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Oscar, born at 11:16, weighing 6lb 8oz
Dexter, born at 11:18 weighing 6lb 13oz

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They’re here! 💙💙

Oscar, born at 11:16, weighing 6lb 8oz
Dexter, born at 11:18 weighing 6lb 13oz

Is anybody else really struggling in this heat to have any patience? Like my mood is just switching in a second from 'I can do this' to 'why can't you just f***in go to sleep?!' I've spent half an hour trying to get my little one down for a nap, sweat dripping down me, their body heat and my body heat quite frankly overheating the pair of us, to then put them down and them open their eyes immediately and smile... It makes me want to scream and I'm really trying to hold it together as I don't want them seeing me like that but it gets me so wound up. I just want a cold shower 😭

Leaving baby during day/overnight

I saw a post on here recently where someone was saying they haven’t left their baby with anyone yet. I regularly have my parents or my partners parents have my baby for a morning or afternoon and I’ve already left him overnight twice - once for a wedding and once to go to a gig. I know I’m in a very lucky position to have both sets of grandparents live locally and that can help. But I wonder if it’s unusual that I’ve already left him a few times compared to other people?! Curious to know if anyone else has left their baby over night yet?

Why does my 12 week scan look so different from everyone else's?

I've seen so many posts from other ladies of their 12 week scan photos even asking for early gender guesses and I am feeling confused and deflated and a little sad that mine looks nothing like them, when we first went in for the 12 week scan (at the start of may) the baby was facing like head towards the front so sonographer couldn't get a crown to rump measurement, but I could see the baby's head, she said to drink some more and walk around and come back in half hour, so we did, and then baby was apparently upside down, she was able to get a measurement to date the pregnancy at 12 weeks 5 days (we were expecting 12 weeks 1 day but I know thats normal to be slightly out on calculations) but the baby didn't look much like a baby at all, so all the photos we got I can't even tell what im looking at, let alone if its a boy or girl, we can't even tell where the head is? The sonographer seemed fine with it and said everything looks good, we heard heartbeat and she was able to measure the fluid behind the neck so she could obviously tell which bit was where and didn't seem concerned, so I didn't think much of it, just expected this is what a 12 week scan looks like, but now I've seen soooo many on here that have me a bit worried about mine? Has anyone else had this? Looking for some reassurance, we've got a private gender scan on the 10th as we are now 15weeks 3 days today, hoping that will help reassure me and look more like I was expecting? Thanks

Induction

What are your induction stories? Were you able to deliver vaginally or without pain medication still?

This is my second pregnancy and I’m a little bit older now. With my first I was 19 and now I’m 25. I really wanted to experience a natural birth all around and go into spontaneous labor. We hired a doula, took birth classes, the whole 9.

I feel like making a birth plan was such a jinx. I am so uncomfortable at 40+4 and have an appointment to discuss inducing on Thursday but I’m scared this will result in a C-section or epidural.

I don’t think either make birth less special but I am in recovery and was hoping to stay far from pain meds if possible. Would love to hear your stories and experiences!

She made an early arrival 🩷

Dakota Valentina

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They’re here! 💙💙

Lack of patience

Leaving baby during day/overnight

Why does my 12 week scan look so different from everyone else's?

Induction

She made an early arrival 🩷