Community Posts, Tips & Support on Pregnancy Care

(still pregnant btw )does anyone know how the process goes ? i’ve applied , I have an appointment scheduled, then they tell me to call again after my baby is born ..what happens next ?

This is my second pregnancy with gd and last time i was able to manage it with just diet. I have been monitoring my levels for about a week now and just testing what i can and cannot eat right now. Im not so worried about the after meal’s numbers, more so the fasting numbers. Basically my midwife program told me...

Hi all, I just found out I’m pregnant (5 weeks) and the GP receptionist gave me a number to call to contact a midwife. The person I spoke to told me to fill out a form on this website: https://healthforunder5s.co.uk/pregnancy/ Is this what others were advised? Please let me know? Also when you expect them to con...

Who else is considering 27 weeks the start of the third trimester? Idk when it starts 😭

Hi Mumma’s. If any of you had gestational diabetes what was your predicted weight for baby vs actual birth weight?

Last nights test pic attached - however this morning is completely blank! Help 😭

I’ve been told to start doing the perineal massage but to be totally honest I have no idea where I’m meant to be massaging 😂🥴 am I meant to be putting fingers in and stretching or am I meant to be pulling that hole down wards? Sorry for tmi! Also how are you all reaching 🤣🤣 my parter doesn’t fancy it unfortunately…

Hi ladies, I’m having issues at the minute with the fact my local birth centre stats are shocking!! 0 birth centre births and 0 water births in April, apparently they close it often due to staffing. I asked a midwife at my last appointment if I’d be able to rock up to a different one (where I had my daughter in 2022...

Can anyone else see anything or is it just my line eyes again? I'll add the other pics in comments.

Five day transfer was on 3rd?

I've been trying for 6 months now 😞. I feel like my eyes see lines on their own!

Has anyone else been suffering with recurrent thrush in their pregnancy? I seem to get it every 3 weeks. It's driving me insane. No gestational diabetes either... Any helpful tips? I'm scared I'm going to give birth with thrush :(

Hey everyone. My little girl was born 35+6 and a couple of days ago she was finally discharged after around a month in neonatal. We have been sent home monitoring her sugars 3x a day with heel prick blood tests and she is also on 3-4 other medications. We are under pressure for her to gain weight but not too fast du...

Can anyone recommend a good portable white noise machine. Anything but LUMI of amazon. I’ve had that one and it broke within 2 weeks.

Tested positive and now lost with what to eat - I’m such a sweet tooth person! Does anyone know of any insta / tiktok pages that have some recipes or inspo? I’ve joined GD uk but the fact you have to pay for a subscription for their recipes is just so frustrating to me

When did people start discussing there birth plans with midwives? Im 29 weeks and its not been mentioned at all xx

Looking for any advice or anyone's experience. I have since found out I have Obstetric Cholestasis and my ALT is raised very high. I have had Cholestasis before, so know more about that. But I feel like I'm going in circles when I ask what does it mean that my ALT results were high 🤷🏼‍♀️

Any 24 hour numbers to call for advice for newborns thats not a hospital victoria preferably

Anyone else just tempted to turn off their phone until after baby. Fucking jarring messages. ‘Baby yet’ ‘she will come when she’s ready’ FUCK OFF 😩

So ladies i got the dreaded call yesturday to tell me my results come back high from the glucose test, so i have a meeting to attend on tuesday to go through it all.. my anxiety is through the roof right now, already have a fear of needles and blood and the thought of doing my levels by myself is terrifying me 😩😂…