I am 36 weeks & 2 days

I am experiencing severe heart burn & lower back pain. I have to keep moving for it to ease. Anyone else experiencing this?

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Yes 100% I'm 36 weeks tomorrow

I got really bad heartburn on a night when I was pregnant to the point it woke me up one night and thought it was a heart attack it was so painful. Took a rennie and sat up in bed for an hour til the pain eased and managed to go back to sleep

Yes% I’m 42 weeks pregnant girl x

I had lower back pain for my entire pregnancy but got unbearable third trimester. TENS machine worked wonders I couldn’t have managed without that. Swimming also took a lot of pressure off my back, even just floating in a pool. I just took liquid Gaviscon for heartburn, the tablets did nothing.

Yesss I just turned 35 weeks and my back pain just hit a few days ago and hasn't went away 😢 been hard to sleep. It's more mid back tho. Have been dealing with acid reflux but cut back soda and that's helped a lot.

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Had 20 week scan today

It’s a boy 🎉 so excited

Belly Button

Hi all,

Little ones cord fell off last night, today it looks like she has a little stump. Does anyone know what this could be?

Midwife is due to come out tomorrow so will ask her but intrigued in the meantime to see what you all think

Can dads stay overnight?

I’m having a c section next week and am hoping dad can stay overnight with me. My last baby was in 2022 so it was still a bit ‘covidy’ and he could only stay with me during visitor hours. It was a nightmare as I was in so much pain and could barely move to get to my baby and when I pressed the button for a midwife it took over half an hour for someone to come. I am giving birth at the JR Oxford.

is anyone in the same boat as me? 😭🩷

Is anyone else in a similar situation and just absolutely winging it at this point? 😭😂

I have an 8½ month old who has decided that sleep is completely optional. She barely naps during the day and is waking constantly through the night, sometimes staying awake for hours. She’s absolutely exhausted but will fight sleep with everything in her tiny body 😭 I’m trying everything and honestly I’m at the point where I don’t even know what to do anymore.

On top of that, I’ve got quite a few health issues that have been really kicking my arse lately and making it difficult to function normally. And now I’m pregnant again on top of all of it 🥲 I’m exhausted, constantly struggling to keep up with everything, and some days I genuinely feel like I’m barely keeping my head above water.

I love my wee girl more than anything and I know this is just a season, but I’m so physically and mentally drained. I feel like I’m constantly trying to look after everyone while having absolutely nothing left in the tank myself.

I know there probably isn’t a magic answer or much advice anyone can give, but I think I’d feel so much better just knowing I’m not the only one in this boat. ❤️

Are there any other mums who are dealing with awful sleep, pregnancy, health problems, or just generally feeling like they’re struggling to function? How are you coping? 😭

Big baby

Hi everyone I'm 35 weeks and baby girl is measuring 5 pounds 13 oz. aparenetly thats big for a 35 weeker ive been referred to a constant my mum has said it may mean that I'm gonna get induced (they measured her belly and they said gosh wow that's big and it's made me quite worried)

Postpartum period - tmi

I had a c section 6 weeks ago Monday and am bottle feeding. All bleeding had stopped, just had pads for some small mucus discharge.
I got my period back at 5 weeks and 6 days.
Now I’m debating if it is a period. I’m 5 days in and it is shocking - it’s so heavy I’m wearing night pads in the day and postpartum pants overnight. Doesn’t appear to be letting up.
Has anyone else had this?
I was silly and googled, half responses are that it’s normal to have a heavy period and other half mentions postpartum haemorrhage 😭
I don’t want to go the the Gp as they’ll ask me to go to the hospital which is an hour away and I have no support for my 3 year old and 6 week old