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Antibiotics

32+3 and just been prescribed Amoxicillin, Dr said it’s safe during pregnancy but it’s got me worried. Anyone taken it while pregnant before?

Incognito
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How early were you guys when you found out you were pregnant?

Did it take forever to reach the different trimesters or did it feel like it went super fast? found out at 4weeks currently 6 going into my 7th week but feels like times slowed down 🙂

C
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Toddler and pregnancy

I have a 2 year old boy and of course he's an absolute feral child into everything giving me anxiety and I'm his human trampoline🤣 classic toddler. I'm 5 weeks pregnant today and I'm worried about him jumping on my stomach or knocking me by accident. Anyone else in the same boat?

Incognito
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Deep down

Hi, first time pregnant and 14weeks and lately I’ve been thinking “what did I get myself into” sometimes I wish I wasn’t pregnant. Not having a good pregnancy and it’s taking a toll

Incognito
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Maintaining blood pressure after birth

I developed high blood pressure towards the end of pregnancy. About a week or so before having my daughter. Hospital ended up putting me on Nifedipine to take 3 times a day. It was still fluctuating after labour so they wanted me to include another med called enalapril to take once a day which seemed to help because...

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Dry hair! How is everyone else dealing with dry hair after pregnancy?

I’m going mental over my dry hair and fly aways are so bad, iv never had to deal with this before! What is everyone else doing for this?

A
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Pregnancy Hair

Anyone else's hair just feel so luscious? I straightened mine for the first time in months and it took forever though lol

A
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Hello may mama's

So I'll be 38 weeks on tuesday I'm due may 13th and I been having scattered contractions getting worse and worse but they don't meet actual labor criteria when do you know when it's the right time to go to the hospital like today I had 3 strong ones through out the day today

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First period

Was anyone else’s first period after giving birth really bad? Mine is ridiculously heavy and very painful !

Incognito
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Tommee Tippee Groegg 2

Does anyone else have a groegg 2 that doesn’t seem very accurate? My groegg was registering at 20.8 but didn’t seem right at all as my window is open and my room is much cooler, so I figured it may need restarting, so I turned it off and on again and now it’s been telling me it’s now 22.5 in my room for the last hou...

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Had to add a filter to see it more clear

The test instructions were to wait 5 mins. So test pic was taken within time frame. Do indents still show within time frame? Or is this a very faint positive test?

Incognito
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Do you think before 10 weeks is way too early to get the NIPT?

I just read something that says before 10 weeks , there may not be enough fetal DNA for accurate results.

Incognito
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1st trimester ♡

Why didn't anyone tell me that 1st trimester was the worstttttt!! Lol How are yall holding up in the 1st trimester?

M
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What's been some of the weirdest or scariest intrusive thoughts you've had since having a baby?!

A persistent one of mine is that I always think I've walked into the door frame holding my baby and the door accidentally hitting my baby...

Incognito
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2nd trimester

anyone else reached the uncomfortable stages of pregnancy? My body aches all the time and please don’t get me started on sleeping!! 😩

C
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Anxiety/ panic attacks

Hi mamas - Im just about 31 weeks so of course getting much bigger and of course I haven’t been able to sleep the entire pregnancy but now it’s getting really bad. I’m someone who has experienced panic attacks my whole life. I’m on medication for it AND I have “take when needed” medication for when I have a panic a...

K
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First trimester

Has anyone ever had complete loss of appetite in the first trimester? Even when I’m not nauseous it’s really hard to eat. I have to force myself. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this? I didn’t have this problem in my first pregnancy 🫠

B
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Sneak Peek gender test

Anyone have experience taking the sneak peek gender test? And comment what week you did if you remember:)

Incognito
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How many weeks?

How many weeks would you guess based on bump? 🤰

Incognito
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Cot

My little girls just turned 6 months today & we’ve decided it’s time for her to go into her big girl bed ( cot ) 🥹😭. Is it normal for me to be this nervous? I’m just over thinking about everything.. what if she rolls onto her front & she can’t get back over etc. did anyone else worry like this?

M
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