Hospital bag

Hello!! So the time has come to pack the hospital bag, however I have no idea what to pack! I’ve obviously googled what to put in it so have a rough idea, but just wondered if people had some thoughts on what to pack? ☺️

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20 weeks scan today!!

Got my 20 week scan today , finding out the gender I’m so excited, just wondered if people fancied having a guess at what the gender could be (they all point towards boy also my fiancés side are mostly all boys lol).
- Carrying low
- Slight nausea for 2 weeks early first trimester but no actual vomiting
- Some headaches but not constant
- Cravings have been mostly savoury but some sweet
- No acne
- movement started about 16 weeks so quite early, very active baby just like their dad lol
- always hungry
++ boy on Chinese calendar 👀🤣

Cailean for a Boy name

My son is 18 months old and we love his name, we are not Scottish but the meaning of his name is very special to me. We’re saying it in an English way so it’s “Kay-lan” but I’m having comments about how it’s girly.

I’m sad that he might run into bullying bc I didn’t think it would be girly.

PLEASE tell me labour is coming 😅😅

Yesterday I did the mile circuit, hypnobirthing, on the ball, went for a walk, ate a whole pineapple, ate 6 dates, drank my raspberry leaf tea, had electrolytes, sweated my entire body out eating extra hot spicy dinner, had a long chill shower in the dark, belly laughed watching Michael McIntyre, had sex, used clary sage in the aromatherapy machine yet other than waking up to the odd tightening nothing concrete happened.

This morning I've been trying to deep clean the house but so far only just finished the bathroom because I keep getting diarrhea and my back is killing me! Mucus plug has been slowly coming out for the past week but have lost a bit more this morning, no blood or anything though...

Once I've finished cleaning I was thinking I'll have an aromatherapy bath and then might use my breast pump after...

Determined to get her out before Sunday cause I have to go to the hospital to talk about the plan to get her out then and I just don't want to do that 😬😬

Growth Scan Measuring Larger at 34 Weeks!😫

hey my babes, i’m shook honestly🤣.. so i’m 34weeks and 4 days and i had a growth scan yesterday. I was told he’s 7lb already.. and that i have a lot of fluid surrounding me. i was told i had GD then i don’t, then i had to do then i done the finger pricking for 2 weeks passed that. now after the scan there saying i do.. but my partner was 10lb when he was born so i generally think it’s genetics on his side😭.. they are talking about inducing me which i DONT want to do and also a C section in which they get paid to do. I just want everything to be as natural as possible. Anyone else having/had a similar experience? x

I’m so done with this heatwave

Just having a vent, I know we’re on the same boat. Yet another one and at 37 weeks it’s not funny anymore. I just want to cry, it’s too hot to walk to town to sit in an air conditioned coffee shop.

Second c section tomorrow

I have an elective c section tomorro and I am absolutely terrified. I had a c section with my little boy but I was in labour so I never felt any pain, it wasn’t an emergency or anything it was planned but I just went into labour before I reached my elective c section day. Can anyone just offer reassurance? I’ve hardly slept and I think it’s because I’m worried about blood loss as my blood count has been fluctuating and so has my ferratin but apparently I didn’t meet criteria for an iron infusion.