Labor & Birth

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Induction? 39+3

I am UK based. Last night we went in for reduced movements but I had been distracted that day and was more a precaution. Everything is fine with baby and me. No issues. But because I went in they wanna induce me today. I hate the idea of induction and I was all for it if medically advised. I'm struggling to joi...

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c-section scar/ healing

i'm a ftm and 5 weeks pp after an emergency c-section at 34+6 weeks. i'm just wondering if it's normal for there to be numbess and a bit of a lump on one side of my scar?

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Mucus plug

How long after looosing your mucus plug did people go into labour?

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help

so I’m at the dr because I’ve been contracting about 3 hours now !! But they said I’m only 1cm dilated 💔💔 are they going to send me home ?? Or can I ask to be induced or something

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Flashing light eye

Has any one experienced flashing light eye ,i have had it three time at different weeks ,do i have to worry about that . and about leaking could you explain how is it like ,and how long does it last ?thakns

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Membrane Sweep?

Hello! Has anyone gotten a membrane sweep before? Did you go into labor afterwards? If so how soon? Thanks!!

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Discharge

Having discharge at 22 weeks, it’s just white sort of and it doesn’t smell or anything, is that normal?

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Birthing experience

I had my first at east Surrey and had a bad experience, I am not looking forward to having my second there, can mama in the house recommend any good hospital that is closer to Crawley .

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Sterilisation

I'm having a planned c section and have booked to be sterilised at the same time. I have been warned that if I go into labour beforehand and end up having c section earlier that they may/may not do the sterilisation etc. I get it's cause of time etc but intrigued if this has happened to anyone else and if you were s...

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Anyone delivered at St. Joseph in Burbank? How was your experience?

Our doula recommended this hospital. It is about 30mins away from our home, and we’ll need to go to an OB that’s also 35 mins away if we want to deliver here. Unfortunately their maternity tours are all booked up so we can’t visit in person, check out their vibes, or ask the nurses questions. Wondering if anyone h...

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C section prep

Hey all, trying to prepare myself ahead of my C Section next week, anyone have any suggestions or advise of things I should do/need to buy? Any recovery tips and tricks or just things that are good to know? Getting really nervous and worried about the recovery aspect, i know it’s different person to person, but as...

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Overhang

Anyone who has jad/have a c-section overhang/pouch. Has anyone managed to get rid of it and have before and after photos??

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Not announcing birth

So, I have been talking to my husband about how we might want to not announce the birth to anyone for the first few days so we can just have the time to ourselves, not feel any pressures to tell people and have to respond to texts. I can also kinda see it that it might annoy people... So what does everyone else thi...

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35 weeks Waterbreak

How early can your water break??

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bandage

hiya girls! i had my c section on the 1st and still have my bandage on due to being in hospital untill yesterday, when should i take off my bandage? i’m worried about catching my scan or ripping it open ( know i’m probably over reacting but i’m a fist time mum and im very stressed about it)

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How long did you contract before “active” labour?

I’ve been contracting every 5mins since 4am this morning. I had a sweep at 3pm yesterday and started to get pain about two/ three hours after the sweep, with a bloody show and mucus which more then was coming out overnight. I’m just wondering if when I get roughly to the 12hr mark if my contractions are still 5min...

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