Natural induction of labour ideas…

Any proven ways to naturally induce labour? Trying to avoid medical induction here 😅

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How to cope, Emergency C section

months of prepping for a water birth and i ended up having to be induced then an emergency c section since baby boy decided he didn't want to come anymore😂 im only 16 days pp but since coming home i've been constantly up and moving about. i don't think i've processed how traumatic the birth was yet since my family and partner haven't really sympathised with what i went through at all

any tips or advice for coping ? should i even bother with talking therapies?

Failed sweep now cramping

I had an attempt at a sweep yesterday afternoon but my cervix was fully closed so midwife couldn’t perform it.

Since then I’ve been very crampy. Does cramping mean the cervix is softening?

Has anyone has a failed sweep that lead to cramping that turned into spontaneous labour?

Just gave birth yesterday and my body is so crampy, achy, and tired…

Any tips you ladies have for relaxing?

Bad mood

Hello all,
(12w1d here)
I recently downloaded the app because my parter said it will be better for my mood.
I’m felling quite stressed, no energy to talk a part from work. I’m not calling anymore to my friends or family, I do not even have patience or energy to reply their messages. It’s makes me feel bed about it, because I’m not like that.
Has anyone been through this?
❤️ thank you

Gestational Diabetes

Hi Ladies!

I’ve been diagnosed with GD never had it in my first pregnancy- does anyone have any advice?

HOSPITAL RANT

Has anyone else with a history of Gestational diabetes refused the 3 hour class?
It’s my 2nd pregnancy, i’ve refused it (as is my right to do) and the diabetic midwife has told me she will not be arranging for me to have a monitor to track my blood sugars until i attend the class. I told her i don’t have the availability next week to attend a 3 hour class, my son is autistic and i don’t have childcare, she only offered to rebook for September. So they’re leaving me weeks unmonitored (i was diagnosed around 9 weeks pregnant, i’ll be 16 by the time the next class is.)
Surely it’s my right to choose whether or not i attend the class. I’m not refusing GD management treatment, i am simply refusing the class. I’m not interested in attending a 3 hour class where they dump all the pregnant ladies in one room because its cheaper and more convenient for the NHS. A class where they offer education on information i already know about, because this is not my first time. The only thing different is now they do app logging instead of paper logging. For that i have to attend a 3 hour class where they discuss colostrum harvesting?🙃🙃🙃 but if i don’t go they won’t provide the monitor or prescription for the needles needed to track my sugars. How is that okay?
Im just at a loss now