How did early labour last for you?

Currently in early labour, wondering how long this will go on for, I think it’s been two days now

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It varies hugely. Mine was very quick, but my friend was in labour for several days for both of her kids. It’s all normal!
Hang on in there, you can do this!

I had contractions for 3 weeks till I chose to get induced.

My midwife’s advice was “if you can find any way to ignore the contractions do, and don’t time them till you can’t possibly ignore them.”

When I did get to the hospital for induction turns out I was having 3 in 10mins but they just weren’t progressing labour.

I’m definitely not the standard case though! A lot about my birth was considered unusual. But pre labour/ early labour could go on for weeks.

Personally if I have a similar experience in the future I will choose an induction much much earlier (maybe like 1 week) and I definitely wouldn’t recommend waiting anywhere near as long as I did.

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How many kids do you plan to have maximum?

I’m only asking this as several years ago, back in the 1970s - 1990s, people would have several kids compared to now
I’m born in 1994 and I remember lots of people I grew up with had loads of siblings and my cousins from both my parents sides would have eight kids in them

I don’t want to go in the process of having another baby and restarting everything. The sleepless nights, screaming, baby falling ill and everything was too much for me.

In this generation, some people are sticking to one child only or having two or three kids at maximum

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Accidental pregnancy!

Normally we are very safe however we’ve had so much going on that we’ve had a slip up. 2 months post second c section. Has any got pregnant this soon after a c section before?

I don’t know what to do?!

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How to tell my 8 year old

I have just found out I am 4 weeks pregnant (early so I have a while). I am wanting ideas on how to tell my 8 year old son. I want to pay privately for a scan around 10 weeks (not sure if to take him to this, then he can physically see). I am worried that I am going to slip up, I really just want to tell him, but I know I need to wait a bit longer or at least until I know all is ok. PLEASE can I have your ideas and timing of when to tell him? Thank you 🫠✨️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

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Nausea

How do I get rid of it/ease it??? I’m around 5 weeks I think. It’s a nightmare.

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Bleeding

I had a C-section almost 6 weeks ago and my bleeding was definitely almost gone for the last week or so, but it has come back again and very period like, is this normal?

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Scared and disappointed !

I always wanted a vaginal delivery and doctor was very positive about my progress. I’m currently 2 cm dilated and doctor has asked me to get induced due to blood flow issue to baby. I hope induction will succeed. She said if baby gets stressed, we have to get into emergency c section. And I’m so scared about it. Any Positive c section recovery would help me. :(

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