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Night 3 in hospital - 37+3

After baby being transverse (sideways) at week 36 and 37 I’m now on my 3rd night in hospital. Day 1 here and baby turned head down 🎉 so hoping tomorrow he is still that way so I can go home for Xmas as they need him to be in that position for 48 hours. Feel totally fine within myself but being here and hearing…

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Reduced movements

How many times have you been to triage with reduced movements? I think I’ve literally been about 6 times since about 26 / 27 weeks. I’m 35+4 now. It’s really starting to stress me out but they always say he’s fine when I’ve been on the monitor

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37+3

TMI but Im currently 37 weeks pregnant and since around 3.30/4pm today I haven’t been able to stop leaking urine! But when I go to the toilet, my bladder doesn’t feel like it needs emptying?? I’m trying to wee but I literally can’t, yet when I’m walking around it just trickles out. I’ve had cramps and cramps and mil...

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fetal movements

Reduced fetal movements: I'm not sure what to do, I don't feel like I've felt my baby move / kick much over the past few days, i have a anterior placenta which can reduce feeling but up until a few days ago I've felt baby alot and quite hard kicks etc, ive had a day before where movement wasnt much but then the next...

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Anyone else feeling like they can't get the hang of things?

Baby is now nearly 3 weeks old and still feeling like I have no idea what I'm doing. He's had a few tummy issues which starting to get over but just keeps randomly screeching. Run through the checklist of hungry, gas, nappy and cuddles/play but it never seems like I'm able to do enough to make him happy 😔 just…

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Pain relief

How long after your c section did you take pain relief? I'm two weeks pp and feel I still need it.

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Reduced movements when ill?

Hi so I'm going incognito as I'm quite embarrassed but i had to take some laxatives last night for poopy reasons and was up all nights opening the gates of hell. Since then I've felt quite sick (as to be expected) but I've not felt baby girl move since? Is this normal? She normally dosent start proper wriggling till...

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Daycare workers: would it be weird if a mother gave you her number (in a friend way, not a romantic way) before you went on mat leave?

One of the ECEs at my son’s daycare is going on maternity leave and won’t be back until after we’ll be moving on to kindergarten. We seem to click on a personal level and I could see us being friends. In her Christmas gift, I included a personalized note with well wishes and my number and said feel free to message...

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Girl?

Scan at private place, 15+3 weeks Looks Willy but apparently is deffo girl ! It’s the labia and clitoris. Anyone think girl still and had similar scan

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Things i did while I didn't know if was pregnant

I just found out I'm pregnant, I'm nervous bc in the last 2 weeks I've taken Sudafed, nyquil, got a massage and got dental x-rays.. i feel terrible, do you think this hurt anything? I'm only 4 weeks 5 days

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Twin girls!

Hi, I'm expecting twin girls in May 2025 and I am stuck with names! I work in education so I found naming my first really hard because of associations 🤣 please help a girl out with name suggestions! Thank you :)

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Bleeding

It’s almost 2am, I’ve just woken up and haven’t been settled. I noticed that I had pink discharge on my pants when I went to the toilet. On my second trip to the toilet there was nothing until I started wiping and there was nonstop pink blood. I’m 8 weeks pregnant and a FTM and Google is giving me mixed answers. I’m...

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Ask your partner, what does your 😽 taste like?

Mine gave me an unexpected answer so now I need to know everyone's!

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POS or neg

I’m crazy probably, but I swearrrrr I see the faintest of lines. It won’t hurt if you say no ❤️.

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Real labour contractions

I feel like I'm possibly a couple days out and I'm currently feeling very uncomfortable with lower back aches, aches in the tops of my legs, and mild pains on and off. I have had extreme fatigue all day and have had to nap regularly, as well as frequently peeing, and being very emotional last night where I was sayin...

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Naturally induce labour

Hey girlies any tips on naturally inducing my labour ? I’ve been told I need an induction due to the size of my baby just after Christmas ( he’s 8lb 1oz at 37 weeks ) so want to try everything to make it easier / come on naturally 😂 thanks x

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