As far as your pregnancy goes? Will your ideal birth plan change? Do you wish you could have a natural vs c section birth? Eating habits? Exercise habits?
Will you feel better about your body during pregnancy?


Do you think your approach after little one arrives will differ to that of your first child? Like bottle vs. breast? If you did one previously will you do/ attempt the other? Will you try cloth diapers?


Ultimately I guess... There are so many options out there.... What will you try

id deffinatley have another natural (unless needed c section) i would also eat alot better foods and try to stay fit, i think if i do all this next time round i would feel alot happier in my pregnant body

I would have a natural again (is can) I would Bf again, tbh I think i will do things the same!
i craved healthy food and milk when pregnant! How weird am i? LOL so hoping for that next time

I will eat less during pregnancy. I don't mean calorie counting, but I didn't need to eat the quantities of food that I did.
I will not feel fed up about being overdue if I am.
I will hopefully have a similar birth experience, natural with no drugs.
I will be BF my next LO come hell or high water! Ruby wouldn't latch but I think the support I got was poor and this should have been overcome.

I have to have a c-section next time, but I had a vaginal birth this time, so it could be worse.

I will breastfeed if it kills me, I am NOT doing formula again.

Pregnancy wise, I didn't make many choices, I didn't eat badly but was very very sick for the whole 9 months, so that kind of decided my eating for me. I would like to exercise more but had SPD last time round, so that went out the window.

I will cloth nappy from birth, we started at about 3 weeks in this time.

I think I will feel better about my body during pregnancy, I can't wait to be preg again (despite the downsides, lol) and I'm not so keen on my body now, so it can only get better!

Cool post

I wouldn't get so stressed, or at least try not to, would try to enjoy being pregnant a lot more. Would do more exercise too, and not hide away.

Would probably ask to be monitored more closely at hosp, to keep an eye on the baby's weight etc....and if everything was ok, would try naturally again. If it was a big baby again, or an awkward position again would definitely have a c-section (don't want it to sound like a cop out, but we both ended up in such a bad way after last time...for him it could've been so much worse).

Would also BF (if possible), something which I wasn't able to this time, he wouldn't latch...found out that was because of virtually no milk (due to the birth), so if this happened again, would definitely look for more support which I now know is available.

There's probably a lot i'd do differently actually! Going to think on this now!!

I won't even try the epidural next time...did last time and it didn't work!
I will go see a lactation consultant BEFORE the birth as if the next one doesn't latch on either I will probably end up shooting myself!
I will INSIST on videoing the birth (maybe that's gross to some people, but I would've done anything to be able to see my son enter this world) the video won't be for anyone but myself and my OH.
And finally, more than anything I want them to put my child on my my chest straight away...not have me lying on the bed for 5 minutes asking 'what is it???" Wasn't what I pictured at all!

id like to do everything the exact same way. i was very healthy during pregnancy, had a c section and bottle feed i dont want to try anything and having a baby naturaly scares the crap out of me (although it was the plan previously)

i am going to beg to get stitched up, monitored, everything. couldnt rsk going that early again.

I would try to eat healthier next time and I would ask to be checked for gestational diabetes as Leyla was big.

I would ask my mum to be there at the birth as well as my hubby. It was just my husband for Leyla's birth and he didn't know whether to stick up for me or believe what the midwife said (duh, stick up for me, obviously!!!). My mum on the other hand is great at advocating for me.

I will insist that the midwife actually reads my birth plan when I give it to her and then follows it. I want an epidural when I ask for it at 4cm, not to be told repeatedly that I don't need it yet and then finally that it was too late.

I will probably cloth nappy from birth rather than starting at 10 days.

I'll definitely try breastfeeding again, and if the baby ended up needing formula for any reason (Leyla was dehydrated), I wouldn't use a bottle (use a cup or something instead) so that we'd be able to go back to the breast later.

I won't be having another until I have the money for a private midwife - with Leyla, I hardly saw the same midwife twice and the ones in the hospital were an entirely different set to the ones who saw me beforehand. I want the same midwife from start to finish!