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Discharge at 6 months pp

Keeping this incognito cause honestly Iā€™m embarrassed but I wondered if anyone experienced or is experiencing the same thing. Ive been leaking since birth and Iā€™m still technically leaking still but my baby is almost 7 months. Iā€™m still using pads. Iā€™ve gone to the doctors twice as itā€™s been green since around 3 mon...

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sex 4 weeks pp - elective c section

so i had sex with my partner last nightšŸ«£ 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 didnā€™t go for long was mostly foreplay but iā€™m curious on how longā€¦

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Birth trauma c hyst

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...

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My baby measuring big

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 Iā€™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 ...

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When to call?

Iā€™ve been experiencing contractions since last night. Theyā€™re now every 6 minutes and lasting a minute. Itā€™s my second baby so worried heā€™s going to come quick. When shall I call?

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Royal London or St Thomas

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 donā€™t really know if it will be beneficialā€¦ Iā€™m a very anxious person and I n...

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40 weeks tomorrow

Hey, I have no idea if Iā€™ve been experiencing contractions the last few days, my waters havenā€™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 šŸ¤Ŗ or poop. Does this sound familiar!!? Xx

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Natural birth after a c section

I am not pregnant or donā€™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...

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Mucus Plug

I just lost like a ton of mucus plug or ā€œbloody showā€. Whatever everyone wants to call it. Iā€™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.

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C-section or forceps ??

I was asked by my doula to pick one of these as a second option if a vaginal birth isnā€™t optionalā€¦ a vacuum delivery is 100% out of the picture but fuck idk about these 2. Iā€™m due in 4 weeks and Iā€™m hoping Iā€™m able to have a vaginal delivery šŸ˜­

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Possible waters breaking

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.

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How much time does one need to heal From a c-section?

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 babyā€™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...

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mucus plug

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? iā€™ve been told to look out for ā€œgreen/dark greenā€ so idk if itā€™s my anxiety...

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Bathing after c section

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

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We did it! Successful VBAC

Born at 39+3. Private Hospital and all natural aside from AROM which most women get done anyway if their waters havenā€™t broken yet. She was born in less than 10 minutes šŸ˜‚ 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 onā€¦

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VBAC with a big baby

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

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Anyone else not had an increase in discharge?

Worried itā€™s a bad sign

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Anyone have a positive induction dilapan story?

Being induced tomorrow and really quite anxious x

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C Section Recovery

Hi all! So I had an emergency c section on 13th October for our beautiful boy. Obviously heā€™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 Iā€™ve done pretty well recovery wise and feel happy to drive now though Iā€™m...

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Just wanna ask why do people get induced

I been told babies measuring small Iā€™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

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