Braxton Hicks

Anyone else get so unmotivated after dealing with Braxton hicks? 😅 I drink tons of water but sometimes when they hit I just want to sit down and not do anything. I used to push through them but now I just surrender and do nothing.

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First birthday

I posted about this earlier, but now I have another thought. If I were to do my babies first birthday party, it’s gonna be in December and it is cold and could snow, we have already gotten permission to do it at our church so there wasn’t be any activities for the other people kids. As a parent are we worried about that or no? We have an extremely small budget to use for decor and food, what did yall do for food?

Is this normal

Ive been alone for 5 days taking care of our 4 month old and im starting to get terrified that i might accidentally hurt her im so tired and frustrated sometimes id never hurt her on purpose im so scared tbat i might do it on accident

Boy name

Which name do you think is better? First and middle. If youve got any other ideas feel free to drop em!

Did your newborn get prescribed antibiotics?

My 4 day old newborn may have an umbilical cord infection and will need antibiotics for 7 days. I’m feeling so bad as I’m sure this isn’t great for their small immune system- has anyone else had to do this and had any long term effects on their babies? Panicking a little

Natural birth or C Section

Hi ladies,

So for the past 8 months I have been told that there was no way on God’s green earth that I would have a natural birth:
Every scan/ obstetrician’s appointment was the same.
Constantly being told it is a miracle I conceived naturally due to the amount & sizes of uterine fibroids I have.
Most times the radiologist gives up counting and the last scan at 34 weeks I was told they counted 9 sizeable fibroids and they wouldn’t bother counting/measuring the rest as we had run out of time. I was told all 9 measured between 7- 10cm (size of a small melon).

Also my babies head was now facing downwards as would be expected in preparation for birth. However there was a large fibroid right underneath his head by the entrance of my cervix. (I have always been aware of this fibroid in my cervix) it was the main reason I was told that I wouldn’t be able to have a natural birth due to high risk of haemorrhaging.

With all this, I had made peace with the fact that I would be having a planned C section from day 1. Hospital bags are packed etc. I am currently 37+2.

Fast forward today, I went in for a final scan (having more scans than usual due to the high risk nature of other pregnancy).
Miraculously I was told the babies head has now gone past the cervix fibroid and there is actually enough distance between the fibroid and my baby (up to 4cm) and so if I wanted I could have a natural birth. Without saying too much, it felt like the registrar was nudging me towards a natural vaginal birth now that I have the option.

This has thrown me completely and I genuinely don’t know what decision to take.
I have been told I need to make a decision by next week, when the CS scheduling team call me.

Vaginal birth obviously means that I get left alone to go into natural labour at full term etc, but a C section would be at 39 weeks. Less than 2 weeks away.

Please help a girl out.
What would you do if it were you?
Any advice welcome.

Help me pick name for 4 day old girl!

My husband and I cannot decide between Roxy Ray or Juno May.
Older sister is Sunny Lou.

Took us forever to even get to 2 finalists- so no more suggestions plz!😅