Baby’s Due Date

Are You Really Overdue?

When did you find out your due date? How did you find out? Did the doctor use your last menstrual cycle and the “Wheel of Pregnancy” tool to figure it out for you? Or were you 100% sure about your date of conception and use a calculator that way? Did you date your pregnancy by [...]

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Antenatal Notes (Part 2)

Are you ready for part 2? Well here goes…. Relation of PP to brim: - Your midwife will measure how much of your baby’s head/bottom can be felt above the brim of your pelvis as fifths: 5/5 means that the head is not engaged; 0/5 means that the head is fully engaged. Eng/E: Engaged - Head engaged. [...]

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Pregnancy Facts & Figures

After ending on quite a serious note for my last post, I’ve scoured the world wide web looking for interesting facts about Pregnancy to entertain you. Keeping it lighthearted again today! The number of cesarean births has risen to 27% over the last decade. That’s an increase of 40%. The average age for a first [...]

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Baby’s Due Date

This whole due date thing is rather odd really, I mean not unless you are spot on with your cycle and or when you conceived its hard to tell exactly how many weeks you are and when you are due, it’s all guess work really. Doctors/ Midwives give you an estimated due date based on [...]

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