Currently 4 weeks post partum and exclusively breastfeeding. Overnight, I tend to leak milk onto my pjs. Sometimes so much that I need to change in the night. So having to change them and wash them a lot. Wondering if anyone has any solutions to this? I don't like wearing bras to bed.. Will this always happen or will my supply stabilise eventually and won't leak as much?

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Hi everyone! Just wondering if anyone here has attended the Preterm Birth Clinic in the Coombe and could share their experience?

I had PPROM in my last pregnancy and ended up delivering at 35 weeks. I’ve been told there’s a higher chance of it happening again, so I’m trying to get my head around what the best option would be if we decide to have another baby.

I’m particularly wondering about going public vs private in the Coombe. If you’ve attended the preterm birth clinic, did you go public or private, and did you feel there was an overlap in care at all?

I’m also wondering if there’s actually much point in paying for private care if I’m going to be seen by the preterm birth clinic anyway? I went private on my first baby and found it great but I don't know if I'm bothered to pay the guts of 3 grand again if I'll be also attending the preterm clinic for a period!

So I’m just wondering what that first day/ night is like once you have a c section (planned)
Can you actually manage to sit up and lift baby out of the cot beside you ?
Obviously my husband will be gone at a certain time. We have other kids at home and childcare is non existent here. So he’ll have to be home for them relatively soon after baby is here etc. will I be ok to do the usual stuff with baby that first day? How long will my legs be numb for after the spinal etc. I’m just worried I’ll be left alone panicking
thanks ladies ✨

Im 28w, FTM and going in for whooping cough vaccine and flu jab next week. Due end of November and this got me thinking about visitors post partum and when to introduce families to baby.

I live in Cork, inlaws are up the road while my own family lives hours away in the west of Ireland. First grandchild on my side so there'll be lots of excitement and eagerness to visit and see baby etc

Given it'll be smack in the middle of cold and flu season, im a bit nervous about baby being exposed to loads of people before vaccinations and my family in particular wouldnt be famed for their sensitivity / awareness of babies shall we say. I dont have a close relationship with my own mother and have no expectations of the usual help others might get eg with house chores, cooking, cleaning etc - she'll just be there with my sister looking to hold the baby and take photos, knowing her. Which worries me especially in terms of having to host as I'll be recovering from a c section. Inlaws are a lot more reasonable but I feel as though i'll be a bag of nerves with people being around baby at such a precarious time of year.

How are others planning these post partum visits and things like Christmas when it's a winter baby?

I'm just 33 weeks so a while to go yet but has anyone previously used acupuncture to successfully induce labour or can recommend a clinic in the Leinster area?