- Ttc for 10 years, found out i was pregnant naturally days before starting ivf- Update
Today i am 6 weeks and 2 days with my very first pregnancy. Ive never had a single positive test until now. i found out i was pregnant days before starting ivf and i was roughly 5 weeks as my...
113 points9 comments3 d ago
- Always go in to get monitored if in doubt
I don't mean to scaremonger, all turned out fine but thought I would share this. Throughout my pregnancy, I had a few episodes of reduced movement. I went in overall 6 times. The first 5 times,...
91 points4 comments1 d ago
- I’m tired of people trauma dumping their birth stories on me
I hate announcing that I’m pregnant because I’m almost immediately met with the most horrific story someone can possibly think of. This vent was inspired by a client meeting I had today and the...
83 points39 comments7 d ago
- Walked out of maternity triage tonight after hearing a doctor say that women were beneath men.
Went into triage today because i’m 29 weeks and i’ve been having cramping that’s in my back and down my legs since last night. We were the only ones in there, I was only on the monitor for 20...
63 points44 comments4 d ago
- Are NHS community midwives allowed to wear acrylic nails? Had the most painful sweep today and I’m questioning things…
Hi everyone, I had an appointment with a community midwife today for a membrane sweep and I’ve been left feeling both in agony and quite shocked, so I wanted to ask for some outside perspective....
48 points40 comments4 d ago
- Maternity clothes
Why oh WHY do so many companies make pregnancy clothes that are cropped. I don’t want a maternity specific cropped cardigan - this won’t fit any different to a normal cropped cardigan. I want...
29 points32 comments3 d ago
- Sleeping positions - is my partner overreacting?
Sorry it's a long one but I just need to get this off my chest as it's really starting to get me down- I'm currently 22 weeks pregnant, I'm already avoiding sleeping on my back to get ready for 28...
24 points48 comments3 d ago
- I didn’t want a csection and I’m so sad about it
I know it was necessary and it was actually lovely. I just didn’t want it! No one seems to say the right thing. I don’t want or deserve sympathy or advice and tbh the recovery has been fine. I...
21 points33 comments7 d ago
- How do you cope with keeping it a secret?
Found out at 3 weeks so I have SO LONG to wait until we can tell people. My husband doesn’t want to tell family and close friends until Christmas either as a nice Christmas present, so I genuinely...
18 points40 comments20 h ago
- 39+5 and frightened to go in after a call with maternity assessment at St Thomas’. Could do with hearing from other mums.
I rang the maternity assessment unit at St Thomas’ in London today after a night where I couldn’t sleep for the pain. I’ve had pelvic girdle pain since 16 weeks, so I’m quite familiar with how it...
18 points16 comments2 d ago