Bump

Is it just me or does anyone else not have a bump yet? I’m currently 13 weeks

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Just a mum, bawling her eyes out in Disneyland that her baby grew up 😭

My girl turned 4 this week and we surprised her with Disney and she met Elsa and Anna.

Immediately, I was in tears blubbing like a baby! When did she get so grown up? When did she get so tall? I watched her have little secret conversations with the princesses and I couldn’t stop the chin wobbling.

How did our babies get so big? I swear I just blinked and she went from baby to preschooler 🥹

Anyone else still super emotional these days over the kids?

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Anterior placenta, previous c section

I’m 15 weeks and have an anterior placenta. I’ve been told that monitoring of my placenta won’t really start until my 20 week scan. So I don’t know yet if it is close to my scar. But am already quite worried. My previous c section was also emergency, not sure if that also increases my chances of risks. Does anyone have any experience of having an anterior placenta and previous c section, and it being okay? TIA x

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Is anyone else wildly shocked at how many pregnancies are being sent for growth scans/ inductions/ even sections based on an archaic measuring system 😵‍💫

The fundal measurement is massively outdated and nuanced. And scans can’t accurately predict weights either. Yet we’re sending women spiralling down anxiety ridden rabbit holes and unnecessarily inducing them or even resorting to surgery! My mind in blown!
Luckily all the midwives I’ve seen are very pragmatic.

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Early gender reveal 👀

Went to the doctor the other day and it was when I was 13 weeks exactly the ultrasound tech asked if I wanted to know the gender and I was like yeah and in my head I was like I didn’t think we could find out this early. Turns out if it’s a boy there’s a high chance that you can see what it is early on and guess what she’s 95% sure I’m having a boy which there’s always still a chance. It was the umbilical cord and everything but when I go back for week 20, we’ll know for sure.

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Baby no2

Just got my first positive test for baby number 2.. over the moon about it but also very anxious and overwhelmed! My August baby will be 2.5 years, does anyone have experience of this age gap please? 🙏🏼

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