Anyone else?

I just turned 37 weeks on Friday and started doing my raspberry leaf tea and my primrose oil by mouth on the same day. Today’s day two and I’ve been feeling more pressure down there and also around my anal area, which is really weird. Is this a normal thing? Is this a side effect of this stuff? It’s giving me anxiety because I’m wondering if I should still be taking it if this is happening this fast.

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Introducing my firstborns

Before my Eleanor arrived here, they were here first, and they will always be my babies.

Little Man, my big blue eyed Lynx-point Siamese, turned 9 on the 27th of May.

Anakin, my orange soulmate, turned 4 on the 23rd of May.

Arthur, my tuxedo little/ big boy —he’s 17 lbs— turned 3 on February 14th.

Calling all cat moms to comment and talk about their cat babies.

You better post pictures! ♡

C-Section Mamas

I am having a planned C-Section my previous one was 14 years ago and I am just trying to prepare. Has anyone ever used a pillow like this?

36w5days headache that won’t shift

Hi I’m 36w 5 days I’ve had a really bad headache since yesterday that I just cannot shift taken paracetamol too it feels more like a migraine headache. As far as I know my blood pressure is always normal/ low and don’t have pre eclampsia. When should I be concerned

Help us pick

So me and my partner have only found a few names we can mutually agree on; what name do you think suits best?
Middle name will be Marie Tilly

Nobody warned me about this....

So I got my first postpartum period on Monday. Now I was a medium-heavy flow before getting pregnant. But my god this period

Blood clots galore (none bigger than a 50p coin), soaking through pads every 3-4hrs, constantly needing to go to the toilet to clean myself up every time I stand up. I've had to throw out knickers and have ruined 3 pyjama bottoms already from getting up in the mornings 😮‍💨

I'm getting proper fed up with it now. Is this normal?

Partners family crossing a line about our baby’s name.

I don’t know if I’m being a bit over sensitive/dramatic.

My baby will be having my partners surname, and his family have chosen the middle name - it’s tradition in their family for the first born son to have a particular middle name - I don’t really like the name but I agreed because it’s important to them.

I have chosen a first name I really love and my partner has agreed to it because he already has the middle and surname, but his family hate it and are trying to convince me out of it. They keep telling me it’s a horrible name and are trying to push other names on me that I don’t like. I’ve tried to explain why I like the name but they just won’t stop and accept it. I’m finding it quite rude and it’s beginning to hurt my feelings. It feels like they don’t care about me having any input in my son’s name at all.

Am I overreacting.. should I just ignore it, should I say something to them or should I consider changing the name since everyone seems to hate it so much?