Community Posts, Tips & Support on Labor & Birth

so i had sex with my partner last night🫣 generally, i feel very well and have been completely mobile as well as this i have stopped bleeding completely and my scar is pretty much healed fully. just worried in case of infection or something, we didn’t go for long was mostly foreplay but i’m curious on how long…

Birth trauma I had a very bad birth experience. I'm a nurse, first baby and my whole life I wanted to have a baby and experience a natural birth. After 26 hours of labor with the worlds worst nurses I gave up and allowed a csection. Doc cut my uterine artery, didn't realize I was massively hemorrhaging even after b...

Hey my village, Tell your opinion? I am FTM and my baby measures big me and my baby are healthy no reason for the weight My ob asked me if I’m okay with c-section at 37 or 38 weeks and I told her I am not sure what should I do ? Then she suggested that we makes membrane sweep to try induce labor naturally but if ...

I’ve been experiencing contractions since last night. They’re now every 6 minutes and lasting a minute. It’s my second baby so worried he’s going to come quick. When shall I call?

Hi everyone , I was wondering if I was the only one that had an awful experience in RLH .. Midwives are so rude in triage and my antenatal appointments were horrible .. I want to transfer myself to St Thomas as I saw good reviews but I don’t really know if it will be beneficial… I’m a very anxious person and I n...

Hey, I have no idea if I’ve been experiencing contractions the last few days, my waters haven’t broken & no mucus plug.. but really strong painful period like pains on and off, started tracking on Freya! Most contractions are followed by a fart 🤪 or poop. Does this sound familiar!!? Xx

I am not pregnant or don’t plan on becoming pregnant soon but I had a cat 2 emergency section 8 weeks ago. This was due to a few reasons 1 my waters had been leaking for nearly 48 hours at the point of delivery. When my waters were broke by midwife they found meconium in my waters and after the hormone drip for 12 h...

I just lost like a ton of mucus plug or “bloody show”. Whatever everyone wants to call it. I’ve been losing it over the last 5 hours pretty significantly. I know labor can start anywhere from an hour to weeks after loss but I am wondering what others experiences were once they lost theirs.

I was asked by my doula to pick one of these as a second option if a vaginal birth isn’t optional… a vacuum delivery is 100% out of the picture but fuck idk about these 2. I’m due in 4 weeks and I’m hoping I’m able to have a vaginal delivery 😭

Is it possible for your waters to leak before you've lost your mucus plug? The last hour I've had a fairly continuous trickle feeling. Sat on my ball and noticed a wet spot appearing on it. 39+5 so expecting baby any day. No other signs, definitely not pee.

I was originally due on oct 25th but got overdue and had to schedule an appointment to get induced on Oct 30th. When I reached hospital they noticed that my baby’s heartbeat was taking dips and fluctuating constantly. They postponed my inducing to 2 hours, gave me fluids through IV and finally induced me after 2-3 h...

hi, so i lost some of my plug on tuesday 12 hours after my sweep and since then ive had nothing, i just went to the toilet about 20 mins ish ago and lost some more but this time its more snot coloured, last time it was clear. is this normal? i’ve been told to look out for “green/dark green” so idk if it’s my anxiety...

Does anyone know how long after c section I can have a bath ? I am 8 weeks postpartum

Born at 39+3. Private Hospital and all natural aside from AROM which most women get done anyway if their waters haven’t broken yet. She was born in less than 10 minutes 😂 and not once was I told to push they just told me to go with what my body was doing. It was such a rewarding experience and I hope everyone on…

Hi, I was wondering if anyone managed to have a VBAC even if the baby was measuring big?

Worried it’s a bad sign

Being induced tomorrow and really quite anxious x

Hi all! So I had an emergency c section on 13th October for our beautiful boy. Obviously he’s just over a month now. Just wondering how everyone else healed? I only really took painkillers the first week at home and then stopped. I felt like I’ve done pretty well recovery wise and feel happy to drive now though I’m...

I been told babies measuring small I’m 32 weeks and 5 days baby is 3lb 14 oz they are doing more scans to see if he grows but may talk about inducing just wanted to see if anyone had other reason for being induced. No hate plz

Has anyone experienced contractions / strong period pain that comes and goes in a pattern, but had a long cervix when checked? I’m 36+5 and all day today I’ve had period pain that started off constant and through the day it’s started coming and going. I went to triage to get checked and they did a cervix exam and sa...