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32+1 Lightening crotch giving me the fear

I've had lightening crotch for about 5 days now - much much sooner than my first pregnancy! I'm getting the fear it means baby boy is getting ready to come early... anyone else? 🫠

pelvic girdle pain!

i’m 23 weeks pregnant and have the worse pelvic girdle pain it’s what i imagine a dislocated pelvis feels like !
if anyone has any advice or suggestions i would be so grateful ✨🙏🏻

Movements

18 weeks with second baby and I have been feeling the baby move however some days I will feel it loads and others maybe once a day. Has anyone else experienced this inconsistency?

I’m struggling so much. I have so many things I want and need to get done before babygirl arrives but I’m so exhausted. I eat and get so tired I gotta nap. I go up the stairs once and now I gotta sleep. I go out in the heat for 2 minutes and I need an hour plus to recover. I’m so tired of being tired 😫 I wanna be productive.

Anti reflux formula

Has anyone any advice/experience with anti reflux formula (we have just bought the cow and gate one)
How is everyone preparing it? What bottle and teats are we using?
Currently using mam with a side x teat, have a kettle that we've set for 70 degrees, pour the water in, add the formula, shake for 20 secs, let sit for 7 mins, then put in jug of cold water for 20mins. This is how it supposed to be made. I've found that it still clumps though? Plus having to wait that long for it to cool down is going to be a nightmare of a night time.
Any tips or tricks I'm missing?

Nausea🤢

This is my first pregnancy, I’m just over 13 weeks pregnant, the thought of food or drink alone makes me feel utterly nauseous and sick, and I get the same feeling when I actually eat and then immediately afterwards, what should I do, I feel like I’m letting my baby down.

Horrible acid reflux

31 weeks and been struggling since 15 weeks. Tried milk, tums, Pepto, pepcid, Prilosec, sitting and sleeping upright. Nothing is helping and it's getting worse. I always feel like I'm going to puke and I can feel tightness in my chest and burning in my ears. Any suggestions at all???

Painful sex

I had a baby 9 months ago and since then its been difficult as everytime we have sex i get a pain in my stomach my lower stomach so we have to stop dose anyone know what this could be and dose it go away by itself?

Does it look like baby has “dropped”?

I know it’s hard to tell without knowing what someone’s baseline looks like, but based on this photo would you say baby has “dropped”? If you experienced baby dropping, how long after did you go into labor?

Line eyes ?

Hi all- for the last couple weeks I have had multiple symptoms I don’t normally have with just a period. (My period I get like headaches and cramps and one bad day of feeling sick.)
the last couple weeks though I’ve had nausea (without puking- even though one day I was dropping off my car at an auto shop when I felt like I was going to throw up), headaches, lower back pain, boobs hurt/tender and nipples sensitive, slight cramps- not as terrible as period cramps, and when I bend over I feel like acid reflux go up my throat. I’ve never had heartburn a day in my life so idk what that feels like and I never burp (I’m one of the odd ones where I burp in my throat if I ever burp and I’ve been doing that a lot lately.)

I use the Ovia app to track symptoms and periods and it said I should test today so I did and this was the only photo I took where I saw something- going to wait a few days to take another. Also this morning I had pink spotting which my periods typically always start with dark old blood so this was new for me and since the one time of pink spotting I have not spotted anymore or started my period.

Am I going crazy looking at this or with all my symptoms does the line seem correct?

Extra inverted photo and tmi pink spotting in comments.

Bleeding

I have just been for a wee and noticed some blood, I am 6 weeks and 5 days. Is this normal?

2 months Postpartum bleeding

So I had a vaginal delivery - no complications and around week 2-3, bleeding stopped and it was just lochia for like another week and a half then everything was normal for about a week then I bled again -assumed it’s my period- for like a week / almost a week and a half but it was light bleeding then it stopped. I thought I was out the woods but like 5 days later I start bleeding again. Has anyone experienced this or like when does it end
- no pain or cramping, no fever, no odor-

5 weeks Pp bleeding

We’re 5 weeks and 5 days postpartum and noticing that I’m bleeding again, when I thought it’s almost done and over. I don’t know if it’s normal

I can’t be the only one? 😭

Hi everyone. 🤍 I’m Lauren, 35 years old, and I’m currently 7 weeks 5 days pregnant with my first baby.

To be honest… I’m really scared, and I just need to know I’m not alone.

This pregnancy has hit me so much harder than I ever imagined. I’m dealing with:

* Extreme exhaustion where I feel like I could sleep all day.
* Severe pregnancy insomnia where I’m somehow exhausted but awake most of the night.
* Constant nausea, dry heaving, and food aversions.
* Anxiety that’s been through the roof.
* Crying almost every day.
* Feeling guilty no matter what I think or do.
* Carpal tunnel pain in both hands that wakes me up.
* Dry lips, feeling dehydrated, and just generally feeling like my body isn’t my own anymore.

Mentally has been the hardest part though.

My relationship has become really strained since finding out we’re expecting. Instead of feeling excited, I’ve been overwhelmed with fear about our future, wondering if we’ll even make it through this together. Some days I feel hopeful, and other days I feel completely alone. I hate admitting that because this baby deserves parents who are excited, and I wish I felt more like myself.

I feel guilty because I thought pregnancy was supposed to be this beautiful experience, and instead I feel like I’m barely surviving some days. I’m terrified that I’m going to feel like this for months.

Has anyone else struggled this much in the first trimester? Did it actually get better? And if your relationship became difficult during pregnancy… did you find your way back to each other?

I could really use some encouragement right now because I’m scared, overwhelmed, and honestly just need to hear that I’m not alone. 🤍

Sending love to anyone else who’s having a really hard time too. 🫶🏼

Help! 10 weeks and I'm falling asleep all the time

I know it's normal but I don't know what to do anymore. Caffeine won't do it. I'm yawning and falling asleep and tired all day long. I'm really struggling at work and catching up with household chores (those can wait) but at work it is really hurting my focus and productivity. Anything that has helped you to wake up?. I'm in bed from the moment I get home to the next day as late as possible. Some days are harder than others. I take my vitamins as directed. I'm eating like a construction worker hahaha

SEVERE PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN and SPD

Hi everyone, I have been suffering from Severe Pelvic girdle pain since 19 weeks and it's been extremely exhausting as I have been struggling to walk or do any activities, I am officially entering my third trimester 28 weeks next week and the pain and only gotten worse off, I am fed up of going to the midwives, docs as they offer nothing except being told its normal was referred to the physio and saw yesterday just to be told to do the exercises they have given, i read online that the physio can offer manual therapy, I did ask about it but was told that they can't offer that to me as they don't have time, at this point I am just so frustrated and. Fed up, I am at high risk of developing DVT (clots) as my BMI is above the normal level, i keep explaining that if they won't help managing my pain i won't be able to move around has anyone else experienced this and what has worked for you! At this point i would do anything to get some relief

Anyone else struggling harrrrd?

How are we all doing physically?? I’m utterly exhausted most of the day. I’m thinking I may be anemic bc doing anything around the house wipes me out. I’m currently 28 weeks and have an 18 month old and it’s so dang hot in the south rn. Thank god my son is in daycare bc I’m completely useless most of the day 😫