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I've been reading through older posts on subchronic hematomas on here and gotten a lot of good information and insight, but I'm making this post in the hopes of getting a little more perspective on the emotional side of having a hematoma.

At 7 weeks I did a very light workout and had a lot of blood. I had an ultrasound to see what was going on and they found 2 subchronic hematomas. The nurse didn't give me advice, but I didn't workout again after out of fear.

I had my 11 week scan last week and they're both still there. One got a tiny bit smaller, one got bigger. My OB said, "The blood is already there. I wouldn't do anything too strenuous, but if you workout and bleed, your baby will be fine. If it's too upsetting and worrisome for you though, prioritize your mental health and skip the gym."

I'm too familiar with pregnancy loss and decided the blood is just too triggering and I can't risk it and spiraling seeing blood. So women who have been in my shoes, or currently are, that have had to put workouts on a hiatus, how did you handle it emotionally? Building the muscles I have greatly improved my chronic illnesses and the thought of losing that is such a bummer. Any advice or personal anecdotes are greatly appreciated.

So I'm in the first trimester with my third baby, and while we don't know the sex yet, if it's a girl her name will be Thea. The problem is, my husband and I love the name Thea Faye but I have a major hang-up. It sounds so close to Tina Fey. My husband thinks I'm being ridiculous, and while I know I very well could be, does it sound too close? Don't get me wrong, I like Tina Fey, but is it weird? Am I overthinking this too much???

So I am currently pregnant with my third baby and don't know the gender yet. We have a boy name set, and thought we had a girl name.

If it's a girl, we were planning on naming her Thea Mae, the name Mae after my husband's grandmother. However, when he called her to share the news of the pregnancy, she was short, irritated, and clearly disappointed we were having a third. For the record, my husband and I have been together for over a decade, are financially comfortable/stable, and this baby was planned and we went through a lot to get here. She isn't overly fond of children (I thought she liked her great grandkids though?) and doesn't understand why people would want 3 and made her opinion and disgust known.

So now here we are, not wanting to use that middle name but are unsure of other ideas. I like the name Faye, but Thea Faye sounds a lot like Tina Fey lol.

Generally, my husband and I are partial to more nature centered names and our middle child has a J.R.R. Tolkien reference as a middle name. Any ideas on some nature middle names, or just cute middle names in general to go with Thea?

Hey everyone, long time lurker, first time posting here. So last Wednesday I had a huge gush of red blood at 6 weeks and a few days that turned into a lot of brown spotting. My OB told me to do the blood work with 48 hours apart.

Thursday it was 42,309

Saturday (today) is 45,888

I've had plenty of losses, but this is actually my first time ever doing any blood work. With the others, I felt immediately in my bones I had lost the pregnancies. With this one, I'm not sure either way. That being said, I'm new to hCG levels and don't know how to interpret this? It isn't a huge rise, but is it enough to stop panicking until my 8 week ultrasound in a week and a half?

TW: loss?

I'm currently 6 weeks and 2 days pregnant and today I did a light workout. Just some curls, then walking a mile. I felt kind of tired after, so I called it an early day and waited for my husband to finish up.

Half an hour later, I felt a gush and went to the bathroom to see a concerning (to me at least) amount of red blood. Not enough to soak through a pad, but it would've been enough to soak through a panty liner for sure. In the past hour it's been much less, but still some blood. Still no cramps at all though.

I called my OB and they said I can go in tomorrow for blood work, then go in again in 48 hours to get an idea of what's going on. I've had miscarriages before and that wait feels agonizing. Has anyone had experience with this? This would be my third baby and I've never bled like this with my other two.

I'm currently pregnant with my third baby and am only 6 weeks, but the bloating is already crazy. I didn't want to tell people for a while, but I'm afraid it's going to be obvious before long at this rate.

With my second, I of course started showing way sooner than with the first, but since my second was born, I regularly go to the gym and any new bloating feels even more glaringly obvious in ways it wasn't with my second.

When did everyone start showing with their third, or even second, pregnancies? I really don't want to tell people so soon, but I don't know how long baggy tshirts are going to hide things 😩

I have no idea where to ask this (probably really stupid) question, so I'm starting with my fellow parents since this is a project for my kids. Maybe you all have some experience.

Does chalkboard paint work outside? All the pictures on the chalkboard paint on the internet show it being done inside. Do I need a special kind that is more durable?

I've got a large piece of wood I'm going to seal and mount on my fence to make a chalkboard for my kids, but turns out I'm dumb and don't know what to get to make it happen 🥲