Birth plan

Debating between natural birth vs C section.
Labour lengths, recovery times afterwards, control involved in a c section, pregnancy again after c sections.. give me your experiences/opinions. 😊
(Also, if the hospital was 1.5 hours away would that affect your decision)

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I went for natural with my first and was up and moving as normal after 3 days. And I had a blood infusion. And plan on doing natural this time.
With c section it can take a while to heal and can't lift for 6 weeks apparently

I’ve had two babies before this is my third, I had a natural water birth with my first and was induced with my second, no pain relief either time, would love to do a water birth again and would rather be induced than have a section if I needed to be x

I have had unplanned emergency c-section December 2022, I had no issue so far in this pregnancy (28 weeks) due to C-section.
I am choosing c-section this time around just due to traumatic experience with my first birth. Recovery post c-section was manageable considering I was not prepared for that option at all.

Had a ventouse first time and home pool birth second. Will 💯be trying for a home pool birth again this time round- so magical!

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I have a feeling like I might get attacked from this but I’m going to say it anyways. incognito 🥸 GLP1s being mainstream for regular people who are NOT diabetic or morbidly obese is bad for so many reasons 💉💉💉

Side affects, long term dependency, supply shortages and costs, regaining the weight back as soon as you get off them.. all that ASIDE how do people not see just from a zoomed out perspective how crazy it is. I can’t imagine being someone facing food insecurity in an underdeveloped country and watching westerners give themselves daily jabs so they can lose weight while still eating a calorie surplus/ crappy foods. It’s giving hunger games when district 12 Katniss finds out at the party at the capital that people eat and then take a pill to make themselves sick so they can 🤮 and eat some more. These ads running ozempic everywhere are disgusting, and then getting amazing athletes like Serena Williams to push them talking bout “i’ve never been healthier” girl you were an OLYMPIC athlete wym??

Emergency scan

Hi! I went to triage on Saturday night for reduced movement as I hadn’t felt baby all day. I was checked over with Doppler etc and sent on my way - midwife said everything was great.

I’ve just been called by the hospital that I’m booked in for an emergency scan and it’s just taken me by surprise. Has anyone else experienced this?

Baby is nearly here and still haven’t decided on a name…
Please help!

Here are our options

Evelyn
Summer - baby will not be born in this season ( does it matter though? It’s a name not a time stamp)
Halle
Clodagh ( Irish Cloda)

Would love to hear what your favourite name is out of those

Active Baby 🩵

Hi everyone, first time mom here and I’m 24 weeks. My baby is sooooo active lol I don’t even think he gets any sleep. He moves and kicks 24/7

C section with a 2 Yr old

Please be honest how much of a struggle is this? I am worried, I'm currently 34 weeks but struggling to walk bc of my pelvis, it's already difficult having to run after her and with the tantrums etc
Any tips ??

Overstimulated

Does anyone else say the most outrageous stuff when overstimulated, I feel bad cause somethings I imagine can be a little weird/scary, but the other night I told my daughter (almost 3) "I understand that your aunt painted your nails but if you don't lay down and go to sleep then you're nails aren't gonna be there in the morning" 😭😭😭it was 3am and she hadn't had a nap and kept finding excuses to stay up