Advice

Heya, I’ve been getting braxton hicks every 10ish minutes for over an hour now and mild period like pains every now and then, is this a sign of labour coming?? Just wondering if this is the lead up to it as I’m in for a c section so want to catch it early 😅

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General anaesthetic c section mums?

Does anyone have any experience of getting a c section under general anaesthetic? I had mine a month ago and it was so traumatic I don't really know where to begin on processing everything that happened to me. Any help or advice or personal stories would really help! Xx

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Labor

I’ve been in prolonged labor for the past couple of days , my contractions have become long and longer but are way too spaced out to be considered into hospital.

I am now exhausted, feeling sick and generally wiped out. Im 39 weeks. I have been taking paracetamol like advised and im still getting strong contractions.

I phoned triage and explained everything but have been told to try take a bath, rest up, take my paracetamol and wait for established labor. Has anyone been like this? I’m really struggling and feeling horrendous, I haven’t left the house in 2 days because I’m worried I’ll get a contraction when I am out.

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When should your first appointment be?

I am 6+1 and phoned my GP last week asking for an appointment to sort a referal for the hospital appointments, the women has booked the appointment for the 5th June which means I'll be 10+6
I know I won't be having a scan at this time due to it being a doctor's not a hospital is it normal not to be seen earlier?

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Recovery

Girlies that have already had their babies this month/last month and had a c-section, how are you recovering? I’m having one this week and getting really nervous now!

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Short/small femur

Has anyone else had a baby that had the femur that measured small/short. Everything came back normal on our 20 weeks scan but due to some unrelated issues we've had to have more scans. We are 29 weeks
Everything else on the baby's growth is in the 50th or above the 50th percentile but the femur is measuring in the second percentile. Has anyone else had this and how did it turn out?

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Period like cramps

I’m 39.3 weeks and currently experiencing period like cramp pains that come and go. Is this normal. Could this be braxton hicks? Not sure

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