👣 Due November/December 2020 - nearly there ladies!👣

[danielasummer]

💫 @NaomiB79 - due 13th November - girl - FTM
💫 @Jwl45 - due 13th November - girl - 3TM
💫 @Jellycat2020 - due 14th November - girl - FTM
💫 @BG1234 - due 19th November - surprise - FTM
💫 @EithneBlue - due 21st November - surprise
💫 @mysafespace - due 25th November - surprise - FTM
💫 @kkr168 - due 26th November - boy - 2TM
💫 @MsBee13 - due 26th November - boy - FTM
💫 @PipTed - due 26th November - surprise - FTM
💫 @Snowwhite2020 - due 26th November
💫 @Pinktruffle - due 26th November
💫 @Bluebell2020 - due 27th November - girl - FTM
💫 @phe694 - due 27th November - girl - FTM
💫 @mummyshark97 - due 28th November - boy - FTM
💫 @Babyhope98 - due 28th November - girl - FTM
💫 @peachypetite - due 30th November - surprise - FTM
💫 @Awkes - due 1st December - girl - FTM
💫 @Amyyy1 - due 2nd December - girl - FTM
💫 @confused107 - due 3rd December - girl - FTM
💫 @lionsmum - due 6th December - boy - 2TM
💫 @lc86 - due 6th December - boy - 3TM
💫 @Asianchick6693 - due 6th December - girl - FTM
💫 @danielasummer - due 9th December - surprise - FTM
💫 @kj1010 - due 13th December - boy - 4TM
💫 @jalu47 - due 13th December - boy - FTM
💫 @Nic2908 - due 15th December - boy - FTM
💫 @Whitter - due 15th December - girl - FTM
💫 @loobeelou - due 26th December - girl - 2TM

and of course congratulations to the lovely mummies who have already had their beautiful babies x

Congratulations @Sheera1, he's so cute!

Well it's my due date today so it'd be great if my plans involved having a baby 😂 but there's no signs whatsoever so probably a day of boxsets on the sofa! To-do list is actually done, everything's ready that can be so 🤞

@Awkes 😂 I managed to shave my legs today but as to the rest....

@Dee96 good luck for tomorrow! Hope you are feeling better about your decision today xx

@PipTed I am really sorry to hear that re: restrictions. We still have them too. What area are you in out of interest? Xx

@Snowwhite2020 West Yorkshire. I know it’s just one of those things, but I really would have preferred not to know. Trying to remain positive and get those oxytocins flowing is proving difficult at the moment!

I'm assuming the baby is fully engaged, the pressure is unreal!!
I'm trying to get the 2nd coat of paint on the kitchen walls but my hand keeps cramping up, bloody carpel tunnel.
Our new corner suite is being delivered tomorrow afternoon, so hoping baby holds off till at least Monday 😂

@PipTed - sounds similar to here: it's rubbish, isn't it? I think I would've had more sympathy for the hospital policy-makers in March when this was all new but they've literally had months to prepare for a second wave and figure out more reasonable contingency plans so my sympathy for them is pretty low - my hospital trust has been awful, changing guidelines repeatedly over the last few days and putting out conflicting info on different platforms.

@Pipted that's where I'm originally from, I moved to the West Midlands 5 years ago. The restrictions here are awful, my hometown hospital were much more relaxed. I've been saying to DH for weeks that we should go and stay with my mum and dad so I can give birth in my home town and he can actually come and visit. He'll be pleased to know the restrictions have come in line with ours!

@Dee96 Good luck for tomorrow! Hope all goes well xx

@Sheera1 😍😍😍 awwwww congratulations!!!!!! He's so cute 🥰 💙

@EithneBlue @Pinktruffle yep I have no sympathy for the trust/ decision makers at all! They have had so much time to ensure a safe and supportive birth environment - simply closing down / reverting to previous policy is not good enough.

I’ve managed to start hand expressing colostrum. Depending on how much I can harvest, I’m really contemplating my husband bringing baby home if I need further care once it’s born - for one it will be safer at home than covid hub hospital. I really feel for him - what’s the point of paternity leave, if he’s going to be stuck at home helpless?

I know this is worst case scenario, but I’d be naive not to consider every possible outcome.

@PipTed I feel exactly the same. It is really tough and I know exactly what you mean about oxytocin levels... it just seems to go against everything you read/ are told about relaxation and support. Infuriating. Sorry to hear you are now being subjected to this too. Xx

@Pipted I know what you mean about DH. Even though we know I'll be going in to hospital next Friday, I've told him to hold off telling work and not to ask to start his paternity leave till I'm home otherwise he will just be sat around twiddling his thumbs, wasting the days he could be spending with the baby. I'm hoping I'll be home on the weekend but God knows if things will go to plan.

@Pinktruffle @PipTed @EithneBlue I’m really annoyed about the restrictions too. All of the evidence says having a supportive birth partner is good for birth and postnatal. Has anyone seen Amy evidence that locking north partners out except for the actual birth has improved / reduced coronavirus infections in any way? It just seems so arbitrary and unfair. We’re not “ill”, we’re healthy women going through a natural process. Grrrr

@excitednerves the bit I don’t understand is that your birth partner is actually there for the birth... and will have had a covid test etc. It’s not like Covid activates after 4pm or something! Pretty sure our DPs would be very strict regarding face masks hygiene and where they go between hospital visits. I know mine is already like this in the run up to the birth...

Our hospital published their guidelines, we couldn't be happier. I don't understand how hospitals vary so much.

• You will still be able to have a partner with you to attend your 20-week scan.
• You can still have a partner with you throughout your labour and birth, including if you need an induction of labour or a caesarean section.
• You and your partner will both be offered COVID screening when you are in labour and, if you both screen negative, partners can visit the postnatal wards between 9am and 9pm

@kkr168 your hospitals policy makes sense! If they are willing to be screened and tested then they should be allowed to visit.

@Snowwhite2020 the other bit that bugs me is that most of us live with and share a bed with our partners, if one of us is infected, it's likely the other one is too -there isn't a massive additional risk from partners being there from what I can see. Especially if they are wearing masks etc. My husband and I have been sheilding in exactly the same way in the run up to the C-section and literally spend 24 hours a day together other than toilet breaks! Either neither of us will have Covid, or both of us will.

@Snowwhite2020 I know! You can have them in theatre if you need a c section but suddenly they’ll become infectious on a post natal ward? I despair, I really do.

Brilliant news for you @kkr168 I have moved hospitals and the one I left was like that - partners can still stay overnight etc. I don’t understand why it’s ok in some places and not others.

Totally agree @Pinktruffle and @excitednerves

@kkr168 that's amazing and totally makes sense.
Which hospital are you with?
My husband can stay 2hrs after the birth and then can visit for 2hrs a day at a time he is allocated.
Like you say he will be with me the whole process of giving birth, stay with me for 2hrs then clearly catch COVID on the way to the postnatal ward 🤦🏼‍♀️ it's stupid

Haven't been on here a while. Hope everyone is okay and massive congratulations @Sheera1 you've got yourself an adorable little one.

@LRHRN I'm with Princess Anne, Southampton

@kkr168 too far for me to change to then 😂

In my local hospital he's allowed in for two hours after a natural birth, less than that if you have a c section and then no visiting. He's not even allowed on the ward to collect us. We have to meet him after being discharged at the exit!

Bloody hell ladies my trust ain't put nothing up that I can find about labour visiting etc I no I have 4 weeks left but dont imagine it being any different to the rules now prob be worse next week cant hurry enough for me to see consultant and see if little one has moved and what next steps are

@Kj1010 luckily my cousin is a midwife there otherwise I wouldn't have a clue either! Nothing I can find on their website or social media x

This has been posted before and I can't take credit for it but you may find the information you need 😊

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