Hi moms

Hi everyone. I wanted to ask if anyone here has experienced PCOS and insulin resistance.

My body hasn’t been in the best place this year. I’ve gone through a lot of changes, and with all of that, I’ve gained more weight than I’ve ever had before. It really gets me depressed, and sometimes I just feel like crying.

I exercise every day and I’m doing everything I can, but the weight isn’t coming off. If anything, I feel like I’m gaining more, and it’s really starting to affect me. I feel depressed, sad—very, very sad. I feel ugly, and sometimes I feel like I don’t deserve my husband, like he deserves someone better.

On top of that, we’ve been trying to get pregnant, and I haven’t been able to. I recently found out about all of this through a reproductive endocrinologist, but unfortunately, my health insurance doesn’t cover fertility treatments.

I don’t know if my OB/GYN can treat me for this or if I need to continue seeing the reproductive endocrinologist. I honestly don’t know what the next step is, and I’m feeling really overwhelmed and sad about everything.

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Private scan

Has anyone else paid for a scan and not been able to see baby’s face? My partner feels like it was a waste of money I see where he’s coming from but I’m just glad I got to hear baby’s heart beat and seeing the baby moving. What would you do?

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I’m just sitting here minding my own business at 8 months pregnant and my toddler comes up to me and says “who got you pregnant”!!!
I looked at her like “what” and she repeated herself so I said “her daddy”! So she said “why did my daddy get you pregnant” 😳
So I said “I don’t know”! She says “it’s fine I will call him and ask him”…. She grabs my phone calls her dad who’s at work and he was sounded mortified, when she said “why did you get my mummy pregnant”! I couldn’t fully remember what he said because I couldn’t stop laughing!!! Nothing can prepare you to be a parent to a toddler!! 😭😂

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What are you packing in your hospital bags mums?

I'm a first time mum and I want to make sure I've got everything ☺️

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Pregnancy of unknown location

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Tips to induce labour

Im 40 weeks on Sunday and have a C-section booked for Tuesday. I don’t want the section but because of previous C-section due to preemie baby I’m not allowed to be induced - either by body goes into labour naturally or C-section :( - I have a needy toddler at home so would prefer natural in terms of recovery!

Please give me all your tips 🙏🏼

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