June 2021 - part 4!

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We filled up the other thread already!

@Firsttimeconcerns have you asked your midwife? Ours have created a series of YouTube videos :)

@Snally82 thank you for replying. We have three videos provided but none discuss post birth baby care 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Firsttimeconcerns is it birth specifically you want to know more about?

We’ve booked into NCT but equally I’ve learnt so much from books in the last few months. Also moved onto podcasts and watching some births on YouTube.

Sorry, just re-read your post. I’m guessing books are still your friend for pair birth baby care if you don’t want to shell out for NCT

@Firsttimeconcerns we are using the honest midwife - you can find her on insta. First class is free too. Find her really approachable

@Firsttimeconcerns if it’s the first few weeks baby care I did an enjoyable free couple of hours with the baby academy. It covered things like bathing. Nappies. Dressing. Safe sleep etc. I don’t think the website had Marches dates added the other day but definitely worth keeping an eye out.

@Firsttimeconcerns I have no clue. And our hospital is just handing out leaflets. Which is no good for me :/

Thank you. I will look at those recommendations. I have read 'practical ways to make your birth better' by Siobhan Miller which I found to be so useful. I feel very informed on actual birth but as I said it's the post birth bits like changing nappies, feeding, bathing, baby first aid etc. that I'm not feeling too confident about! Thank you all

Theres a baby toddler event on at aldi for anyone who's interested, online too :)

@Firsttimeconcerns I get what your saying. I feel so helpless! Even if mother in law is a Nanny she dosnt really like me.

But I found this on mumsnet!
www.mumsnet.com/parenting/best-parenting-books

@Firsttimeconcerns we’ve signed up to NCT, though sadly just heard it’s going virtual (stupid Covid)!
I’m also reading ‘what to expect: the first year’. It’s a brick of a book but I’m finding it soooo helpful. I’m reading it now and then highlighting the bits I’ll need to read again just before the birth. I’m not usually very organised but it’s really putting my mind at ease as I haven’t a clue what I’m doing!

Thank you all for your recommendations and suggestions 🥰

I’m reading first time parent by Lucy Atkins. It’s really easy to read, not too much info and I’m enjoying it!

Just wondering if and when you got your whooping cough vaccine ?

@TerryRose at the hospital during my 20 week scan!

@TerryRose at my GP at around 23 weeks, they rang me to book it in

Sounds like a game of Cluedo

@TerryRose at the hospital at 20 week scan too, they were trying to reduce the number of times visiting for appts

I keep feeling what feels like a muscle twitch in my bump. I'm not sure if it is a muscle twitch or my boy. O.o

@Sitchervice. That’s your baby!

@TerryRose at gp around 17-18 weeks. My midwife told me to book it in.

@Scarftown really!! I hope so! So new to this 🙃

@Sitchervice it's the baby! I get them too, but it's starting to become more regular!!!

Does anybody feel like the next midwife after your 20 week scan is so far away?? The weeks are flying by though...

Yeah that’s what mine feels like. I never got the bubbles popping. The first thing I noticed was twitches. Like how my eye twitches when I am tired but sporadically and not in the same place every time. I now have those and more an uncomfortable feeling on one side that’s just like a pressure ache. When I feel the twitches on the other side of my belly that pressure disappears so I assume that’s also baby moving. I’m 23 weeks now but I didn’t feel anything before 21. Well I didn’t notice the more gentle flutters or bubbles or how anyone else has described it but I do carry a little extra weight on my stomach.