Just need a rant

Ended up at triage the other day because I have really bad lower back pain and period like cramp in my stomach mixed in with soft stools and nausea which with my other 2 pregnancies meant labour was coming. As I'm classed as high risk because of low papp-a its been drilled into my head to contact them ASAP especially since I deliver really quick.

Anyways get checked over and all is fine and it's put down to "well its your 3rd pregnancy so its probably just the muscles so no lifting and lots of rest" my partner asked apart from my waters breaking (which they didn't for my second) how am I now going to notice the first signs of labour when this was the same pain as I had previously and their response was "well you'll just have to hope the waters go"

I'm high risk so can't give birth in a midwife led unit (which is 15 mins away), I deliver redic quick so getting to the hospital which is 35 mins away was already a concern to then be told that has made my stress and anxiety levels shoot straight up.

There's no real point to this post apart from to rant and get it all off my chest.

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i really want another baby

i am merely a few months pp but i want another baby, but i am scared of the age gap (2 under 2) and also with everything going on in the world i just think its not the best idea at the moment but i am having crazy baby fever and miss having a newborn🥹

Period like cramps

Hi
I’m currently 33 weeks pregnant and I keep getting period like cramps I thought these were Brixton hicks but I’ve heard they only last 30 seconds ish as this can go on for a good time frame then go away and come back, they aren’t bad enough where I can’t do basic things they just feel like I’m about to get my period I’m jus wondering how normal this is? Baby is still very actively kicking xx

C section or natural?

I am a control freak and thinking c section is the least stressful route for me and baby… less complications during labour etc. whilst acknowledging recovering can be hard.
If it could be guaranteed no tearing or complications then I would opt for natural and kind of want to experience the feeling.
Then again could plan and go either way 😂 arghh!
Anyone else in this predicament?

Has anyone ever had pain in the bone at the bottom of the lady area?

How I can only describe it is I feel like I have a fracture or the bone is broken right at the bottom of my vagina bone obviously don’t think it’s to the extent but that’s how it feels. I had it in my last pregnancy and the pain went few months postpartum now it’s back again with this pregnancy. These are the results that u e googled I think I may have the first one has anyone every had this or something similar

Midwife check

Can someone remind me when the midwife visits you at home? Is it the day after you’re discharged? And is that the same on the weekend or do they not visit then? Thanks!

20week scan!!

i had my 20week scan yesterday, everything looked okay on baby and we found out the gender!! it’s a girl 🩷🩷. but they said that my placenta is too close to my pelvis and they need to do extra scans to check on it? has anyone else been told this?