Community Posts, Tips & Support on Labor & Birth

40+2 today and woke up at 2:50am with contractions coming every 7 mins. By 7am, they had become more intense and were happening every 4-5 mins. I also had a bloody show. Then around 9am this morning, they started becoming less frequent until they eventually stopped! This is my 2nd baby. Never had anything like this ...

Baby is breech at 34 weeks so I’m having a read around risks/benefits of having an ECV in case I need one. Has anyone had an ECV before and can share their experience or recommend a good resource to understand more? Thanks!❤️

Ladies who have had big babies. Please would you share some positive birth experiences 😭 I’m hoping for a water birth without epidural but baby is so big I’m doubting I can do it

I’m getting induced today because of being diagnosed with cholestasis and I’m so nervous. I’m hoping with everything that everything goes smoothly but this is so foreign to me I just don’t know what to expect or how I’m gonna progress. I literally found out about this yesterday afternoon so I feel like I’m not even ...

Ive phoned for a date update 3x in the past couple of weeks and keep getting told that experts are working on finding room for me as baby is breech and needs to come out next week.. they are fully booked and keep parring me off, so what happens now? I dont want to just just wait for an emergency? Anyone experienced...

Any mums who have had premature babies ? How do you cope feeling so low at the moment not being with her

Hi ladies , do you know if someone will be okay to use house stairs after c-section? Just wondering as I will have one soon

I’ve just been for my first sweep at 39+1. She said I’m already 3CM dilated and can stretch to 4. Doesn’t think I will be long at all. Has anyone else had this and anything happen soonish? Or has anyone else had this and still been a week or so away?

Is anyone having a home birth with Croydon hospital ? How long did it take for you to here back from self referring ?

Anyone else still waiting on their child benefit payment? Baby was born on 26th August and put in the claim on 12th September and still haven't had our first payment 🤷

I’m 39 weeks today and need to evict this baby 😂 anyone got any tips or what worked for them ? Xx

I am booked in to have a C-section on January 2nd...I'm suddenly starting the freak out about it! I'm having one due to consultant suggesting it's the best option for me as I suffered such a large tear in my first birth and that another vaginal birth could cause me forever damage in terms of incontinence etc which I...

My contractions have been 10-15 mins apart for the last hour and a half. My water didn’t break or start to leak yet. When do I call my doctor/L&D?

I've been having irregular contractions for about 4 days I'd say and my midwife told me I was in slow labour. Now I'm pretty sure I lost my plug again yesterday, it happened to be last month and grew back. But the night before that I had about 3 contractions each 3 hours apart then everything has stopped. Completely...

Has anyone had continuous brown discharge after losing their plug/bloody show? I had a sweep on Monday and bled immediately after. Then my plug came out on Tuesday morning and since then I’ve had brown discharge when I wipe. Is this normal?

For those who delivered already or have had a baby before, what did you experience when your labor started? How did the contractions feel compared to Braxton hicks and how long did it take for them to get more intense or closer together?

Okay ladies! My dreaded 36 week appointment is tomorrow IYKYK- anyways, super excited to see how dilated I am, for the past few nights I’ve had some decent contractions that are anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 minutes apart and last anywhere from 30 seconds to a little over 2 minutes, and let me just say if I’m not at...

Hoping to get some advice from moms who have had a caesarean before. I’m currently pregnant with my 2nd and had a very traumatic birth with my first which led to a forcep delivery. It was a horrible and painful experience for me. I’m scared that I am going to have the same complications that I had the first time so ...

How did you feel leading up to your water breaking or going into labor? I lost my mucus plug and have had period like cramping and inconsistent contractions. I also have so much pain and pressure in my pelvic area.

Had my baby 7 days ago and I have quite a large hard lump above my c section scar on the right side. It’s too big for scar tissue. Has anyone experienced this?