u/Lonely-Pressure-4218

Hey everyone, so I’m 15 weeks pregnant with my second bubba. Mentally it’s been bugging me a little in regards to my weight this time round, last pregnancy I started at 76kg this pregnancy I started at about 96kg and it’s really spooking me tbh. I lost a reasonable amount of it from last pregnancy but then gained back a lot due to depression before I fell pregnant again. Today I had my first midwifery appointment and I’ve been labelled high risk. I do also have a neurological thang all stable thankfully but from a decade ago (shunt and tumour) and it’s all safe and not a worry so that would be part of the label so the drs are aware but yeah I think also because I’m a heavier weight it’s contributed to the “high risk” honestly it’s really getting me down some days it feels defeating. I am over all pretty healthy I have no mobility issues etc but I guess in the GP or drs eyes “your a fattie” is what it feels like lol.

I would really love to know other mums experiences being at a heavier weight during pregnancy and also any “high risk” stories what your experience was like. At this point I’m just so keen to be done with pregnancy and birth and focus on my body again, I’m not one to enjoy pregnancy and this time round just constantly being told how overweight I am being shoved with weight management plans in my face blah blah I just want it over with.

I would also really love to know other stories because this is rattling my brain due to my tumour my neurons recommend I have an epidural if I am to deliver naturally (I had a planned c section last time) but how TF does that work? Like having limited movement from the epidural and sorry a catheter??! 😭 how do you squat or whatever position with that damn thing sitting there dangling in your way 😩 and just the over all experience? god I’m so over it all lol

Thanks everyone 🌸

Hey everyone, I’m currently 15 weeks pregnant I started getting auras about a year ago. The past two months I’ve had a huge increase and at this point I’m getting them every 2-3 days, did anyone else experience a big spike in them during pregnancy? Did anyone successfully manage to get them under control? I’m so lost right now this is scaring me I’m hoping it’s just hormones but yeah :(

Thanks everyone 🌸

Hi everyone, so I have a 1.5 or so year old Catahoula x bull Arab he is very reactive and I struggle so in all honesty there for I don’t walk him. We live in a very stuck up neighbourhood also and some people here are horrible which contributes to my fear if he charges at the wrong person.

I however have very much tried to the best of my ability tried to teach him best I can but I’ve failed and I’m not in a financial position right now to afford a professional trainer, it is however something I am looking into. I just can’t get past the guilt he isn’t living his best life, he is very loved and cared for but I also have exisiting cats and abit of a smaller house so during the day I pop him out the back (which is nice spacious it’s not a small yard) just to save the chaos, I also have a toddler and all of this cats, other dogs, a child he is absolutely NOT aggressive but with the cats and as soon as he sees another dog he goes nuts and wants to chase which spooks everyone. With one of my cats I have managed to introduce them but as soon as she wants to walk around he chases her he’ll corner her and won’t let her roam freely around her. So all of this him being mostly outside during the day makes everyone happy. I though am drained trying to balance everyone’s emotions and yeah the guilt of not being able to walk my boy, I wound love to be able to take him to a beach or a dog park. I do play with him out the back and obviously interact with him outside but I know his breed also his a big SOOK lol.

Anyhow I am hoping to find advice and tips on how I can give him extra exercises, fun and what not without walking him a heap right now. I am also pregnant so the last thing I want to risk is him sending me flying when he charges at something.

Thanks everyone 🌸

Hey everyone, so I have been getting visual auras for about a year now. I got an MRI, a CT and a basic eye test all came back okay. They eventually plateaued and at the beginning it would be a few times a week then maybe 2 times a month. Now the past two or so months I’ve had a hefty increase but now it’s almost daily and I have no idea what to do or who to talk to about it.

I am currently nearly 15 weeks pregnant so I’m curious if this is the cause with hormones etc but this is spooking the hell out of me and I wish I knew who to talk to or find a “treatment” for them. I usually see my neurologist yearly for something unrelated but yeah I have absolutely no idea what to do at this point and I’m so over it, I feel so alone.

Did anyone else experience this like I’m not talking 3 times during pregnancy this is nearly daily now every few days if I’m lucky and does anyone know were I should look to try seek help? I am really struggling this is scary, isolating and so confusing. I have never been able to exactly find a pin point of cause I think originally it was possibly stress but yeah

Thanks everyone :((

Hey everyone, I’m at such a loss. I went for another quick eye tests the other week all was fine again I had an mri in January and that was okay too. (I have them yearly for something else there was a very milks change however neuros aren’t worried or don’t think that’s what’s causing the auras. I started getting the auras about a year ago they eventually plateaued to about one a month.

However this past 2 months I’ve had quite an increase in my auras but I am also 14 weeks pregnant so I’m wondering if that’s what’s causing the spike. Did anyone else experience this during pregnancy? I truly am so lost on what causes mine and I’m over the constant anxiety. I don’t know who to turn to or what to do.

This is my second pregnancy. Never got them in my first but I never experienced them back then either.

Hey everyone who else occasionally experiences this? It is so very strange you literally dream your having one like example your dream your walking down the street having an AURA and then you literally wake up having one?! I’ve had it happen a hand full of times but it is so weird!! Or yeah just waking up during the night with one 🫩

These things drive me nuts still no idea what exactly causes mine but I’ve had a spike of them lately I believe due to my pregnancy. What I would do to be able to pin point the cause!

Just a little rant and curiosity about who gets them this way also

Hey everyone, so I had my first baby via a planned c section in December 2023 due to I have some medically stuff with my brain (tumour and shunt all stable) so the neuros suggested if I am to have a natural birth that I have a epidural to avoid the raised pressures in the brain during birth or a c section. I ended up having a c section as my little one had a liver haemangioma on her liver so they gave me the option to have a planned c section just incase her tummy was a little raised to avoid the risk of a harder birth (all was okay with her thankfully). Anyhow so during the c section when they were trying to get the spinal in that there was daunting because they were having trouble at first getting the needle in the right spot, they had to keep numbing my back then finally got it in. All was okay until yeah it did go in and I lost the movements I was actually fairly calm during that but yeah movement lost and it’s like my body went into shock even though medically I was fine there was no invention etc needed or anything my body just had what felt like a physical shock reaction and it was NOT great experience in the sense of I wasn’t really “with it” during what was meant to be a beautiful moment. I’m currently pregnant with my second due in November and I’m scared my body will have this reaction again especially if I can deliver naturally with an epidural, I could probably just opt for a c section with my medically stuff (I truly am fine it’s just a “safer” route they offer but no crazy concerns) but I also don’t want to have multiple c sections and have my tummy absolutely destroyed.

I suppose I would just love to hear others experiences and especially those who delivered naturally with an epidural what that was like?

Thanks everyone ❤️

Hey everyone, does anyone have this happen? My auras seem to have their auras start up in either a different eye or different parts of the vision from time to time? Most of mine start in my right eye and start out as a little static dot then they peak the they ease off and go away but occasionally I will get it in my left eye and also they will flee up differently or in different parts of my vision maybe the centre, the bottom the top or the side of my eye (also happens in the right eye also whenever they happen but not both eyes at the same time)

Currently 1230am laying in bed I went to sleep about 1030pm which I usually got to bed a bit later and currently have an aura starting 🤦‍♀️ I’m also 12 weeks pregnant with my second and have noticed quite an increase this month in my auras so I feel like all I can pin point these damn things is to stress, hormones or sleep changes, possibly dehydration and bright sun light. Has anyone got this before? Idk how to win with these damn things, I haven’t had one thought the night for a while but that’s all I can think of.

Does anyone here who suffers from auras also experience white floaters? They are literally just a white dot that floats by your vision and it’s gone again.

They kinda confuse me I started getting these after I first started experiencing auras they aren’t accompanied with the auras they happen randomly throughout the day but yeah

Hey all, so I’m really wigging out auras make me super anxious I still have not found a pin point cause of them.

So I’m currently 11 weeks pregnant with my second and the past month I’ve had 7 or so auras. I’ve had another basic eye test which was clear, I had an MRI a few months back which was also clear and showed nothing concerning in the brain. For content I first started to get auras about a year ago exactly and I thought maybe their stress induced or something and they use to be fairly frequent maybe 1 a week but then eventually I was only getting about 2 a month and now I’m back to nearly weekly and I’m freaking out. I’m curious if pregnancy is possibly spiking them. My first pregnancy I never got them but then I also had never experienced them before back then either, I’m really at a loss even tho my MRI was clear I’m super anxious. I’m gonna see an ophthalmologist eventually but I pray that will show nothing concerning also.

I’m not sure :( I would be fine dealing with these but I just can’t help but spiral in fear what’s causing them. Did anyone else get a spike of them during pregnancy? Or anyone else with a general spike / increase of auras did you manage to pin point the cause?

Thank you, I truly find this community so helpful I’m so grateful I found it 🙏

Hey everyone, so I’m 23F and have for about a year now been getting visual auras. I’ve had a few basic eye checks which were all clear, and had my routine MRI (something unrelated) to also rule out if anything neuro wise was causing them which thankfully also came back stable with a minor change but drs aren’t concerned or believe that that’s what’s triggering them. I feel like it could have at the time they originally began been severe stress and now it’s just a normal thing. I seem to usually get mine when I very first wake up or even during the night. When they very first began it was kindve all over the place and at any time of the day and I wasn’t too sure what exactly was triggering them. I wondered if it was dehydration, or even bright sunlight. I eventually worked out the frequency pattern but I’ve now had two randomly on separate occasions be in the afternoon after going out into sunlight? Does anyone sort of know if this is I guess “normal” or have experienced that as a trigger to them themself? These auras are a huge contribution to my anxiety and ugh I’m over it lol.

Anyhow would love to know any tips, experiences or whatnot from others :)