Can you trust your instinct?

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So with my DS1 I had a feeling he would be late. I tried the usual things to get him out but in the end he was born 40+5 after an induction ( nurse said I was actually contracting already so would have been naturally born within a few days) I'm now 33 weeks with #2 this baby is big and I've had a feeling from around 28 weeks that this one will be early. To the point I'm convinced that I'll only have a week or two MAT leave to get sorted. Anyone else had a strong feeling about when they give birth and it was correct? Or people who were convinced they would be late/early and been completely wrong?

when I was pregnant with DS2 I was so convinced it would be a girl, that even after the scan confirmed it was a boy I kept buying things in white and not blue! I was wrong of course, so clearly my instinct was WAYYYYYY off!

purple sorry to hear you have OC too. Have you been prescribed Ursodeoxycholic Acid? It did wonders for me to reduce the itching.

I had a natural home birth. It was a bit of a fight to get it but in the end remember they're advising you, they can't make you do anything you don't want and choices are up to you. I had OC last time as well and was induced. It wasn't a bad experience per se but it did make me more aware this time about what I wanted and I did a lot of research into the condition (reading medical articles) to inform myself in the best way possible and help me argue my case when seeing the midwives & doctors.

Good luck! If you have any questions please feel free to send me a private message.

Thanks will PM instead of clogging up his thread, don't know why I didn't think of that, duh!