Perineal massage

Hi ladies! I'm 35+3 and started doing perineal massage on Sunday (my husband is doing it for me). For those of you who have had children, did you do it and felt it benefited you?

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Change in due date or not?

My doctor said I’m measuring at 18 weeks 6 days instead of 20 weeks… do you think they will change my due date or leave it alone?

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2nd baby

Has anyone found it hard to get pregnant again after a c section?

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What is everyone doing? I’m a first time mom, IVF baby and I need to get a c-section. I always thought I would do private to get the extra care as I’m extremely anxious… until I looked at the cost.

I’m registered at the Westminster and Chelsea hospital. Any experiences? Did anyone not feel enough support with NHS only?
If you got private scans, where did you get them?

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I feel like a bad mom

My daughter is 18 months and she hasn’t slept through the night since she was like 4 months.. I’m constantly tired… I keep missing on activities cause they are all in the morning and I just can’t pull myself out of bed in the morning. I feel like I’m not a good mother to her cause of it. I’m constantly zoned out and out of it. My body feels so heavy. And I can’t help but feel so bad cause of it.

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Crazy contractions last night

Is this early/false labour - last night I had regular cramps which progressed into huge pressures. Started every 10 mins down to eventually every 2 mins. Was about to wake up my husband & get going but baby then did a huge somersaulting flip & they started to calm down. They went from every 2 mins, back to every 5, every 10 then eventually stopped.

Was baby just pushing on something to bring on braxton hicks or was that a false labour thing?

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Contractions with closed cervix

I’ve been up at triage overnight since yesterday morning for movements. On the ctg and what I can feel is tightening/contractions and they’re in the high 50s/60s on the toco readings. The doctor checked my cervix because of this but it’s closed still, but I can still see them happening on the toco machine. They’ve also seen I have excess fluid around baby. I’m going home soon but it just worries me a little. Any information or advice would be great

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