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My baby is just over 5 months old and am thinking about solids (way too much but still...). One of my horrible fears is of her choking. Im absolutely terrified. She chokes sometimes on her milk, to the point where she cant breathe and is sick :cry: I hate it its horrible i dont know why she...

I have read so many websites and so much info on weaning and im still so confused so ive basically come on here as everyone has been so helpful before and its so much nicer to hear it from experience, this is truely my last hope please help me. My baby is just over 5 months old. She has had a...

Im going to center parcs in january, my baby will be about 6 months old. Im just confused about what she will wear in the pool with regards to a nappy. Im assuming they obviously dont wear a normal nappy as this would just fill with water but ive heard of swim nappies. What are these? are they...

I only breastfed for 1 week and then expressed up until a few days ago and now LO is nearly 8 weeks and completely formula fed. I couldnt breastfeed because i found it soooo painful and couldnt carry on and just wondered if anyone else couldnt breastfeed for whatever reason? I feel like...

I had a 7 week checkup at the doctors last week and told the nurse/midwife woman that i was expressing breastmilk and giving formula aswell. (had trouble bf so expressed, and now LO is having formula aswell because breastmilk isnt enough) Anyway rather than just give her formula i wanted to...

First of all ive heard that you arent supposed to make up bottles of formula in advance. Is this just companies/people being too overcautious or are they strict rules and if you dont follow them your baby will get sick? I make 3 bottles up in advance with boiling water, leave them to cool, then...

My baby is just over 5 weeks old. I found breastfeeding terribly painful. She sucked so hard and then fell asleep after about 5 mins. I would wake her up and she would suck a bit more which made the pain start all over again. I started expressing her milk with a manual tommee tippee pump and at...

Does anyone know where i can get a cheap basic changing table from? I already have a baby bath so just literally want a basic changing table without a bath. I have a changing mat which am using on the floor at the moment but its killing my back getting up and down all the time so want a table to...

Im desparate for my labour to start im 10 days overdue now. Im booked in to be induced tommorow which im scared about but i had a show yesterday and a little this morning aswell. Does this mean i could go into labour soon or am i getting my hopes up? Do you think its worth putting off the...

Midwife tried to do a sweep yesterday but she couldnt even do it as my cervix was too high. Have another sweep tommorow to try and attempt her to come out which i doubt she will :( Have been booked in to be induced on thursday and im really scared. I wasnt too scared or worried about labour...

Im 5 days overdue today and am quite worried. Im not a particulary huge person so dont particualry want a heffer of a baby. Im worried the longer she stays in there the huger she will become and i will have to give birth to a 13lb baby :shock: At 40 weeks my midwife said the fundal height was...

This sounds a silly question but how do you use gas and air? Ive heard a few different things. If you have a mouthpiece do you inhale through your mouth then breathe out through your mouth aswell back into the mouthpiece or do you breathe out through your nose? And if you use the mask do you...

Hi im 4 days overdue today, booked in for a sweep on sunday. Just wondering if i end up being induced can i still give birth at a midwife led unit or would i need to go into hospital? Ive chosen mlu over hospital and would really rather go to the mlu but usually you have to be low risk (which...

Just wondered if any of you got piles/hemorroids after giving birth? I havent given birth yet but i have piles at the min which are quite sore and im quite worried at how much worse they are going to be after all that pushing! I already feel like my insides are coming out everytime i go to the...

Im worrying about when i bring baby home, who is going to come over? Ive heard midwife comes over the day after? what if you are in hospital a few days do they still see you when you get home? Or what if you leave hospital within a day do they come next day and who arranges it? Do i have to...

Does anyone know if you can use a seatbelt extender with a baby car seat? Some websites say you can and others say not suitable. Theres one on ebay and it says ideal for use with baby seats. Im confused i really need one as we are having so many problems putting our car seat in , its such a...

My midwife said my baby's head was engaged and she asked if i could feel pressure down there......but i cant feel a thing! It feels no different at all and i cant feel any pressure or anything heavier :( Do you think the midwife has got it wrong im 38 weeks +3 should it be engaged by now and...

I keep reading different things and i know its silly but im confused as to what products to buy?? :wall: Ive read that a newborns skin is really delicate so some books have said clean their bums with just cotton wool and cooled boiled water. First of all until when they are how many...

My partner wants to take 2 weeks paternity leave but he works shift hours. He does 12 hour days, 3 days on 3 days off 3 days on 3 days off etc. We are confused as to how many days he has off e.g what if i have baby on the first day of one of his 3 rest days? Does that count as his first day...

Im 35 +5 today and ive just had my midwife appointment. First thing is that she had a feel and said the head was engaged :D so what does that mean lol does it mean she has just shifted downward further i know it means something like its stuck in my pelvis? Also i hear people say 2/5 engaged...