C section mammas!

Baby is 7 weeks this Wednesday. Scar is healed with no pain when pushed etc. However, my actual stomach / around and above my bellybutton still hurts with pressure. I can’t lay on my front. It all just feels mad bruised! At what point is this no longer normal? My stomach looks slightly swollen too. It looks more swollen than the week following the section! Do I contact a Dr?🫠. Thankyou xx

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My baby came early

Due to preeclampsia my baby came two months early but welcome my baby boy Giovanni

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C sections

Has anyone had an emergency c section and a planned c section and know whether pain/recovery is any different. I know you shouldn’t compare but it took me a couple of weeks to be properly mobile after my emergency c section (I could walk very very slowly and needed support getting up out of bed etc.) My friend had a planned c section and was mobile very quickly afterwards. I didn’t know whether this was just based off different people’s pain threshold etc or whether it was due to mine being emergency and hers planned in case I need a c section for next baby.

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C-section or natural birth?

hey guys! i’m pregnant with my first and am so torn between a c-section or a vaginal/natural birth? i never really imagined myself having a c-section but with 1 in 4 births being emergency c-sections nowadays, i don’t know if i should just psych myself up for one?

would love to know what other mums have done, birth experiences, if you’ve done both etc.

TIA! xxx

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Placenta

Can anyone please give me some insight on what they chose to do with their placenta.

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Advice on surviving newborn trenches?

Really struggling, baby is only 12 days old and things are pretty difficult. I had an emergency section, so recovery has been tough as well. My husband has basically spent his paternity leave running errands…

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Gestational diabetes & chocolate

I have gestational diabetes and I am craving sweet treats constantly which is an absolute nightmare 😫 I’ve read that diabetes chocolate is actually no good… has any one else had/has gestational diabetes and found any particular sweet treat/chocolate that is low in sugar and hasn’t spiked their blood sugars ??

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