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Worries about mat leave

Hi ladies, I’m due to have my first baby in May and am due on mat leave within the next few weeks! I feel so nervous about mat leave as someone who loves routine and my job, has anyone else experienced these worries? I feel like when I try to explain this to people they look at me like I’m a Martian 🫠

Glucose test questions

Hi! My glucose test is around the corner & I’m wondering what option other moms went with & how it worked out? I hear you have the regular glucose test, the more natural Fresh Test or the at home finger pricking option.

NIPT - to do it or not?

Hey girls, I am 28y.o, it’s my first pregnancy, I am 11w2d.
Just finished my antenatal scan with NHS and I opted for the combined testing for Down Syndrome etc.
I am not sure what is the difference between the NHS test and the private NIPT test? Does it make a huge difference? Is it worth doing it? Or do you think that NHS is enough?
Thanks for the advice!

Glucose results

I did my 1 hour fasting glucose test today and scored 70. WAYYY lower than my first. My first pregnancy I scored 135, I was close to failing. Has anyone experienced this? A significant difference in glucose results with pregnancies? Does it even mean anything? Anything to worry about?

My Dr didn’t seem worried but im still curious.

Any guesses?

13 weeks 1 day

Nub theory

Hi, what is everyones thoughts on nub theory? I havent told my family yet hence the incognito. 12w.

Serial tester

Anyone else a serial tester? 🙈😅 This is my 4 pregnancy, got 1 wee girl at home. Super anxious and cautiously excited 🥹❤️

Not sure how to get midwife to take me seriously?

I have been having several dizzy/near-faint episodes that the midwife brushes off as hormones as my iron, blood sugar etc is all OK even though my heart rate is much higher than normal. Today it happened while I was seated and my husband was taking his BP at the time and we measured mine a few times and the results were 76/47 and 126bpm heart rate. I have a midwife appt at 10am and worried she will brush me off again but I feel the episodes are getting dangerous now due to my size and how hard I will fall? Anyone else had this?

Vitamins

The whole of first trimester i have really been struggling with sickness and extreme nausea! I haven’t been able to have anti sickness due to being allergic to several after trying them out!
I mentioned to the GP i was worried that when im taking my vitamins im vomiting them out i have tried several different ones.
I mentioned it at my booking appointment in which she had said not to stress so much over them.
I already feel like a failure.
I have just hit 12 weeks and honestly have so much anxiety coming up to the scan, just because i havent been able to keep the vitamins down.
Has anyone been through this?
I genuinely feel fobbed off by the doctors

Anyone else feeling really heavy?

So I’m 27 weeks, and I feel really heavy! It’s the only way I can explain it, like my front feels heavy and my back hurts ( but not that much surprisingly) it’s more that when I’m stood or sat I feel uncomfortable. Anyone else feeling this at the min? This is my second pregnancy and child, and I don’t remember it being this bad first time round!

High blood pressure

I’ve had pre e with 3/4 of my kids. They are obviously watching me close this time around. I went to L&D about 3 weeks ago for it being really high. Got there it went down but they did keep me overnight. I’ve been monitoring my bp at home for a couple months now. Took my afternoon reading and was 190/80. I relaxed and wait 10-15 min to retake and was 152/75. I’m scared I will be having pre e again this time around.

13 weeks 5 days

What do you think

want to cry

has any ones bladder got alot weaker in the 3rd trimester or is it just mine...im up doing stuff dont need to pee as soon as I sit down I got to go like seriously and the worst thing is the bathroom in my house is up stairs and also to make things worse im getting a tingly feeling down below and honestly I will at one point wet my self with this feeling...if you needed to reach a step target while pregnant honestly I would have done it in the first half of the day by the amount of times ive took a trip to the toilet lol

I’m sorry but it feels like this pregnancy is going very fast! 🫠

How I am 4 months pregnant in 2 weeks and only have 5 months left! It feels like yesterday I only found out! I don’t remember my first going this quick.

She’s here just over a week early…🩷

She’s here, just over a week early!
Baby girl arrived 25th of March, I was due on 2nd of April🩷

A special thanks to clary sage oil and pumping colostrum, which I think started labour off, waters broke in the middle of the night 😳

And for all the Mamma’s expecting their second wondering if and how they will love their second the same as their first. You do, your heart doubles in size 🥰and use the sadness and anxiety you feel about leaving your first as your strength and power to get through💪🏼

You have got this, good luck all❤️

Part-time working

I’m due to go back to work soon and need to pick my part time days. I’m torn between working Monday-Tuesday or Tuesday-Thursday? Anyone have any experience working these patterns, I’m struggling to decide! I’m a teacher so I also get the half terms!

August babies

I feel a lot of women who are having a kid in August are having boys!!! 👦 💙 I am

pregnant mommas!!

any mommas that are currently pregnant, how are your ‘23 kiddos taking it?

2nd pregnancy

Did anyone else feel like they're "pushing away" their first born, after you found out about ur 2nd pregnancy? I feel so strange, I still play with my baby girl and interact with her but sometimes I feel like I'm not as connected to her as I used to be. My pp was really good, I bounced back pretty quickly considering most pp is a struggle for a long time. But I'm due in September and I'm really freaking out about my pp. What if I push my daughter away completely? I don't think I would but jw if anyone else has experienced this?

anxiety

trying to decipher if anything i’m feeling is signs of labor starting or not is giving me such terrible anxiety. (or if i’m even really feeling any of it or it’s just in my head) this isn’t even my first baby and i never got nervous about giving birth last time idk why i keep getting so nervous this time