VBAC

For those of you hoping for a VBAC, how are you feeling about it? Super positive, nervous, unsure, excited, overwhelmed, anything else?

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I have to make my decision this Friday on whether or not I am going to do a planned c or try natural. i am panicking like crazy, i don’t want to make the wrong decision. i desperately want to go natural but I am terrified that I am going to end up having another emergency c-section and mine was so traumatic the first time that I wouldn’t cope if it happened again. A planned c section helps with a lot of anxiety but not all, I got 6 infections after my first and was in and out of hospital for 3.5 months afterwards, the thought of that happening again especially when I have a 3 year old at home is terrifying. I am hoping that after my conversation with the consultant on Friday that my fears may help to be alieviated. I want my plan to be natural if I go into spontaneous before 39 weeks but still be prepared for a plan c section so that I can have peace of mind. There is a lot of emotions and I think it’s the most stressful thing to deal with, but I am hoping to find some positives

I'm planning to go for a VBAC 18 months after my first baby. I won't lie, I'm scared as my first was an emergency section following a 5 day induction and despite all the pain, I never got past 2cm so I worry my body is physically incapable, but I also worry about the recovery a c section will have on my toddler. He's not old enough to understand that Mummy is very sore and can't move very well and 6+ weeks recovery (was realistically around 12 weeks for me last time) is such a long time in his little world.

Ultimately, I have decided that I will try for a VBAC as long as I don't have an induction. If they want to induce me, I will instantly opt for a planned section, but hopefully everything goes smoothly this time round 🤞🏻

I don’t know whether I’m being delusional but I’m just so buzzed at having another chance to birth naturally as I see it as such an empowering experience that I grieved so heavily last time - really hoping I get my chance to have a VBAC 🤞🏻 probably need to work on managing my expectations in order to safeguard my feelings, but for the meantime I’m nothing but excited :)

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Contractions

So I’m pretty sure I’m in early labour 😅 I’m getting contractions every 3 mins lasting 1 min each which is the requirement to go into hospital but the contractions aren’t all that painful i can still think and talk ect through them so idk what to do, i live an hour from hospital and my active labour with my son only lasted 1h so what are we thinking should i go down or not bother? x

First midwife appointment

Hi , I’ve got my first midwife appointment on Friday and I was wondering what to expect or what they do. All I’ve been told is that it’s just a health thing and they take bloods and it can take up to hours .

Baby movement

Hi, I am 21 weeks and just wanted to check how many times a day you get a baby movement?? I have posterior placenta and this is my 1st pregnancy.

Concerned mumma here

I’m 26+5 and last night I was getting a lot of tightness I didn’t expect much of it as I thought it was normal but all day today I’ve felt a lot of tightness/pain and pressure as well as vomiting as well as feeling dizzy and nauseous and a little bit like shaky, is this normal?

Anal fissures - TMI

Sorry this is a bit TMI, I’m 6 weeks PP (vaginal delivery with episiotomy). I have had 2 occasions since giving birth where I have had a poo and felt some pain and had a small amount of red blood on the tissue when wiping. Bit graphic but I have looked in the mirror and on both occasions appear to have a small kind of paper cut on my bum hole area, it’s a little bit painful for a couple of hours but then passes and no problems the next time I have needed to go to the loo. I wondered if anyone else has had similar pp?

Cramps

Anyone else 37 weeks and have constant period type cramps? I also feel like my tummy is so tight all the time. Can't sit or lay comfortably in any position and when I stand I feel like im going to wet myself 🤣🙈 is this just how it is at the end sometimes?