Waters broken? Almost 35 weeks

I was sat in bed just now and when I stood up there was a large wet patch on the bed, I didn’t even notice it happening. It wasn’t huge but more than any sort of discharge patch I’ve had before. Also I’m usually a bit wet down there with the discharge but it’s dry all of a sudden. Have my waters broken or just a one off large discharge maybe? It only had a faint smell

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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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