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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Private scan

Has anyone else paid for a scan and not been able to see baby’s face? My partner feels like it was a waste of money I see where he’s coming from but I’m just glad I got to hear baby’s heart beat and seeing the baby moving. What would you do?

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Toddlers are something else 😭🤣

I’m just sitting here minding my own business at 8 months pregnant and my toddler comes up to me and says “who got you pregnant”!!!
I looked at her like “what” and she repeated herself so I said “her daddy”! So she said “why did my daddy get you pregnant” 😳
So I said “I don’t know”! She says “it’s fine I will call him and ask him”…. She grabs my phone calls her dad who’s at work and he was sounded mortified, when she said “why did you get my mummy pregnant”! I couldn’t fully remember what he said because I couldn’t stop laughing!!! Nothing can prepare you to be a parent to a toddler!! 😭😂

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What are you packing in your hospital bags mums?

I'm a first time mum and I want to make sure I've got everything ☺️

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Pregnancy of unknown location

Did anyone have this & bleeding like a period? What’s your story?

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Tips to induce labour

Im 40 weeks on Sunday and have a C-section booked for Tuesday. I don’t want the section but because of previous C-section due to preemie baby I’m not allowed to be induced - either by body goes into labour naturally or C-section :( - I have a needy toddler at home so would prefer natural in terms of recovery!

Please give me all your tips 🙏🏼

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