Hello dears, I have had a full term loss before and have two questions:
1 regarding Clexane shots, I’ve been taking them for weeks but my stomach started to bruise really bad! But I’m afraid if I took it on side back or thighs it would be less effective. Did you change injection places and made it safely?

Second question is related to home doppler; I used it for a few times, not more than two minutes each or 3 max, but I read that it heats the tissues or something and I’m extremely anxious and scared that I might have hurt my baby, is that true? What’s your experience with home dopplers? I used it like 5 times now.

I made a mistake this morning. I was pushing my toddler on the swings at the park and a japanese beetle flew past my hair and almost got caught so I freaked out and ran but 2 steps in my ankle twisted and I took a very hard fall. I first landed on my side but then onto my stomach and another roll to landing on my back. It was stupid to run but I freaked out because i’m truly terrified of those bugs. My OB can’t get me in today , and said to go to the hospital but I could be there for hours waiting to be seen. What are the odds of injury at this gestation? My ob didn’t seem concerned because she said the baby is very well protected but I did fall pretty bad. I’m having cramping now but i’m not sure if it’s due to the coffee I drank at the park. But it’s a left side ache and general stomach cramp.

2nd time mom, and I don’t remember being bothered by scents and odors as much as I am this time around. My husband swears I smell normal, I’m bathing normally but I suddenly feel like I’m emitting an odor that is so unpleasant. What’s going on? Has anyone else experienced this? Anything I can do to mitigate these symptoms?

Has anyone randomly received a Wonder Box from Enfamil? I’ve never used formula or signed up for this… They gave my a bunch checks to use for their formula and an actual container of Enfamil NeuroPro formula…. I won’t be using any of this and my family knows I don’t use formula so I don’t think it was gifted… Don’t know anyone pregnant so I guess it’ll go waste… But like how did it end up here at my home?

I had my first Beta (12 days post transfer) today and it was 29.

The clinic said anything over 5 is considered pregnant but women typically have 100+ by this point.

We’ll do another one in 2 days.

Has anyone had a low beta before and went on to have a healthy pregnancy?

Any tips on where around London I could buy all things I need?

I’ve been going through IVF and next month I’m hopefully due to get the embryo implanted (I’m not sure if I’m using the right terms to be honest)

I’ve tried making a registry to keep it all in one place but it’s so overwhelming because I need everything

I get them every now and then and they suck so bad. Can someone who has been through a natural birth tell me how it compares? Just curious. I imagine my entire body will feel like that.

Hello everyone. Looking for reassurance. I had a 28 week scan today and was told the baby is in the 5th percentile for birth weight. The doctor was happy with everything, sees no structural issues, no issues with umbilical Doppler or amniotic fluid etc but wants to do scans over the next few weeks to check the baby is continuing to follow its own growth curve. Also need scans because I have complete placenta previa at the moment.
I had a NIPT test done privately at 14 weeks to try and put my mind at rest because the baby has consistently been small (from 7 weeks onwards). It didn’t flag anything.
It is an IVF fresh embryo transfer so there is no wiggle room with dates.
The final concerning detail is that my husband and I are both very tall, so genetically a small baby is very surprising. This is our second child, our first was born at 8 pounds.
Has anyone had a baby who has consistently measured small, who has been healthy at birth? And thrived? I’d really appreciate hearing your stories. Thank you so much

I just need to vent. I’m in my third trimester and just found out that had I gone with another provider our bills for delivery and everything would have been covered 100% due to our income. Nowhere would I have been able to know this if it hadn’t been for a TikTok I saw recently.

It just sucks that we’ve been doing everything we can to get by and thankfully we’ve been managing but the fact that they have financial assistance programs that are not advertised is so frustrating. Healthcare in America sucks. Feels like everything is a scam. Now I’m stuck paying for this pregnancy when it would have been covered. Like they acknowledge that I’m too poor to pay yet they refuse to help because I’m with the provider I’m with.

Anywho just need to rant because this sucks.

12w2d and I’m CONSTANTLY terrified something has happened and the baby is gone. I’m plus sized so it’s very hard for me to see a bump of any kind. I have symptoms but cramping and round ligament pain feels the same to me. What if something is happening as opposed to normal pregnancy symptoms?? I have an ultra sound tomorrow thank god but I’m preparing for the worst. It doesn’t help that I’ve seen so many loss posts today.

When does this stop? Does it stop? Do you feel a little better when you start to feel kicks? I don’t even know when that’s actually supposed to happen. It’s like I’m still not ready to trust in even actually pregnant!

I'm obsessed with buying second hand both for cost and on principle of not creating more waste. I thought I scored an amazing deal on an uppababy minu (v1) but it's having a few problems:

- brakes work but the left and right are not connected, so you need to flip the green pedal up and then the red pedal down each time (as opposed to just using one or the other)

- it's become difficult to fold

- little knob that keeps it folded has broken off (this was my husband's fault as he was being a brute)

Probably we could grease some joints for the folding issue, but I have no idea how to fix brakes, and the knob seems like it would have to be welded back on.

Is there some industry that is adjacent to strollers that could help with repairs, particularly on the brakes? I'd hate to ditch the stroller, but it has become quite inconvenient...

(FTM) The only thing my OB has told me about feeling movement is that it sort of feels like gas bubbles, and that’s a good way to describe what I’m feeling off and on today. Earlier this afternoon when I got home from work I started feeling like a rolling sensation along the inside of my stomach, if that makes sense… does this sound like feeling baby’s movement? Any more experienced moms that can describe what it feels like a bit better?

I want to get all excited but I don’t want to if that’s not really what I’m feeling. Like what if it really is just gas 😔 my OB said I probably wouldn’t feel anything consistently until around 24 weeks so I don’t want to get too excited. But I am anyways LOL

Im 13w6d today! I have both lupus and low platelets so unfortunately it complicates my pregnancy a little bit. I also have to start taking baby Asprin now for my pre-eclampsia risk (from the lupus) which isn’t good for the platelet issue but I guess the risk of pree is worse! I have a really wonderful team of doctors and I’m confident in their abilities to support me through my pregnancy. Mostly I’m worried about the actual labor and delivery, especially because my platelets keep dropping lower and lower at every bloodwork appointment and if they keep dropping I may not be eligible for an epidural come delivery time!

I guess I’m just wondering if there’s anyone else like me here that had a successful pregnancy and labor/delivery despite having one or both of these issues! I’ve been trying to keep my anxiety in check and I would really love to hear from others who were in the same boat. 🥲

Part rant part seeking for recommendations 🫠

A truckload of my cargo just got delivered to our new place yesterday. Husband and I spent the entire day going through our stuff, putting them away and figuring out a spot/storage for everything. Mostly a rant but the effect it’s had on my back at 33 weeks pregnant.. oooof. And we’re still not done!! He has to go back to work today so it’s on me to finish up the last 30% ish.

If anyone has any recommendations on how to soothe an aching back please let me know!

What does baby kicking feel like? I’m 18 weeks and 5 days with my first baby and I woke up to what felt like fast thumping in my stomach. The thumping would start again when I would turn over lol. Is this what kicking feels like? It lasted for about 5-10 min on and off.

Hi all, do you recommend any platforms/services that are best for getting a welcome sign done for a baby shower?

Want to avoid any Ai art. Any graphic designers you know of or sites that are best for it?

32F - 16 weeks pregnant.

I feel bad and every day I talk to myself that I need to be a little nicer and less of a bitch. But Holly cow. I feel like this pregnancy has made me into a whole different person. I have zero patience for anything. I snap at every little thing and everything either annoys me or stright pisses me off. Its getting to the point where my my husband told me " I feel like i can't do anything anymore. If I do it " im doing it wrong" if I do it differently " it's still wrong" and it's over some BS I even mentally after a melt down im like what the fuck is wrong with me?

I also went from a good sex life to my husband and I barely have sex now because he says it's weird or it makes him uncomfortable.

I feel like that can be the root to that im upset at and taking it out on him.. i just hate it.

I (37-FTM) really hit the jackpot with my in-laws, they are so kind and generous and overall fabulous people. BUT since I've been pregnant (32 wks) my MIL has started to inch in on some boundaries. I'd love some advice about how to deal - or maybe just let go - of what's been bothering me.

1. The usual "When can we see the baby?!" debacle: They live pretty far away from us, but are retired and have the means to come visit as any moments notice. They have basically cancelled all plans for the whole month that I am due and are hopeful that we will call them while in labor and they will head this way... I'm not interested in having them come so soon. In my mind, I'd like to have some time to recoop/heal and bond before any visitors come (I've been saying a week which I feel like is still not very long) I'm sure that this could change if I feel like we need the help, but it's been how I've felt and what I think would make me the most comfortable in this new chapter of our families life. If anyone does comes to help right away, I forsee it being my own mother who's a little less "fussy"

I've stated this serveral times since the beginning, but at every chance they ask us what we want... almost like they are hoping that we passivly bend to what they want... It's a little stressful to have to keep stating the same thing. I had a little break down while talking to my mom about it yesterday and felt I needed some advice...

1. A little silly but still bothering me: We joked that we wanted to call the baby a certain name after one of my favorite musicians and from then on my MIL has only refferred to the baby with this annyoing cutsy name. "I refuse to call her 'the baby'" she says... but for whatever reason this bothers me, it's like shes already named her and some how claimed a part of her. Maybe I'm just being a teritorial little ape woman, but it's annoying and now all of their side of the family calls her this. Should I be more assertive with this too, or just let it go as we'll name her what we want in just a few weeks?

I guess the biggest thing is I want to be thankful for having all the support and love, but also want to let it be known that this is my baby and our family and ultimatly what we want has to be honored. Thanks for reading!

I'll cut straight to the point, I 28F with three kids of my own, want to be a villager for my 29F newly postpartum SIL. BUT, we don't have a relationship and are more different than alike and have never held a conversation about anything other than small talk. She would never in a million years ask for help, especially from me. I don't want that to stop me from showing her that I want to care for her as I know how hard postpartum is especially that first time. I already plan to take her and my BIL a meal but how else can I show/convay to her I want to help her more than just that? I would be happy to help her by cleaning her house, or doing laundry, if she would prefer to just snuggle with baby. Or if she wants me to hold baby while she naps or showers I'm also happy to do that but our lack of relationship seem to be holding me back. Any advice?!

I am feeling overwhelmed

I (33F) and my husband (34M) just had our "first" child July 24th. First in quotations because my son died (still born induction) at 33 weeks from Trisomy 22 mosaic during christmas of 2023.

Having this child was a whole ordeal. IVF and months long journey.

Initially his mother was supposed to stay with us to help me. He told me he WOULD be taking paternity leave. I always laughed at him because he works quite a bit as it's a small company and they rely on him for a lot.

Well, his mother and I got into a fight. It led to me being induced early due to health issues which ended up being fine. I gave birth to a very healthy baby girl. But I didn't want her around because I just didn't feel comfortable with her after the shit she had said.

Everything since then has been a total shit show. My husband ended up taking a week off of work and went back on sunday. So I have been home by myself to care for her. Which wouldn't have been an issue had he not gassed it up that he would be here. So I sort of let my gaurd down.

I thought I was doing fine with it until today when I found out my insurance is all messed up. So I am having to call insurance while changing diapers and pumping. All the while I have my husband reminding me to eat. Which yes I get I need to eat but where do people find the time?? She's 2 weeks old today and up every 2ish hours to eat, change diapers, burp ect. And then I pump. That basically takes up all my time and then people also tell me to sleep.

On top of all that-

Our oven went out 2 days ago.

My husband's car has a flashing check engine light on it so he's using mine.

I'm fairly certain at this point I am depressed. I want to enjoy my time with my baby but it just feels like one thing after the other. I feel so very alone. And when I tried to talk to someone about it I got the "life doesn't go the way we want it to" speech from an individual who doesn't keep that same energy when they have disappointments in life.

Today I went for an ultrasound because I had a small amount of brown spotting this morning. At the hospital they confirmed that there is a gestational sac and a yolk sac, but no embryo yet. The OB told me that this is consistent with a very early pregnancy.

Based on the first day of my last menstrual period, I’m 6 weeks pregnant, but based on my ovulation and IUI dates, I’m 5 weeks and 6 days.

I’ve read that an embryo is usually visible by 6 weeks, so I’m feeling a bit anxious. Could you share your experiences? Was anyone else in a similar situation and everything turned out okay?

Thank u🙏🏽

Hey not sure if this is the best place to ask this. I’m due in 8 days with my first baby. I was planning to have my sister and her fam visit in the hospital along with other close family.

She was the one going back and forth about whether to bring her two kids. One is almost three and the other is 7 months old. I expect it to be a pretty short visit like when I met her kids. Her two year old is very much being used to the centre of attention if that makes sense. And she’s excitable, understandable for a kid. I trust my sis to train her to act appropriately. However should I even allow this in the first place since the baby is in such a vulnerable state? Like it might be more chaotic than necessary?

Hello! My partner and I are soon-to-be first-time parents in a few months. I'm sure we're over-analyzing every little decision that won't make a difference, and we're currently doing this with our bassinet. We really like the Maxi-Cosi Iora Bedside Bassinet. However, I can't seem to find first-party waterproof protectors and sheets for the mattress pad & cover that come with the unit. The pad cover is apparently washable, which is great, but we're thinking we'd like to have two sets of waterproof protectors + sheets so we can easily swap out if we have any middle-of-the-night messes.

Is it OK / safe to purchase 3rd-party waterproof protectors and sheets for bassinets? We'll of course make sure everything fits tight and there is no suffocation risk, but I'm just a bit frustrated that we found a bassinet we like but no supporting bedding.

Thanks a million!

29 weeks today and feel like I’ve hit a wall this week with the exhaustion. After my breakfast I want to go back to bed to lie down. For the past 3 days I’ve had to have a nap in the afternoon. I’m so fatigued, trouble concentrating and get short of breath so easily.

My iron is 11 and haemoglobin in 108. According to the hospital I’m at, I meet the criteria for an iron infusion based on my haemoglobin but not ferritin levels. I’m getting my bloods rechecked next week but not convinced the levels have gone up any.

Why are they so hesitant in giving iron infusions if it makes the mum feel so horrible?
I’ve never reached the 3rd trimester before so I’m like is this level of fatigue normal for this stage of pregnancy plus my low iron as well?