@KW1987 glad to hear you're feeling more positive :)
@NoCatsHere thank you so much for sharing your experiences! I'm so glad you got the chance to have a good natural labour. Though I'm sorry to hear that your DS had difficulties with the birth; that must have been a worrying time for you all. You're absolutely right - any decision is going to be tough to make. It's interesting that you say that the fact that you weren't induced the first time made you a better candidate for VBAC. I was induced initially on the evening of my 12th day overdue, and DS was born 13 days overdue. I suppose if I'd been left than I'd have had to have gone into labour naturally at some point, but I honestly felt at the time that NOTHING was ever going to happen on its own. And when DS was born (by EMCS obviously), we were shown the placenta and the midwife pointed out the places where it had begun to die off (my DH was interested and had asked questions - she didn't just foist that on us!) and explained that this is why they don't like people to go more than 14 days overdue. So... I don't honestly believe that even if I tried for a VBAC I would get one anyway! I certainly wouldn't be induced again either - and that's not to put other people on this thread off, because I know of at least two people who have been induced and then had amazing natural water births! But I don't particularly wish to repeat my first birth experience!
@Potkettleblack2 @dontquit I am also worrying about this pregnancy, but I am not giving any credence to it because I worried about the last one too, and let's face it, I worry about anything given half a chance, so pregnancy is providing me with a particularly rich worry-seam to mine! I don't feel pregnant at the moment either, but nor did I last time. It's early early days. Fingers crossed we will all be fine x
@FruitandNutty It depends on your area, but most midwifery services offer booking in from 8 weeks, which does correspond with 2 missed periods. I hadn't thought about the timing in those terms before though!
@TheUbercornMum yay, come and join in! There are a few of us on here who won't be joining the FB group at all / for a good while yet, and as you can see the thread is lovely and active! I was initially due on the 28th June with my last baby, but joined the July thread - which was good, as I ended up giving birth on the 11th July!
@questabellatreetop It's not exactly what you're asking, but there is a 4.5 year age gap between myself and my younger brother. We played together a lot when we were little. Our interaction tailed off when I became a teenager, and then I left home for university when he was only 13. However, once he turned about 17/18, we became really close again (we even lived together, just us, for about half a year!) and I totally count him now as one of my very best friends. I think (hope!) he feels the same about me.
Well, we told my in-laws (who we live with) tonight. Couldn't keep it in any longer as I was doing my nut about hygiene (people cleaning bird feeders in the kitchen sink with the dish scrubbing brushes, and also filling them up on the kitchen table) and we needed them to understand that there was an extra reason why I am worried about picking up diseases. Not exactly the ideal way to tell people, but they were all very pleased.