NEW BIRTHDAY TRADITION

Hello everyone!!!!!!!!!

My grandads bday is tomorrow August 7th and mine is August 8th. Since he is no longer with us, August 7th is always so hard for me as I await my day. This year….. instead of crying I want to do things differently. If you share an August 7th birthday with my grandfather, please comment your name below.

Tomorrow afternoon once I have plenty of names, I will randomly draw one via online system. If your name is drawn, you can choose between $50 cashapp or a cake OR $50 food gift card to be sent to you electronically/doordash!

GOD BLESS! Comment comment!

WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW!

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in our community

Miscarriage

Pregnancy 1: missed miscarriage at 9 weeks
Pregnancy 2: healthy full term baby
Pregnancy 3: blighted ovum found out at 8 week scan
Now pregnant again and terrified of having another miscarriage. Anyone have a blighted ovum and then went on to have a healthy baby?

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Midwife appointment

Has anyone else found their 24/25 week midwife appointment pointless? Apart from getting my MAT1B form I didn’t see the point in it really. Just asked about my well being and that was it - was that normal?

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C section next week

I’m going in to have my elective section on the 13th August. I’m yet to pack my bag.

Can anyone give ideas on what I need to take with me? Or anything they know that helped them? I’ve seen people talking about taking gum

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Kissing baby

So many parents tell visitors or others to not kiss their newborn due to HSV risk and your child’s developing immune system. What is the common age people change this rule? Or do you not ever outside of yourself/partner? Wondering what’s reasonable :)

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Time off for appointments

Just wondering if everyone's managers are allowing them time off work to go to appointments, without having to make the time back? As far as I understand we're entitled to this. My manager took the time off me to go to my scan, which was only an hour. Should I be saying something?

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Dr said I shouldn’t be in pain

7 weeks since c section and I got lower belly tenderness and when I press it or it gets knocked it’s painful. The GP said I shouldn’t be in pain, surely I should still have some pain as it’s major surgery?

It’s under my belly button, it’s bloated and really tender pressing on it. I don’t have any numbness. Did anyone else have this?

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