u/saaaammywam

Hi all. Im 35 weeks pregnant. Ive not had to size up in clothing yet thankfully. But i think its time. My leggings are really pressing on my bump. My question is, do I just size up or are maternity leggings worth it? I have always been curious about them but I dunno if it's worth it cause I only have a few weeks left

I had my sleeve 14/01/25. I'm currently 31 weeks pregnant and swapped my forceval for pregnacare max, which was approved by my bariatric team as forceval was making me violently ill early in my pregnancy. I plan on going on pregnacare breastfeeding vits when i have baby as i want to try breastfeeding. Do i need to go back on forceval as well or will the pregnacare be sufficient enough?

Anyone in a similar situation thats gotten advice from their team? Mine are a pain in the arse to get in contact with. They keep sending me letters saying I've missed appointments when they don't even send appointments through

Hi all. Im 31 weeks. Ive fainted 3 times in this pregnancy. The first was in January before I knew I was pregnant. I was drinking a hot chocolate waiting to be assigned at work then i felt sweaty and weak so i went to the bathroomand barely made it to a stall before fainting. The second was in early June in work cause it was hot (I was eating and drinking regularly but it happened anyway), and the last time was a week or 2 ago. Id been sick for a few days and I felt good enough that day so I went to my local aldi and blacked out whilst sat down on the bus 🙃

I didnt do anything about it the first time cause 1, I didnt know I was pregnant, and 2, its been happening since I was a teen so I know what to do to make myself feel better. I just went home and slept it off.

The second time, I stayed at work but felt it coming on again after a few hours so I went home. I did call the MAU but they brushed me off and told me to stay hydrated. I was very hydrated.

Last time I got off the bus and called MAU, was again brushed off. Then i called my GP but they had no appointments. So i went home and called 111 who managed to get me a gp appointment and they sorted my anti sickness meds out and told me my blood pressure was low.

Ive been taking it easy but im an active person and im crawling out of my skin not being able to do much. I went to my local b&m which is 5 minutes away and started feeling it yoyo up and down so I went for food then came home 😩

Advice please?? Im doing everything right. Im eating more than I did pre-pregnancy, im drinking like a fish, my toilet hates to see me waddling over. I have an energy drink once a week to keep my sugar levels evened out. I have half one day then the other half the next.

Ive also had a gastric sleeve but felt great after. Id lost 9 stone but put 1 back on due to the baby being a chonk (my fault. I eat too much cake now😂)

Im so tired of feeling helpless.

Hello ladies. Im 28, 30+4. Ive always had eczema. I had a great handle on it before pregnancy and now my hands are always dry and itchy. I have Epimax moisturiser and Betnovate steroid cream, both prescribed by my GP. The betnovate was my lifesaver. Now im pretty sure it laughs at me every time I put it on cause it doesn't help.

Will I just have to put up with this until I have baby and hope it magically works after? I've tried loads of creams, bath stuff, steroids throughout my life. It was horrific when I was a teen. It was all over my hands, arms, nips, underboobs. Quite thankful its not that bad now but its still annoying.

I dont use make up, or anything else that would dry out my skin. Im too lazy for that shit 😂

Suggestiond please before I rip off my hands somehow 🫠

Hi all. My name is Sam. Im 28. 30 weeks pregnant. I know there's a million posts about looking for friends but im specifically looking for new parent friends. Can't exactly go out clubbing, bar hopping or make gym friends right now 😂

It would be nice if I found someone pregnant around the same timing as me maybe. Im looking forward to going to mum&baby classes so we could go together. We can complain about how tired we are together 😂

Im also open to making male friends. I have 2 already.

Im into reading, crocheting, art, my music taste is "im into everything." I love going out on long ass walks but this heat is making that a bit hard. Im ginger. We do basically turn to ash as soon as we step outside 😂

My sense of humor is dark and can get a bit fucked up so come join my crazy train 🥰 i would quite like a long term friendship.

Im also a big hoe for food. I have had a gastric sleeve so I can only eat a little bit but ill give it a good try 😂

**I would love it if creepy people didnt message me thank you. I dont care about your teeny weeny and your breeding kinks. I deleted my old account for that reason. Go away. I will get mean and i don't care about hurting feelings if you cant take no as an answer**

Hi all. As tbe title says, I've been having major doubts about my ex and I'm just looking for opinions and advice. I wanna know if I'm being a bitch about this??

Im nearly 29 weeks pregnant. It wasn't a planned pregnancy but we didnt prevent it either. We were both very happy when the test came back positive but then reality slapped me hard in the face and a lot of his issues came to light. I couldn't just bury my head in the sand anymore so I ended the relationship. He then stopped talking to me. I was about 6-8 weeks along at that point. I decided to have an abortion to untie myself from such an immature man. I told him I had a miscarriage because I wanted to spare his feelings and thought that's better than pointing out all his flaws and telling him I didn't think he was ready to be a dad and I think he'd be a shit one, and i didn't want my child to be a guinea pig for him to explore and fail at parenthood.

He blocked me immediately and we didn't talk for about 2ish months.

I had a scan on my birthday and decided to go even though I had my abortion appointments lined up. I didnt think it would change my mind. But it did. I fell in love with my baby and the guilt of nearly aborting it consumed me. I hit really depressed and wanted to off myself, so i went on anti depressants. He found out I was still pregnant before I cancelled my appointments, but never bothered contacting me. I contacted him. I arranged to meet up. We didnt argue. We calmly talked and I semi told him the truth on why I made my choices. I told him im keeping it for me after he asked me to keep it. He told me he wanted to be as involved as possible and wanted to experience the pregnancy. So I SUGGESTED he can stay over sometimes so feel movements when I was further along etc. We had sex on the first stay over and I stopped half way through as it felt wrong, gross and i just wasn't into it. I told him I dont wanna be together and I dont want that happening again. He tried again over text so I said I feel uncomfortable around him and he's no longer welcome at my house. He tried again a few weeks later. He again got rejected.

Ive been blocked twice. Hes stopped replying for weeks at a time. Hes made promises he doesnt keep. He keeps saying he wants to be involved and does absolutely nothing to be involved. The few times we have met to talk in person, he never asked about how I am, how baby is, how pregnancy is going, showed any interest or support. So I stopped giving him updates, stopped trying to be his friend, completely pulled away from him. I cried for months feeling so rejected and abandoned by him. He only showed interest when he thought he'd get his dick wet, then stopped replying as soon as i rejected him, which was pretty quickly.

He refuses to talk about anything to do with the baby. I feel like he's a complete stranger and I dont want him in mine or babys life. I wanted to spend time with him as a friend so it wouldn't be so awkward when I had the baby as the plan was, he was gonna stay at mine for 2 weeks after to help and enjoy new parenthood. I really just wanted a decent friendship for our baby. But hes basically abandoned me, and thinks I want him back, even though I've done nothing but reject him, I dated his friend very briefly and ive put in firm boundaries between us. I have also been crystal clear I don't love him, don't trust him, he creeps me out and I ended things for very good reasons.

I got so frustrated at his bullshit I told him i regret not having the abortion. Even though I love this baby deeply, I am genuinely beyond happy its happening, I hate that it's with such an uncaring, self centered man who isn't interested in something he half assed begged me to keep.

My plan before I met him was using a donor, but it didn't work out as I missed being in a relationship. I had been single for over 2 years at that point. I wanted to settle down and get married.

I feel like ive given him endless opportunities to be involved as he said he wanted. I have literally begged him to be involved. I've made myself sick trying to make this work. All for him to just be like 🤷🏼‍♀️ nah. Even my midwife thinks he's a fucking loser and my baby would be better off. My friends say the same. I just have this small thing inside me saying that's too harsh? But I know if he wasnt in my life, id be happier. I feel like he's ruined a lot of this pregnancy for me when all I wanted was support.

*I have missed some bits and bobs out. I got help for my mental health. I had a lot of other stuff going on at the time too. Im good now. Im in therapy for trauma that happened 2 and a half years ago but we talk about current issues too. I have done a lot of self improvement over the past few years before having this baby as, for me, ut was very much wanted and intended in my future.