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Colostrum collectinf

Collecting colostrum tonight, and it's started almost pouring out of me! Not brag or anything - but just worried should I ease up/slow down? Did I over do it or is it totally normal?

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Mamas that’s are still pregnant

How y’all holding up? 😂😂 I’m due Thursday and I honestly don’t think this baby has any intentions of coming at this point lol. I’m trying to stay patient and positive but I am TIRED and ready to meet my baby. Not going to lie I have my days when I literally have a meltdown that he isn’t here yet but I’m trusting my…

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Them days you feel like giving up

Does anyone else have days where they feel like giving up ttc and everything just makes you want to cry? Finding ttc very draining emotionally. Everywhere I look people are announcing pregnancies, some have multiple children, some it's their first and they're laughing about how easy it was or it was an accident. It...

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TMI discharge

Anyone had anything like this?! We did have sex this morning for the first time in a while, but I don’t remember having anything this bad before.

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Tiredness

I’m 30 weeks now and the tired seems to have come back with vengeance, is this normal? I seem to be so so tired again like I was in the beginning and can’t seem to get enough sleep. It’s making me wonder if I’m gonna be this tired when she’s here how am I going to cope 🥺😔

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13 week scan

Feeling an immense amount of relief and gratitude after seeing this little one in our scan last week. Open to all guesses 💗💙

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Heart palpitations?

Does anyone suffer with heart palpitations or irregular rythems, etc?

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Psalm 54:1-5

1 Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might. 2 Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth. 3 Arrogant foes are attacking me; ruthless people are trying to kill me— people without regard for God.[c] 4 Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. 5 Let evil...

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Anyone from Etobicoke interested for a walk?

Any one near Kipling and Eglinton looking for a friendly gal to go for a walk with our babies in the mornings. My little guy is almost 2

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Back pain

Anyone else having lower back pain ? It's freaking me out 🥲🥲

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My child’s father and his girlfriend severely harass me.

They say and twist everything around. I feel harassed I feel attacked. They lie and make things up about me and it’s affecting me emotionally. Why won’t they stop

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Exhausted

I feel so exhausted mentally and physically. I had my two girls when I was 21&23 I been doing most all the work. Idk what happened to the father he just fell off, just started doing dumb things, things that never worked out or would get him in trouble. I feel like after I had them he lost any little goals or motivat...

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What on earth is going on with my nipples

I swear it’s every too seconds I feel weird and my body is being taken over but oh my god what’s going on with my nipples 😂😭

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if you’re just joining, drop your handle so we can follow each other!

mine is @spinericaspin ☺️

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Anyone else feel so much rage towards their partner?

I want to preface this by saying that I usually love my partner dearly, but recently I feel so much rage and anger towards him. I'm 27w pregnant, and I'm finding it so difficult to actually want to be with him. Some days I'm questioning whether I actually love him (then cry hysterically at the thought of him leaving...

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PND

May be a bit of a long post. My baby is 14 weeks and I struggled/struggle with PND, I didn’t have the best end of pregnancy , my partner cheated on me 36 weeks pregnant and treated me like shit when just giving birth and is still with the girl now he cheated on me with. He is still in my daughters life which I thin...

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