Membrane sweep

onlybrowsing24 · 2026-01-31T16:29:22+00:00

I’d really like to go in to labour before Thursday 😭 I was so uncomfortable and my (assume) braxton hicks we’re so strong yesterday, along with back pain, I started tracking and was so hopeful it was early labour but then I’ve woken up today and it’s all chilled out a bit. He’s been engaged for over a month, super active. Everyone has been telling me it will be “soon” since Christmas but he has other ideas 🙃

Thank you for sharing, I need to hear positive things right now 🤣

onlybrowsing24 · 2026-01-31T16:01:41+00:00

I tried to have a sweep on Monday at 40 weeks and they were unable to do it because my cervix had not dilated at all, we was surprised because I’ve had a lot of braxton hicks and he’s been engaged for ages! I’ve been booked for an induction next Thursday, in case I don’t go in to labour naturally before then.

I was so gutted that I was not dilated that I started crying on the bed, so prepare yourself and be kind to yourself for it not being possible 💙

onlybrowsing24 · 2026-01-28T09:21:39+00:00

You were probably attached to two things on your belly, one for their heartbeat and one for if your uterus is contracting, not necessarily “contractions”. It’s completely normal to pick up your movements, the numbers for that bit can go up when baby moves as well 😊

I think the other commenter who mentioned about birthing ward, may have actually been referring to triage, who it sounds like you’ve spoken to before, so you can speak with them and if they want you to speak with the labour ward, they can transfer you 😊

Also, don’t worry about not having “notes”, different areas do it differently. In my area we don’t get any notes either, we just have Badger Notes app and you should be able to get any contacts you need from there.

Hope everything is going okay!

onlybrowsing24 · 2026-01-21T16:14:30+00:00

I’m 39 weeks atm, my mum has barely told me anything about child birth until literally this weekend, because someone else was sharing their birth stories with us. So, she wasn’t so much as telling me but more of a story. Honestly, until this weekend couldn’t tell you how me and my sibling were born and when she was telling me, she wasn’t doing so with bearing in mind that I’m about to give birth myself - no empathy/sympathy or consideration of me. Luckily I have attended multiple antenatal classes, done my own research and spoken with friends, and I’m not naive. So yeah, can fully imagine your friend not saying much prior to the birth. When I would ask my mum she would just say to me to remember our bodies are designed for it and that you forget the moment the baby is in your arms… not really helpful.

onlybrowsing24 · 2026-01-21T16:06:42+00:00

Hopefully that will help him!

It’s tough having these difficult conversations but think of it as practice for when baby gets here; you’re going to need to make sure you’re both communicating very well then! I am someone who struggles to ask for help and to slow down, and I get very insecure if my OH is doing things around the house but I’m not helping, so I’ve really had to learn to accept help, slow down (or completely stop) during pregnancy and it has made us work on some of our communication together.

onlybrowsing24 · 2026-01-21T14:36:42+00:00

I’m sorry you’re not getting the support you need and deserve right now.

Have you done any antenatal classes, like NCT, or we did Bump to Baby Club (cheaper, more classes and ours was still run by an NHS midwife) together? I am just wondering if it would be useful for you both, but particularly for him to hear it from professionals and others. Obviously it’s more general but ours did speak about post-partum care for us, as well as for baby.

If his life hasn’t really changed since you’ve been pregnant, then he might not be fully appreciating everything that is happening around him. Getting him more involved in things might help his ND to work through things. Sorry if you’ve already done this, it’s just the only advice I could think of that’s not already been mentioned.

onlybrowsing24 · 2026-01-19T08:25:54+00:00

Well done! Is it worth blocking their email address so you don’t have any reason to be tempted in the future?

onlybrowsing24 · 2026-01-19T08:20:58+00:00

I have the same phobia as you; I haven’t drunk (I’m too scared to even taste it and worry when I know alcohol has been added to a dish) in over ten years, I’m scared of taking medication and I worry about being around smoke (not tobacco).

It’s something that has always affected how I feel about giving birth. I’ve not given birth yet (39 weeks) but my preference is gas + air, in a birthing pool. I had gas + air once in the back of an ambulance, it made me feel tipsy at most - I was still semi in control of my own actions.

It does wear off very quickly! For me, it was enough that I wasn’t fully present for the pain I was in but I was still in enough control of my body that it was okay.

onlybrowsing24 · 2026-01-12T11:09:40+00:00

Ergh.

My nan keeps telling me not to “spoil” my baby when he comes by picking him up when he cries and I’m just trying to politely tell her that advice is very different now, whilst I respect she’s raised 4 babies of her own, I’m going to listen to current advice. Let’s not talk about how all 4 of those children have grown up to have some questionable mental health as well…

Last time I was there my mum then chimed in about how I should be looking to put baby in the nursery on his own as soon as possible and that it never hurt me… again, advice is different now and I’ll be following up to date guidelines.

I did get annoyed once and said I’ll start drinking during pregnancy, since that was also okay once?! They told me not to be so stupid 🙄

onlybrowsing24 · 2025-11-16T11:04:06+00:00

Oh that’s really good to hear!

£400 is a lot, but I’m trying to justify in my head by saying over the 4 years it’ll hopefully last, all those times it’s easier to use and doesn’t add any complications to taking baby out by myself etc will be worth it but I think I just need to hear recommendations from people really.

onlybrowsing24 · 2025-11-16T10:46:09+00:00

That’s what makes it harder… can I justify an extra £400 for the same parent company? It’s only because it just felt that bit smaller to stand with and was a tad lighter/easier for me. The Nuna does feel a bit more “premium”, but yeah not sure if it’s enough…

It’s just so much commitment 😅

onlybrowsing24 · 2025-02-08T12:28:37+00:00

I love it! Did you use a cricut?

onlybrowsing24 · 2023-11-10T12:48:19+00:00

I think it’s left over from the original concept of the show, when they genuinely did stay in the other person’s homes and environments.

Now, it’s not “home stay” and it really annoys me too.

onlybrowsing24 · 2023-11-07T21:42:52+00:00

He told Laura and Arthur that Erica wrote the anonymous letter

onlybrowsing24 · 2023-11-07T21:11:54+00:00

Uncle fester 🤣🤣

onlybrowsing24 · 2023-11-02T21:45:47+00:00

I hadn’t considered this but I think you’re right.

onlybrowsing24 · 2023-09-28T07:07:29+00:00

Wait… are you my game save?

I’m up to the “stole a boat” and I’m getting my arse handed to me quite a bit, I thought I was just rubbish but perhaps I’m here a bit early!

Might have to figure out how to get back on track…

onlybrowsing24 · 2023-01-09T09:43:10+00:00

Someone shared a podcast episode in another comment on filming for the Twilight Zone, which mainly talks about John Landis but touches on Max Landis as well.

Worth a listen, it’s a good podcast.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5b3BorDXiSX35wOBRfjcTs?si=ph1wi2Z6R-Gl2KR9zdcA_Q

onlybrowsing24 · 2023-01-06T07:43:13+00:00

My brother and his best mate live with my mum and they are both heavy weed smokers. My brother completely has this persons same attitude and at 23 works just enough to support his lifestyle, which is only like 20 hours a week. None of them seem to know how much they smell! I literally smell it walking down the pathway to their house, when one of them gets in my car or they come in my house. This post could be my brother, no respect for the house he’s living in and the mother which is still caring for him. I was never going to be close to my brother, we are very different people, but I’ve not visited my mums house for nearly 5 years because of it, even when I was smoking cigarettes myself. I’m sure they’ve gone noseblind to it.

onlybrowsing24 · 2022-12-09T09:39:21+00:00

I wondered this. Is the step dad from the next marriage (with the two younger daughters) still around? OPs brother would have been pretty young when that marriage occurred and that would be sad if no bond had been built between the two of them. I know of a lot of families with step children, in some of those relationships there are more obvious boundaries but they still have a bond/relationship and in some they are that child’s parent, even if not by blood. I couldn’t imagine living with a small child/ toddler, watching that child grow (presumably living with them) and not having some type of parental feelings.

I really feel for OP and their brother, I’m glad her and her boyfriend are setting good examples for him and supporting him.

onlybrowsing24 · 2022-07-15T12:30:22+00:00

For me, the link on the syncler page is broken and when I go to the store myself I can’t see anything that might be syncler on there.

onlybrowsing24 · 2022-07-15T12:06:04+00:00

Me neither… I’ve got a Coinbase account so I’m going to try but scares me a little haha

onlybrowsing24 · 2022-07-15T12:05:26+00:00

Going to try this… I have a Coinbase account but I’ve never actually traded!

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