Hi All, at 34 weeks 5 days, with gestational diabetes on insulin and my doctor planning to induce me 1-2 weeks early, I’ve been feeling a lot of lightening and a lot of thin white discharge for the past 3 days, and my baby girl’s head was down as of 31 weeks are these signs of early labor? My EDD was September 25th.
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Help, anong gagawin ko or mga options ko ngayon na nabuntis ko ang aking girlfriend? I just need some peace of mind dahil nang yari na at wala na akong magagawa pa. Hindi ko alam kong paano ko to haharapin. Gusto ko lang na malaman kung ano ang mga posible kung magagawa.
I never craved pregnancy. I never envisioned myself growing and birthing a tiny human. I always wanted children but not from me.
Im 29f expecting my daughter around Christmas. So I'm 21 weeks now. I feel so much love for my little baby when I feel her moving. I feel so much love from my husband he takes care of everything and he's so excited.
I hate not having control of my body anymore. I hate thinking my body looks and feels disgusting. I hate how my mind is forgetting and now everyone looks at me and treats me like I'm crippled.
I never wanted to experience morning sickness or pregnancy cravings.
It's still as disgusting as i envisioned pregnancy would be. But I just love my little girl and I'm so excited for her to finally get out of me so I can love her and teach her how to be strong lady.
Has anyone else felt this way before?
I had 1,132 HCG on Sunday at 2am. Tuesday at 11am I had 3,532 HCG. That represents a 212% growth rate in 57 hours, equal to a 161% growth rate in 48 hours.
No gestational sac seen at either time.
I understand this could be ectopic. However, I understand that a 161% growth rate in 48 hours is almost unheard of in ectopic pregnancies. At the same time, I understand that 90% of pregnancies once they reach 3,500 HCG are visible.
I am going back for a scan and bloods in 48 hours. Absolutely no pain or blood.
This feels like a special kind of torture, and I don't know what to think. Does anyone have any opinion on this situation?
irregular periods/ovulation. Clearblue Ultra Early tests were negative on August 7th then very faint positive August 9th.
I honestly hope nobody else has to go through this kind of anxiety, but if anyone has been in the same boat, I’d really appreciate hearing what your OB told you and what they did next.
I found out I was pregnant at around 6 weeks. Shortly before finding out, I developed a rash, which obviously made me worried about a possible infection. I had TORCH testing done afterward.
My results were:
Rubella IgG: positive, IgM: negative
CMV IgG: positive, IgM: negative
I’m currently not having any symptoms.
I also had vaccinations about a month before becoming pregnant, including MMR, which has made me wonder whether that could have any relevance to my results or the rash.
My OB told me that my IgG levels were “too high” and prescribed me an FDA pregnancy Category C antiviral medication. I understand that Category C does not automatically mean a medication is dangerous in pregnancy, but naturally I became very anxious and started researching it.
The confusing part is that I haven’t been able to find much evidence online that this is the usual medication used for someone with my particular results (positive IgG/negative IgM, no current symptoms). I’m trying not to second guess my doctor based on Google, but I’m also struggling because as far as I know, high IgG means protection and why treatment is necessary.
This has been really difficult emotionally. We have been waiting and hoping for this baby, and instead of being able to enjoy finding out we’re pregnant, I’ve been spiraling over whether something happened before I even knew I was pregnant. I feel guilty that my baby may not have had the “perfect” start, even though I know I couldn’t have known.
If anyone has had a similar experience especially positive Rubella/CMV IgG with negative IgM, a rash around the time of early pregnancy, recent vaccination, or being prescribed medication because of a high IgG. What did your OB/MFM tell you?
I’m not looking for someone to tell me everything will definitely be okay. I’d just really like to hear from people who were actually in a similar situation and what their doctors told them. ❤️
I had my booking appointment today. I am currently 9 weeks and 2 days pregnant. Because I had gestational diabetes with my first pregnancy they want me to have a glucose test with this pregnancy. They want me to go for one at 9 weeks and 4 days so 2 days from now. The midwife told me that 99% of the time the results come back negative so I would need to have another glucose test at 25 weeks pregnant.
After hearing the midwife say that I’m now thinking is it worth going to the glucose test at 9 weeks if it’s gonna come back negative anyway just for me to go back again at 25 weeks?
I was wondering if anyone else has been in this situation before? I’ve just had bloods taken out both my arms and both my hands so I can’t imagine anymore being taken in the next 2 days.
Hi all,
My LMP is april 09 2026. And EDD is 01/14/2027.
But according to my first heartbeat ultrasound the EDD changed to 01/22/2027.
Then later in next ultrasound the EDD changed to 01/18/2027.
Now currently which date should i need to consider?
My doctor is following according to 01/22/2027.
I am so confused in which week am in. Do i need to follow what doctor follows or follow the ultrasound dates??
My last LMP was 7/2 but I know I ovulated on 7/19 or 7/20 (per Inito fertility tracking device), how far along would I be? I have my first appt 8/21 and terrified I won’t see anything yet.
Hi all, my GF is 7 weeks 3 days and has been experiencing debilitating nausea. It’s been like this for 9 days. She’s been off work the past week so I’ve been able to help with everything, but she’s supposed to go back tomorrow and is in no position to work at all.
We have tried vitamin b6 + unisom, which didn’t help with nausea and just makes her so weak she can barely walk.
We just tried Reglan but it doesn’t seem to help working either. We are trying to eat but it’s tough for her to stomach anything.
Any other recommendations you all have that have worked? We are trying to avoid any other medications that could be potentially dangerous to baby.
I’m just at a loss of how to help, so any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all!
I’m 11w1d today, and yesterday I had experienced weird cramping off and on all day. It would go from my left side to the middle, and it would just be one cramp that felt like a jab at a time and then I’d get another one a few minutes later. This went on several times over an hour. And then I would have a break of nothing for a few hours and it would come back and receive the repeat that same pattern., One little jab/cramp and then nothing for a few minutes then another one. No bleeding, no intense pain, but it’s startling that it happened throughout the day, and sometimes it would just be when I was sitting. This morning I woke up and was a little gassy, but I’m just worried because having less symptoms today. I feel like I have reached out to my OB‘s office so much regarding different crampy feelings over the past few weeks and I just don’t want to annoy them anymore if it’s nothing. Does anyone else experience or have experienced this?
I have to rant - I got multiple positive tests starting a week ago, faint line getting darker daily and even getting a positive digital 11 DPO. I called my doctor the day of the positive digital. They told me to wait a week, retest and then call back to schedule an appointment. Well I am now I’m 16 dpo. Took another test today… turned positive instantly. Called the doctor and was told the same thing when I said my last LMP was 7/15. They went on about how false positives are very common and their policy is to wait a full week after missed period. I’m technically 5 days past my predicted period and they’re still making me wait until next week? It just frustrates me because it’s like they’re not validating it or even caring about the emotions of it all. Even if someone gets a false positive and needs to cancel the appointment what’s the big deal? Let me make the appointment so I can feel like this is real!
Hey my existing moms, I was wondering as a FTM how much difference is there between the due date given my gynacs and the actual birth dates? For first borns do babies come earlier or later?
Some days I spend more time thinking about what to eat than actually eating 😅
Then I have to think about what we need from the grocery store, what I can actually make, and what I’ll probably not want anymore tomorrow.
I feel like I’m just tired of making food decisions all day.
How are you guys dealing with this?
Everytime I stand up, my stomach tightens. I cannot stand up for more then 3-10 minutes or I get cramps and start to have stomach pain. This started last Thursday. That Friday, I only felt my baby move once. I went to Labor and Delivery incase something was wrong. They monitored me and everything was great with baby. They did find out my cervix is 2.7 but when I bear down, it’s 2.4. I’m still very concerned that everytime I stand up, my stomach contracts and I get cramps and start hurting. I was 28 weeks and 3 days and now I’m 28 weeks and 6 days. They put me on pelvic rest for this week and she said I needed to be on it a minimum at least of a week. I see my regular OB on Wednesday for my regular appointment and another cervical check. I’m really thinking about asking if I can be off work some more as I cannot stand up for my job. I walk and get client and bring them back to my office continuously all day. It even hurts when I just sit up normal. I have to be lying down.
Has anyone else ever experienced this and had the length of the cervix?
I’m 7 weeks pregnant today and I’m having a really hard time not worrying about the spotting I’ve been having. I’m hoping to hear from people who have experienced something similar, especially if everything ended up being okay.
For some background, I’ve had previous pregnancies that ended as chemical pregnancies/early losses, so I’m definitely more anxious this time around. This is the furthest I’ve gotten, and I keep having this fear that I’m going to get to my appointment and be told that I’m not actually pregnant or that something stopped developing.
Here’s my timeline as best as I can remember:
My last \\\*\\\*normal/full period started 6/24\\\*\\\* and lasted until around 6/27.
I had previously thought I ovulated around \\\*\\\*7/7–7/9\\\*\\\*, although I’m not 100% sure.
I had unprotected sex throughout this time and have continued having unprotected sex pretty frequently.
Around \\\*\\\*7/23–7/24\\\*\\\*, I had bleeding that was much lighter and different from my normal period. It started pink/red and then turned brown. It was only about 2 days.
I had taken a cheap pregnancy test around \\\*\\\*7/22\\\*\\\*, I believe, and it was negative.
Because the bleeding was so different from my normal period and happened after the negative test, I started wondering if that could have actually been implantation bleeding rather than a period.
On \\\*\\\*7/31\\\*\\\*, I took a Premate LH strip and got what looked like a positive. I know LH tests can sometimes pick up hCG, so I’ve wondered if that was actually detecting pregnancy rather than an ovulation surge.
Since then I’ve had positive pregnancy tests, and the lines have been much stronger/darker than what I experienced with my previous chemical pregnancies. This is actually the first pregnancy where I’ve gotten tests that look like a clearly progressing pregnancy rather than extremely faint lines.
I’m currently around \\\*\\\*7 weeks based on the dating I’ve been using\\\*\\\*, although I’m questioning the dating because of that weird bleeding around 7/23–7/24 and the possibility that it was implantation.
I took a test 7/23 due to the symptoms I was having being weird and I just overall did not feel good, it was negative.
My girlfriends made me take a test on 7/7 and the test was the darkest I’ve ever experienced. If fact it was darkened before the 5 min wait time was up. (Showed at about 3 min).
I’ve been having \\\*\\\*light pink spotting mixed with discharge\\\*\\\*, sometimes a little more red, but it’s still light.
I’m not soaking pads or having heavy bleeding. It’s mostly light spotting when I wipe or mixed with discharge.
I’ve also had gas/bloating, and sometimes the gas seems to make the pain on my sides worse. I normally have side pain even when I’m not pregnant, so that part doesn’t feel particularly different from what I normally experience.
The spotting is what is really freaking me out. Because of my history, \\\*\\\*any blood immediately makes me think I’m losing the pregnancy.\\\*\\\*
I also keep comparing this pregnancy to my previous chemical pregnancies. Those pregnancies never had tests this dark/strong, which makes me feel somewhat reassured, but I’m still terrified because I haven’t made it this far before.
I do have an appointment coming up, but I’m struggling with the waiting and would really love to hear from people who have had \\\*\\\*spotting around 6–7 weeks, especially pink/brown spotting\\\*\\\*, and went on to have a healthy pregnancy.
Did anyone else have something like this? How long did your spotting last? Did you have an ultrasound around 7 weeks, and was everything okay?
I know nobody here can tell me for sure what’s happening, and I’m not looking for a diagnosis. I’m mostly hoping to hear experiences and maybe get some perspective because I’m having a really hard time believing this pregnancy is actually going to stick. ❤️
The less dark test was taken several hours after the initial positive and was after drinking a ton of water.
I’m 7 weeks and 1 day pregnant with some very light brown spotting. I was having some cramping around 3-5 weeks pregnant but it’s since calmed down A LOT. My ultrasound is on Wednesday, so I’m just really nervous. Any advice?
I called the on call doctor and they said if I start bleeding like my period to go in
I need help! So I found out I was pregnant at 3 weeks and 5 and 3 days after finding out I starting spotting brown. It has been off and on ever since. ( I’m 5 weeks and 5 days now) I’ve been to the doctor and they said it was normal. Then I went to the hospital because it was really worrying me and they didn’t say to much the did a Pap smear, blood test, and ultrasound ( I was 5 weeks and 2 days when they did the ultrasound) and all the saw was the gestational sac and all they told me was it could be to early to see the yolk sac, but my HCG levels are rising they went from 4008- 5001 in less than 48 hours. If anyone has advice please let me know.
Hey! I (30F) am wanting to put together a care package of some sort for my sister in law (31F) who just found out she’s pregnant.
With that being said
Ladies what have you or wish you had during your pregnancies to make life easier?
Including health related things for UTIs (they happen)
Baby bump pillow?
Idk I want to be thoughtful but this is not my department.
Anything helps!
I'm 13 weeks and 4 days! FTM! Last night I woke up and had some blood. It was pretty fresh blood and not a ton but kind of like starting a period. I am kind of crampy but nothing out of the ordinary my entire pregnancy and now I'm just really lightly spotting now. Has anyone had anything like this? And still had a successful pregnancy? I'm trying not to worry too much but it's really difficult for me right now!
I called the triage nurse and have an appointment on Monday but can't stop myself from over thinking.