Birth story 🩵

☁️ Hormone Drip: Yes
☁️ Episiotomy Cut: No
☁️ Epidural/Spinal: Epidural
☁️ Gas & Air: yes
☁️ Induced: Yes
☁️ C-section: No
☁️ Knew the sex beforehand: Yes
☁️ Due date: 10/07/2023
☁️ Birth date: 04/07/2023
☁️ Morning sickness: Yes for about 2 weeks at the start
☁️Cravings: melon and flavoured water
☁️ Place of birth: princess royal hospital
☁️ Hours of labour: 45
☁️ Weight: 7lbs 14oz
☁️ Time: 7:25am
☁️ Forceps: No
☁️ How far gone: 39+1
☁️ Baby's name: Carter Bonner- Williams
☁️ Age now: 3 months
☁️ Age when I got pregnant: 20
☁️ Age when I give birth: 20

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45 hours 😳😵‍💫

had the balloon fitted Sunday morning, started getting contractions lunchtime, waters broke Monday night after waiting for a bed I was in absolute agony!!! And then had him Tuesday morning! So so worth it though!

ouch! I had the balloon fitted Monday evening and it fell out without working on Tuesday morning 🙄

how did you find getting it put in? It was so painful! And so uncomfortable whilst it was in. I had mine took out after after 12 hours🤣

it was horrendous 🤣 she put the saline in then said could I handle a bit more, I said yes then instantly regretted it, it went from barely being able to feel it to feeling like i couldn’t sit down 😵‍💫 I chose the balloon because it was the only one where they let me go home, in my head I’d go into labour straight away and have a lovely easy start at home then go back into hospital once I was well into the swing of things a few hours later (I’d done a hypnobirthing course lol) 🤣 I ended up having 3 different methods of induction over 4 days and having an emergency C-section in the end anyway 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

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Oh my God, oh my God I hope this is not true!!!! I’m kind of scared

I’ve been throwing up and taking a shit all night!!! I just hope that it’s not what I think it is

Small head reported following 20 week scan

Has anyone else had it flagged that their baby is in the bottom 5th percentile for head size?

They said everything was fine whilst we were in the scan and then I got a phone call the next day saying that it’s on the small side and we’re being referred to a paediatric specialist at St George’s. Has anyone else had this and how did things go??

Would you bring 9 week old to a family party of 35+ people?

These are also people who will want to pass the baby around and get a turn to hold him. He just got his 2 month shots two days ago

Exercise 6 weeks after c section

What movement did people start to introduce? I won’t do anything too vigorous until I’ve seen the pelvic physio as I don’t want to compromise anything that may have been extremely weakened through pregnancy! But just wondering what types of classes/movement people started off with?

Scan needed at 33 weeks

Hi ladies! I just had a midwife appointment (I am 33+5)..the midwife was different to my usual midwife. She's requested I have a scan within 72 hours as she said baby is measuring a little small, however, she did say that it's likely nothing to worry about and it's probably just her measuring me a bit different to my usual midwife. Has anyone else had this? Am a bit worried although babys heartbeat and movements are completely fine.

Finding out gender

Has anyone found out the gender at a private scan at 14 weeks? And has this been accurate?

I found out at 17 with my first but I know a scan place that offers from 14/15 weeks and I’m impatient 😂🥲