Community Posts, Tips & Support on Pregnancy

Is anyone else dealing with really bad stomach cramps and loose stools? 😖

When is everyone packing their hospital bags 🙈

I’m really struggling with the pregnancy fatigue at work 😭 even more difficult when I’m not having caffeine. How did you ladies manage? Any tips or tricks or advice would be really helpful 🫶🏽

Has anyone else reached the point of fatigue where they are so tired they are actually sleeping through the night? After many weeks of interrupted sleep and uncomfortableness, this feels like a tiny reward.

Does anyone know how involved the care team are throughout pregnancy? I’ve had my booking appointment today and I’ve been assigned my midwife and care team on badger notes but I went to school with 2 of the midwives on my care team, one of which I really don’t feel comfortable with.

I called my gp surgery, they asked me to create a badger notes account. I tried to sign up for it, but it requires a passkey given by midwife. I looked up midwifes for Newcastle areas and found some contacts on nhs website but they don’t pick up the phone and it goes into voicemail and they don’t contact back aswell.

How did you all recieve your CS date? Was it through the post, email or a different way and also how many weeks were you before you was informed of your date?

Since Tuesday; my baby is getting slower on the movements than I'm use to from him? Could it be a position change. I did go into hospital on Tuesday night and he was okay, do I go back in or no?

Does anyone see a faint line or is it just me being delusional? X

Hey girls! I’m currently 22 weeks and debating whether to get a 4D scan. I have an anterior placenta and I’ve been told not to get one as it can distort the face? Has anyone had any positive and negative experiences with a 4D and anterior placenta. TIA x

I've seen online lots of things about them but my SIL's all said they don't know what a birth plan is and basically you just go in and have to deal with it all in the moment?

Any recommendations for dealing with congestion? My 12 week old little girl is sounding a little phlegmy in her nose - it’s not blocked more loose.

Has anyone had super intense false labor?! I've been having contractions every 5-10 minutes that last about 1 minute long for about 4 hours. (I'm using the 3-1-1 rule so not going to hospital until contractions are 3 minutes apart, lasting 1 minute, for at least 1 hour). But I've read that falls labor can also be i...

Does anyone know if you HAVE to stay 2 nights after giving birth? If all is well with me and baby can I go home after the first night? My son will be 23 months and I’m nervous to leave him, I’ve never been away from him more than a few hours :/

I’m 36+1 and have been extremely tired lately, having braxton hicks contractions more frequently these past few days compared to last week, and although I used to be constipated I have now had no issue going #2. My water hasn’t broke and i’ve actually had minimal discharge, but it seems all the other signs are of ea...

Hello! Can anyone recommend a midwife or midwife practice that delivers at Morristown hospital? TIA!

This is my second baby and I’ve had additional fetal monitoring due to some complications. Today at my growth scan she measured 5 pounds 10 ounces and in the 14th percentile. My first baby I didn’t have an ultrasound after my anatomy scan so I have nothing to compare these scans to. I asked my obgyn if she was co...

I am 19yrs old and 27 weeks pregnant. I am extremely into everything holistic and I would really love to have a home birth/water birth for my delivery. I am low-risk and healthy however due to certain family members negative opinions on home births I feel nervous about doing it for my first pregnancy because I have ...

What does everyone use to get more energy I’m so tired everyday. I do sleep but my son wakes up 4/5 am all the time so I get broken sleep.

What did you all name your boys! My 8 week old is called Noah🩵