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Maca rood while pregnant

I’m starting this thread because I haven’t found one and I know there’s a lack of research. I was taking maca root regularly prior to conceiving, like consistently for 4 years maybe. I started taking it for energy and wanted to naturally replace my adderall somehow. I started to notice it increased my libido after a while as well (double win).. however, when I got pregnant I immediately stopped taking all of my supplements, I truly missed my maca root and ashwagandha in the evenings. Although I haven’t taken ashwagandha since testing positive, I am now a day away from 28 weeks and I started taking my maca root again maybe 3 weeks ago. My energy has increased and my sex drive has come back (it vanished after bout 13 weeks and came full force throughout my second, went away again). Yes I feel bad due to lack of research but also, there’s no research? I haven’t had any complications luckily. Things my first pregnancy, I am 33 years old. I got my energy back, my sex drive back. I’m just sharing information if someone else was looking around like I was. I made sure to wait until later in my second trimester. I don’t regret it. My baby is as happy as can be and so is mommy.

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u/alterEhoe — 3 days ago

Baby kicks

Feeling my baby move is the only thing keeping me going right now.. my heart feels so empty. I used to be so happy..

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u/alterEhoe — 28 days ago

The debate over a baby’s last name

At this point in my pregnancy.. I’m really leaning towards just giving my daughter a first and middle name.. her middle name would technically be her last name I guess.. it just seems so much easier to do than start another argument.. it’s his middle name but ironically our middle names are extremely similar (she will have my initials).. I just think maybe she can decide whose last name she wants when she’s able to make that decision.. am I wrong for thinking like this?

I was all for giving her his last name but it just doesn’t feel right anymore.. it feels like I’d be doing it to make him happy but he hasn’t tried to make me happy once in 6 months.. we’re not married and he keeps reminding me that .. we’re not together and he keeps reminding me that.. he’s been extremely mean this entire pregnancy and thinks since he’s providing financially it makes up for how he talks to me..

it hurts because he was the total opposite before.. we were so happy, he was the one always saying he wanted kids.. i was the only one saying we needed to wait..

I’m 6 months pregnant and I’ve seen him twice.. he blames it on working but I just caught his ex at his house last weekend.. he told me “I can do what I want” but turns around and says he feels horrible (I know it’s only because he got caught) tells me he loves me and he will stop talking to her.. that I mean more to him.. I know the decision I need to make.. it’s just so hard when I know any decision is impacting our child..

This is my first baby and i waited my entire life for this.. it’s been the worst experience in my life this far.

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u/alterEhoe — 28 days ago