Labor & Birth

How soon did you go swimming after having a c section? My little boy has swimming lessons every Saturday and I can’t wait to be able to do them again with him

UK mummies, do the hospital check your cervix for dilation? Currently 38+2 and haven’t been checked once. Was on the ball last night for a hour now I have persistent vaginal pain😩 hopefully labour is on the way but I don’t know!!

Has anyone else found towards the end, that they’re having a big increase in watery discharge? Every morning I wake up it feels like there’s loads to the point I think it could be my waters, but then it just stops 🤷🏼‍♀️ 39+3 today ❤️

Do you wait on a bed or on a lobby area? Just wondering because they will tell you to get there by 8 am if AM but there is no guarantee of the order you will be seen

Had a c section 1 week ago and my bowels feel off. One min I’m constipated with trapped wind and the next I’m having to rush to the toilet the diarrhoea. Is this normal?

Getting induced at 5:00pm today and not sure what to do for the remainder of the day… sitting around is only making me spiral in my fears of child birth and the pain associated with it

Do you get the option of which one to give birth in? And if so which one do you recommend?

Do you go to the recovery area first and if all goes well how long are you there for roughly? Worried about not having enough bonding time me daddy and baby before parents turn up. TIA x

Hello! FTM and being induced due to pre-eclampsia. I'm a few hours into having the pessary and was hoping for positive induction stories! My cervix was not dilated at all so I don't feel very optimistic about how successful induction will be. Has anyone else been induced at 37/38 weeks successfully?

Okay so I’m sorry if this is tmi but i wanted to see if I wasn’t the only one and if anyone had solutions. After I gave birth in May I have been having incontinence(leaky bladder) and as well as excess discharge. It’s still going on and I’ve seen the doctor and going to a physiotherapist. Anyone have the same probl...

Anyone else’s baby measured on the 97th centile? How did you give birth? Was there any complications?

How long did it fully take for your incision to fully heal I’m 16 weeks postpartum and it still gets infected constantly ??

Hi everyone, I had a c section 11 weeks ago tomorrow and I was going to book a personal trainer to ease me back into weight lifting but she said that with c section clients they need to have had their twelve week post surgery checkup. I’ve never heard of this, should I be having a check up??

Ladies who have had a c section, did you have to book an appointment with the doctor for your 6 week check up or do they contact you?

What week can you start eating and drinking thing to help labour come along this baby is hurting me so much in only 33+4

I used to get Hollywood waxing every month before giving birth. I had an emergency c-section at the end of February and wondering when it would be safe to get waxed again? I know it depends on the recovery and scar healing, but has anyone done bikini waxing after a c-section?