Is implantation bleeding genuine?

Had some symptoms before period was due including , nose congestion, sore boobs, constipation but no cramps which I usually get! Then I started spotted very lightly dark brown before period was due. It turned lighter colour and got a little heavier the next day but literally wore 1 pad the entire day! Second day spotting but by afternoon completely gone. My periods are usually 4-5 days long. Did consider perhaps the heat or stress but I’m usually heavier from stress. Last night I had pain in hips and was nauseas and the neausas has continued with slight sore breasts today. I’m testing negative though! Could this be implantation or just a very odd period?

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Anyone awake?

Any moms awake at this hour? I’ve been really starting to feel the isolation from having my baby these last 6-12 months.
Open to chat about anything and make some friends 🙂

Must haves for newborns?

What couldn’t you live without?

post c section

did you guys wait the full 6 weeks to go swimming? like in all honesty 😭 ITS HOTTTTTT in arizona and i wanna go swimming so bad! i hit my 6 week mark this coming Thursday so will it actually hurt to get in now??? 🫪

Induction due to preeclampsia

Hi ladies! So I’m 33 + 5 and I’m currently spiralling with panic!! I’ve recently (in the past 2 weeks) had high blood pressure readings at home and went to triage a few times but it typically levelled out. Last time I went to triage earlier this week, they ended up prescribing labetalol.

at the same time, we’d been having our growth scans and baby girl was always on the small side, she was steadily sitting around 13th percentile but then went down to 9th so had to have 2 weekly growth scans.

At the most recent growth scan this week, they said she’s actually dropped some more and is now 2nd percentile. They also did the placental growth factor where they took bloods and they came out slightly lower so consultant suggested they will just treat me as having preeclampsia despite my urine being clean and only having headaches but no other symptoms! I’m now being told that if she doesn’t pick up weight by the next scan then they would not feel
Comfortable letting me go past 37 + 6 weeks so I’d likely need to be induced.

I really don’t know how to feel about this, especially where I had a whole birth plan etc but equally I want whatever’s safest for baby girl! Anyone been through anything similar and can offer comfort?

Overdoing it or no? ( C section )

Today I walked around two shops, for about an hour and a half, with my partner doing the food shop and I am now aching and I feel shattered. I’m bleeding still anyway, but I just ache. Is this normal?

I had my second elective c section 3 and a half weeks ago, I’ve taken paracetamol and am now resting but I just feel wiped out.

Early scan🙃

Well had the scan, they said there’s a yolk sac and it does look like a pregnancy but it’s more like 5 weeks rather than the 7 weeks that I was expecting so they’ve booked me in again in 3 and a half weeks to see if they can see something because at the moment they said it’s too early and they can’t really see anything, is this normal? I’m now overthinking everything🫢