Hospital Bag

I need to start doing my hospital bag
But what kind of bag/bags are you planning on using please?

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in our community

Why are so many people being induced?

I know some it’s for medical reasons but some of them seem unnecessary. I was literally reading an article the other day how these an increase in induction at moment but most of the time it’s unnecessary.

I had my fair share of that with my first, I was pushed for an induction at 39 weeks then I was there after it has started I got talking to the midwife that was taking care of me and she was confused as to why I was being induced because there was no valid reason apart from them being under staff!

Consider BRAIN when making any decision:

• B – Benefits: What are the positive outcomes or advantages of this choice?

• R – Risks: What are the potential negative effects, costs, or dangers?

• A – Alternatives: What other options are available?

• I – Intuition: What is your gut feeling or instinct telling you?

• N – Nothing: What happens if you choose to do nothing or wait?

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Have I dropped??

Hey girls, I’m 29+6 and I really can’t tell if I’ve dropped or not already. I will try and add a photo from last week in the replies as I can’t add two to the post.

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Early labour symptoms

Has anyone had cramping close together with diarrhoea?

I’m 31 weeks pregnant . Been having this since midnight last night and then it goes for a few hours then it’s now come back but close together again

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Mucus plug & Bloody show

I’m 38+3 and had my second membrane sweep this morning. TMI, but I’ve started losing my mucus plug and have also had my bloody show. How long after this did people go into labour?

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Missed miscarriage

I went for my scan yesterday & what should’ve been a 12 week old baby, I unfortunately only had an empty sac of 8 weeks with no baby. Unfortunately i had a missed miscarriage whilst my body still thinks I’m pregnant.

I will be leaving this group but I hope everyone has a safe delivery for their April babies.

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6 week check post partum

I’m now 8 weeks 3 days post partum and my baby had her 6-8 week check today but I haven’t had any follow up check like I’ve heard other people have at 6 weeks… am I supposed to make the appointment myself? I last saw my midwife at around 5 days post partum and the health visitor last came out at around 6 weeks.

I thought that I’d have my check at the same time as my baby at the doctors but they only checked her so I’m not sure what to do.

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