I don’t care if your baby name is “ugly”

So why should you? Name your kids mama. It’d be nice to see support in here from the incognitos for once. What’s traditional to me could be bohemian for someone else. What’s unique for them could be very average for me. When are we going to understand there’s a spectrum! Opinions cant be wrong, peoples options are allowed to be different.

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There are some awesome names that come out of this group and I love people’s creativity. I also feel like people forget that sometimes names have deeper meanings, be it a family name or naming someone after music/tv/art that is deeply personal for them. I think it’s great when there’s a story behind a name (and nothing wrong if there isn’t one!)

exactly. I think a lot of people are still so set that their own opinion is the way everything should be. And that honestly sounds exhausting lol people are always gunna like what they like regardless of trends

I’m coming to the conclusion that we just have the same opinions lol

great minds think alike 😉😂

Yes yes yes! I can’t deal with the random incog troll posts or rude comments anymore lol. It’s like some people never learned that not everyone is going to have the same taste 😂

at least say it with your username 😂 people just don’t wanna get yelled at. It’s gets really old when everyone is SO picky all the time on everyone else. You can offer an opinion and still be supportive! Maybe one day we’ll learn that lol

If I posted a baby name and strangers had a negative opinion on it, I would want to know. I don’t want to name my baby something that is difficult to spell or difficult to pronounce or has bad connotations. It’s ok to voice an opinion when someone posts something publicly.

for sure, like I said you can offer an opinion and still be supportive

If you care about other people's opinions and can't handle the judgment, then probably shouldn't use that mashed up name. If you don't care that's fine. Even if your child is teased.

…..I think it’s the people doing the judging that are the problem here? How can you write what you just wrote and not see that😂

no child in 2024 is gonna be made fun of for having a unique name. There’s a kid in my cousins child’s class named TeddyBear and none of the children thought it was strange because they’re used to these kinds of names. It’s only the other parents making fun of them. That should tell you something 😂

in our community

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?

Induction experience

I just wanted to share my experience with being induced as I wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it may help others.

I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

I then had my first dose of the gel and definitely noticed a difference, I started experiencing period like cramps almost immediately however they were light and manageable. After 6 hours I had another cervix check and although my cervix was soft it was still only 1cm and was only open at the front. I had another dose of the gel and felt an increase in pressure and more intense cramping where I now required pain relief (codeine). After another 6 hours I had another cervix check and I had now dilated to 2-3cm however was still quite difficult to get all the way through so a third gel was recommended which I agreed to.

Almost immediately I noticed the difference and was in considerable pain, I had paracetamol and codeine however the contractions had now become intense and a lot closer together (around 3 minutes apart). After a couple of hours I had my last cervix check and was 4cm and taken down to the Labour ward to have my waters broken and an epidural.

I had been in my room for approx 20minutes when my waters broke by themselves and I was now 10cm and actively pushing…. There was no time for the epidural and my beautiful girl arrived into the world within 2 minutes of pushing.

All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

One more thing, I’ve never believed when people say “you forget the pain once they’re here” but I can honestly say this is true. It’s been 4 days and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Gave birth (vagina) 5 days ago and yesterday morning and this morning getting lot of pain in my right bottom side and lower back