

Agreed!! Think I’m in early labour and reading some comments has freaked me out a bit!

I agree 😬😬 lovely to see all the squishy babies but positive stories would be much appreciated! I'm sure there are other groups to discuss or seek advice about negative labours 😅😅

But why should they have to sugar coat it everybody birthing experience will be different

I stopped reading them for this reason 😅

Maybe put TW in title and mark as sensitive?

I agree with your approach Bex. I feel for the soon to be mothers who have now experienced an increase in anxious feelings as a result if the posts but I also think its unfair to expect those new mothers to censor their experiences which BTW will be helpful to another mother who may have experienced something similar & may be feeling very isolated.

Finally someone said it 👏🏼

There's alot of things in life we read and it makes us uncomfy, but that's freedom of speech. I haven't given birth yet but if I read things like that I just think OK, we will cross that bridge when we get to it. Its different if someone is talking to you directly, but on a general forum such as this it's unreasonable to ask

I’d prefer if people can just keep it real, I like to know what possibilities to expect either way. X

I think it's everyone's story and this app is about sharing.... labour is the good the bad and the ugly. You would be deluded to just want to know all positive Labour story's only and unrealistic

I actually quite like the realism; my daughters birth was in no way as planned, and I really wish I’d been more aware of what the c section and recovery would entail. I hadn’t given it any thought as it wasn’t part of the ‘plan’

I totally understand that everyone has freedom of speech but by not mentioning traumatic labour isn’t “sugar coating” anything, it’s being considerate to others who haven’t given birth yet and lots (like myself) who are first time mums.

Didn’t spend a fortune on Hypnobirthing to come on this page and read negative things. Being terrified of labour is a long standing societal issue and I’d assume most of us are using this app to try and be more positive, get support and look forward to our babies coming in the new few weeks, not be scared. Surely there must be another page that’s better to discuss this than the one where people are literally about to go into labour? 😅😅

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😂 about didnt spend a fortune on Hypnobirthing to come ... Same boat yo except I didnt get round to doing the course! But as my pregnancy progressed I am making peace with the fact that there is nothing unatural about pregnancy and, vaginal birth here I come. We got this! Apparently its mind over matter 😶

Incognito, the reality is that her sharing that story is also a way of being considerate of other mothers too as it is also some support to another mother who went through something similar (esp if they feel ashamed bcz nobody else talks about their trauma). Makes me think of when people suffer with PPD or in the old days with mental health but were not allowed to talk about it bcz it wasn't pretty not realising that a large number were experiencing the same thing and may have got on/ recovered better if only they knew they could have been each other's support and talked about it