Community Posts, Tips & Support on Pregnancy Care

Would you travel in the car in UK 2.5-3 hours away 3 weeks before your due date?

I am so stressed having been diagnosed with GD only a few days ago at 29 weeks. I could not even get any blood before breakfast after trying 25 times! My fingers are sore. I decided to eat and had salad with tuna and nothing else and then tested 1 and a half hour later. Success with getting blood this time round but...

FMU 11DPO mommed test so 20miu so not as sensitive

App says it’s high but it looks so strong!

Hi all This is my first pregnancy and I have had super low HCG levels. 5weeks 4 days and my highest is 483. I did a frozen embryo transfer. Has anyone had similar situations or counts?

Any moms who got diagnosed with gestational diabetes? I’m currently 35 weeks and losing my mind on what to eat. Has anyone else with gestational diabetes got put on metformin and had to be induced? I want to hear stories please.

9DPO and I see a vvvfl. Does anyone else see it? Yes I will keep testing but I want to know if anyone else sees it or if I’m delusional 🫠 please let me know in the comments ;)

7 weeks is this normal?😭😭😭😭😭 Had a previous loss so freaking out

9DPO and I see a vvvfl. Does anyone else see it? Yes I will keep testing but I want to know if anyone else sees it or if I’m delusional 🫠

Has anyone heard or know of gauchers diseases (type 1 i think) or mucopolysacchardiosis type 6?

Hi, I live in Denton and all of my midwife appointments have been at Ann street clinic but they’re fully booked for my remaining so I’ve been booked in at green side lane clinic in Droylsden. Now I know that there’s a clinic facing where spar is but the midwife said it’s near the school which is the other end. Does ...

My eyes are killing me , probably indent 😑. So want a positive this month 😭😭😭 still early but dying here.

5 weeks today, I have self referred to the drs and they sent me a link to register with the midwife. When can I expect to recieve my 1st appointment?

I have ARFID which for me means I only eat carbs and sugar. I haven't eaten any meat other than chicken nuggets, fruit, veg, anything like brown bread etc since I was 2 years old. So this diagnosis really threw a spanner in the works. After a phone call with the specialist she told me to just eat as normal because o...

Hello, I have midwife today and it’s in the oasis birth centre (according to my chart) but I now can’t access my chart to ensure that it hasn’t changed. Has anyone else had their midwife appointment in the oasis birth centre?

Or am I just losing my mind?

I know I shouldn't complain but it's been two weeks since I started testing with GD but I'm finding the necessary dieting with GD extremely limiting especially in the morning, if I see another greek yoghurt pot I'm going to scream. In the mornings before work if I have more than about 15 minutes to have any form of ...

So I’m 35+3 and enquired about the RSV vaccine at my last midwife appointment last week. The midwife told me to go and enquire through my gp practice to see if I could book in for one. I received a message a few days later from the gp that as far as they were aware, the midwives were administering the vaccines at th...

W.g. 'describe pregnancy' - mine was stressful, I was being cheated on etc.. do I write all that vaguely and be honest or keep everything in this book positive?

What to-do lists have others prepared as they enter their 3rd trimester of pregnancy ? Pediatrician interviews/ any health tests / birthing classes/Lactation consultation/ Maternity pictures….. would love to see what others planned for the last 3 months.