Articles & Expert Guides on Pregnancy

I think my waters have gone. I keep just leekng and I've been to the bathroom to to pee and I'm still leeking. Is that my waters? I'm 39+4 today and I had a sweep a week ago and have been 2cms since then and I've lost my mucus plug also since then

Please help. My GP was so dismissive and unhelpful that I’ve now applied to be registered at a different surgery. 8 weeks ago I had an emergency c section and appeared to heal well. About 4 weeks post c section, I started getting a burning sensation in the left side of my abdomen just above the wound site. The wou...

One thing I was never prepared for was the pain that comes with having a swollen vagina. Without being too graphic, I’m in so much pain, I feel like the external parts of my lady area are going to explode any moment from pressure. Google says it’s normal and it’s pressure from the baby’s bead/ increased blood in t...

I had to go for a ultrasound yesterday and they wouldn’t tell me anything they said it’s confidential but my doctor called today with the results saying my baby stopped growing at 8 weeks 6 days and I am 9 weeks 7 days but I had went in on march 5th for a ultrasound because I had bad cramps and was worried because i...

I think I’m in labour I’m having regular tightenings and it’s painful enough that I’m using my TENS machine. I went in to be checked 7-8hrs ago as I thought my waters were leaking and they were, also got my bloody show. We got home at 2am and I’ve tried to sleep inbetween but haven’t managed to, also it seems to me ...

Has anyone had private scans? I’m currently 9 weeks 4 days and have my NHS 12 week scan booked in but it’s for after Mother’s Day and I was hoping to tell the family on Mother’s Day with a scan. Are they worth it? Am I going to find out anything extra or should I just wait for my NHS scan?

All 9lbs of him lol, had an induction and made it to around 6cm before needing an epidural, luckily my epidural worked wonders and while I didn’t really feel pain I felt a ton of pressure and could intuitively still tell when and how I needed to push so I only pushed for 20 minutes and had no tearing ❤️ here’s my ch...

I had my 20 weeks scan and have few midwife appointments where they measure the belly old school with measurement tape and listen to the heartbeat through like a Doppler not even proper scan - but I am currently 30 weeks pregnant and they don’t see the scan of the baby. Am I suppose to book something private to chec...

Hey all!! I hope you're all well! My daughter was born 11/4/24 and is four (and a half) months old! She can roll from back to belly and belly to back, she's trying SO hard to sit up on her own and looooves tummy time and learning how to crawl! I've only gotten her to giggle a couple times, but it made me cry the fir...

Sorry feel like I’m posting every half a day lol 😂🙈 soo after a hoo har about reduced hours my boss has reduced to 9 hours from 12 after I requested 8. Back to work this set of 5 after 2 weeks off and I’ve now been struck with some form of flu/cold sore throat and blocked nose (not sure if sore throat is from…