Community Posts, Tips & Support on Labor & Birth

If you wouldn’t mind. I’m due for a c section next week and looking for some positive stories as not feeling my best atm. I would love to hear some nice stories to try n lift my mood up before baby is here 🤍

I’m 39+5 and have lost a significant amount of my mucus plug today. I was going to contact the hospital today to request a sweep (my community midwife can’t fit me in until I’m 40+3) but I’m now wondering if I should just wait it out and see what happens? I know losing mucus plug isn’t necessarily an indicator but ...

Hi lovelies, May I please asking for everyone experience to give birth between these two hospitals and what was the birth plan? Can you please give me honest reviews as I am still choosing between these two Tia

Essentials? Lists? 🤍

Hi everyone I am 5 week pp and still painful to leave the bed in the morning or sitting straight in the couch/chair. The wound looks healing properly. How do I know if it is healing properly from inside? Should I go to the doctor? Pain increases as the day pass by with peak at night time. The pain is sometimes a sha...

So I’ve been told my cervix is soft and coming forwards but the contractions which were quite strong yesterday seem to have stopped…. Bouncing on my ball today to try get things started again but wondered if anyone had any remedies that have worked for them… thanks so much

Me and my partner are wanting another baba close in age with our now 6 month baby girl. We had an emergency C section, I feel I have healed well from this so far. Has anyone had 2 close together after having a C section?

Hi, We’re contemplating our 4th baby, my 3 previous births have been quite traumatic. I’ve haemorrhage for 2 of them and my last birth I lost over 2L due to retained placenta, I had to be put to sleep and given 2 blood transfusions. Just wanted to hear if other have had a positive C-Section post a traumatic birth?...

After a terrifying night baby girl arrived safely last night her movements had been slow turns out cord was wrapped round her neck she was 6 weeks early but is a fighter and should be totally fine in a few days x

My waters went at 8am this morning. Trying so hard to stay calm and not absolutely panic 😂 barely anything was ready, only half way through packing hospital bag and washing clothes etc. Getting cramps every 20 mins or so and have the world's WORST haemorrhoids 😂 wish me luck!

Has anyone changed their hospital midway their pregnancy? I'm 14 weekd and thinking of moving from North manchester to Wythenshawe?

Hi ladies, I have a question got my c section tomorrow got to be there at 12pm how long after arriving did you go down for your c section? Getting nervous as I have to stop eating at 6am so NIL until after my surgery but I'm unsure what time I will go down as I don't cope well without food or drink for that long ...

Anyone getting Braxton hicks contractions all night long. I'm currently 37 weeks and feel like I'm always having contractions. More than usual. I'm drinking plenty of water and getting my electrolytes. Anyone else experience this?

Hi guys has anyone used this Lidl brand pants before ? I’m having my c section done end of this month and I wonder if this one would be ok to put on in the hospital.. I think cheaper than some other brands

I’ve really not been keen on induction at all and had no plans to actually go down this root so I booked in for an elective for 40+6 weeks thinking he would come before. Well he hasn’t 😂😂 and now I’m not sure if I should have given him more time He’s still floating around and not engaged at all which is a bit…

Can someone please tell me what i’m doing wrong for it to look like this and be half hard? i looked it up and said that i needed to put more water but when i do it ends up looking like i put too much water.

My underwear is constantly wet. It’s not thick discharge however once it dries on my underwear it looks yellow not sure what this could it be amniotic fluid? 16 weeks first time very confused ☹️

So…I have an apron belly (even more so since pregnancy!) and have just had an emergency c-section to bring my little boy into the world safely 🩵 The pain is something else, but I’m more worried about infection as the air won’t get to my scar in the same way that it might for others, and I’m concerned about sweat…

I am about to be 3 weeks post partum. I know with a c section, it’s not recommended to have sex too soon. My incision doesn’t hurt as bad as it used to of course. Anyone who’s had a c section, how long did you actually wait to have sex with your spouse ? I already went through so much post delivery, I just want some...

So I’m having contractions that are 5 minutes apart and have definitely got more intense. But the hospital don’t want me to go in just yet. My partner and babies are all asleep. I can’t sleep because of the contractions…..what are you supposed to do in this time? It’s half 1 in the morning, not sure I can run the ho...