Labour

Guys I need some advice/help! I am currently 27+5 weeks pregnant with Di/di twins, last week I lost a little bit of my mucus plug wasn’t to worried I lost some of it when I was pregnant with my first daughter! But yesterday my bump dropped massively like even my partner was like oh Christ you’ve dropped😂 and now I’ve just been to the toilet and I have lost more of my mucus plug, it wasn’t a bloody show or anything but there was at least a 50p size blob of jelly! How likely is it these baby’s ain’t gonna stay put for much longer? Cause I am stressing, I feel very under prepared🙈

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I'd just message your midwife for peace of mind

I’d definitely call triage asap xxx

I would go to triage, my twins were born at 28+2 and it was FAST, 45 mins from start to finish. Even if it turns out to be nothing to worry about, I would rather be at a hospital if anything did progress based on my own experience.

So I’ve lost more of my plug since posting this, ive had no bleeding but I am having period like cramps now so I am going to go in the shower and let the warm water run on my back and then phone triage if it’s not better! The pressure down there is bad though! Xxxx

@Becca if you haven't already and still feeling the same, I would really go to triage, I cannot stress enough how vital it was that I was already in hospital when i went in to preterm labour, things can change so quickly and if I hadn't already been in hospital with immediate care for my twins one of them wouldn't have made it, he was born with a burst lung and had to be resuscitated, and both of them were on ventilators. I'm totally stressing on your behalf haha, but it's always better to err on the side of caution! Xx

So it’s all calmed down now I haven’t had any pains since having a warm shower and relaxing a little! If anything else is to happen I will be going in abd getting checked out xxx

go to L&D just to check things out! same happened with me at 32w turns out i was 4cm dilated already!

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Anyone else up feeding their Bebe?

As above. Trying so hard to keep my eyes open

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

Is this normal??

I’m 29 weeks pregnant and having really aching legs and they’re all lumpy and swollen. Above the knee and behind the knee . Should I be worried ? My legs have never looked like this up until a few days ago. ??

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

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.

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?