Anyone due August? Thoughts...

[Singsoul91]

Hey everyone!

I'm due 5th August and been starting to think about labour!

How's everyone feeling? Do you think things will change by August?

My hospital currently allows 1 birth partner but only allowed when I'm about to push them out and have to go straight after. I'm very nervous about it!

Anyone having a home birth?

Be nice to talk to other people due same time as me xx

Hi there, I'm due 23rd, I'm not even willing to accept that things won't be back to normal by then, just thinking positive and hoping for the best. As long as I'm there and there is a midwife then anything else will have to just be ok if not 🤷🏽‍♀️ x

Hi OP Im due on 9th August. Im trying to not think about it too much, i think that in August social distancing will very much still be in place and especially so for expectant mums/new mums and their babies. So Im not expecting to see my family anytime soon :'( The birth partner rule may possibly have been relaxed though and dads could be allowed back on the postnatal wards? What will be will be, and thats coming from someone who is a very anxious overthinker!!

Hi! I'm also due 9 August. Trying to keep positive that things may have improved a bit in four months' time. We didn't want to buy anything until after the 20 week scan but am now panicking a bit about prams etc as we haven't been able to try anything. But am sure we'll manage!

I'm due August 15th! I've been trying to feel hopeful about the situation and that it will get a bit better by then, our hospital is the same with birthing partner only being allowed at the active birth.

On the other hand, I've slowly started to order things I need now just in case. We are currently living with partners parents and our move just fell through because of everything going on! So really hoping we have some time to find a new property before the baby arrives.

Hi OP, I'm due 13th Aug and literally praying 🙏 that things will be semi normal by then!

Baby's dad and I are currently stuck in different countries (I was in the process of moving abroad when this all started) and my biggest fear is that we won't see each other again for the rest of the pregnancy and possibly even the birth!
The only thing I can do to avoid a complete nervous breakdown is hope!

I'm also meant to be having an ELCS due to a recent head injury and high risk of seizures so I'm getting anxious that any electives will end up being cancelled.

I get the reasons why the restrictions are in place and I know the health and safety of every one involved is obviously the priority but that doesn't stop it from being a sh** situation.

As for buying things, this lock down has been atrocious for my bank account. I've bought so much stuff this last 2 weeks!

Hi OP, I'm due on the 14 August with my first baby and im also worried about the birth. Hopefully things will be getting back to normal by then and that my partner will be allowed to be with me. It's a very anxious time for everyone.

I had my anomoly scan yesterday and it was strange not having my partner with me. He had to wait outside in the car. The hospital was so quiet. The staff were lovely though and put me at ease. My scan went very well and everything is good with the baby. I got some nice pictures of the baby to show my partner.

Its standard to get 3 scans at my hospital so she gave me an appointment for a growth scan at 32 weeks but said if restrictions remain in place that it wont be going ahead.

I have (possibly naively!) convinced myself that things will be far more normal by August - I’m due on the 19th and cannot even think about my husband not being there the whole way through labour and then our families not being allowed to visit the baby after. I’ve got my 20 week scan in a couple of hours and my husband is really upset about not being allowed in (obviously it’s understandable in the current circumstances though). So fingers tightly crossed that things will have picked up a bit by August!

Hi

I m due 17th August. I m hoping things are back to normal by then but if not i m wondering whether to take maternity leave early. I was planning to go at 38 weeks but now I m wondering if I should go off earlier. Is anyone else taking maternity leave earlier than they would have?

Aw thanks everyone!

Yeah still a while to go and things could definitely change.

I'm planning on going on maternity in July but might have to go off sooner as I'm a support worker.
They say 28 weeks, we should stay at home as more at risk

I'm due August 8th, my husband is convinced all this will be over by then, but even if we are back to normal (such a work, shopping etc) I feel like hospitals will be the last place to fully let people back in ...

My only logic is, my husband and I have been isolating for 4 weeks now, (working from home and he's been doing the odd shop, but we walk the dog once a day each for our own sanity) but what's the difference to him being there for more if the labour/after? If he has it, I'll have it, if he's there for the birth then he's mixed with the staff already.

That could be a very selfish comment/dumb but I don't see why one person from your house can't be there (even if you have to prove you live together/have been isolating etc!)

I'm due 8th August too! Feeling similar feelings to all of you... the unknown is just so scary. Obviously the possibility of going through labour without my partner is awful but deep down I know I would get through it if there was no option. It's the thought of having the baby at home and not being able to meet family that really gets to me 😢. Also if for some reason mum and baby have to stay in hospital for a while but dad is not allowed, that would be devastating. I joked with my family that I feel like some kind of celebrity being pregnant in private haha.
Like you say, hope can get us through,.and remembering how lucky we are to have these beautiful babies growing inside us!

I'm due Aug 31, and have not even dared to think that far ahead! Haven't bought a single thing for the baby. I am banking on this all blowing over before too long but I might be kidding myself.

Yeah I feel the exact same!!
Aslong as the dad is allowed at the birth then that's the main thing but don't understand why they have to go straight after if he is there at the birth?

We will all probs wanna go straight to sleep anyway lol.

I'm sure things would have eased off and lifted a bit by then.

Just sad we all can't go shopping and have baby showers etc. Feel like I'm being robbed of all lovely pregnancy things

The going 'straight after' is because they won't let visitors on the ward. So, when you're in active labour, you're in a private room and can have a birthing partner there but before that and after that, when you're being induced or waiting for a section or recovering, you can't. Does that make sense?

The midwives and nursing staff are all taking the risk themselves but are protecting the mother's and newborns on the ward from being exposed to too many people.

It's annoying but it's for our own safety. You might be sure your own partner is fine but can you guarantee everyone else's is too?

Yeah that's very true. I know it's for the best. Aslong as they are there for the birth, that's all that matters eh

I'm due end of August with number 4. It will be a c section. I'm not too concerned about the birth part; when I had a section with my second, I was back home 24 hours later, I'm just hoping all the midwife/scan appointments don't all get cancelled. Gives me something to look forward to at the moment! Getting out of the house all by myself. I've got my 20 week scan tomorrow which I'm very impatient about!

Thanks for the thread OP. I’m due 29th August with a baby girl, it’s our first and DH works in maternity so I’m feeling a bit more at ease as he’s updating me with the rules etc but still been thinking a lot about the labour . Can’t have home birth as I’m consultant led but definitely feeling the anxiety ! X