anatomy scan

i finally had my anatomy scan today, it went so smooth and good. my boy was measuring in the 45th percentile, and they determined that i had a anterior placenta. i’m so glad baby is healthy and good, but im so bummed out about my placenta placement, wishing i could feel baby more, i only feel the tiniest flutters and it’s not very often. am i the only anterior placenta mama who’s upset with that?

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in our community

C section tomorrow

Does everyone wash their hair, shave legs in the morning before the section? Or do it the night before?

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Newborn congestion

health visitor assured me that it’s absolutely normal for my 4 week old to be stuffy and have a considerable amount of congestion, but just concerned about him coughing because of it and gagging on it. using an electric suction device but does anyone have any more tips to help him?

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Measuring 2cm Small at My Midwife Appointment—Worried!

At my recent midwife appointment, my fundal height was 2cm smaller than expected and will assess this at my next midwife appointment in two weeks time. Anyone else had this and did baby catch up? I'm a bit anxious and would love to hear your experiences, feel like being referred for a scan now would have been better rather than waiting another 2 weeks.. ? First pregnency.

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31 weeks

What symptoms are we getting now? I’ve started to generally feel just absolutely exhausted and crampy sometimes and aching and my lower back. Would you say this was normal?

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Brother for Barnaby

So I have a 10 month old son called Barnaby and I love his name and everyone we tell also expresses their love for it!

We aren’t having any more children yet (hoping for roughly a 4 year age gap) but if Barnaby was to have a brother I haven’t yet found any names I like enough to use. I love traditional, almost old fashioned names that people have heard of but you don’t hear all of the time.

I do quite like the names Monty, Hugo and Caspar but not sure I like them enough to use them in the future.

I am also a teacher so some names are just a no to me.

Any suggestions for my future hypothetical child in the future?

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Induction

Hi girls .. went for a routine scan this evening and have been told that due to preeclampsia, they will most likely induce at 37 weeks - which is next week! 😬

FTM so unsure about the whole procedure .. has anyone been through this before and can shed some light on what I might expect?

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