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33 weeks and randomly being sick?

I thought the vomiting phase was over but clearly not?! Been getting terrible heartburn that soon leads to vomiting🤢 Anyone else in the same boat??

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Cramps

Just found out I’m pregnant is cramping normal

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If I’m not doing stuff all the time I’m sad

If I am not doing anything and by the end of the day I haven’t left the house all day i feel worthless and so down. But I can’t always push myself to go out and do something either! It’s a battle, does anyone else have this?! I love the idea of going out coming back having tea putting baby to bed and chilling but t...

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Sinus pressure??

I’m 31 weeks today and the past three days I’ve had the worst pressure in my ears that makes me feel like I’m on an airplane. Has anyone else experienced this and taken OTC remedies? Not sure it’s worth bothering my doctor over since I live 90 minutes away lol. TIA!

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Nausea/morning sickness

What food/drink or supplements can I take to stop or reduce this terrible nausea and sickness? Almost 10weeks gone and no sign of it reducing😭😭😭😭😮‍💨😮‍💨

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Congestion

My baby has had sort of back of the nose/throat congestion for nearly 2 weeks now. It’s starting to impact his feeding and he’s getting quite frustrated that he can’t feed properly (both breast and bottle). What shall I do / how much longer will it last?! I spoke to the GP a few days ago and am already doing everyth...

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Congestion

Has anyone else been suffering really badly from nasal congestion in the third trimester. My sleep has been bad anyway but this is making it impossible! Any tips would be appreciated!

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How early do you feel movement and how often?

I feel like my first baby didn't really move where I could feel it until 18 weeks and then he never stopped I was like boy settle down ugh lol and my second moved aggressively a few times a day like really strong but way less often now with my third I feel movement here and there but not hard I'm starting to think m...

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Sudden surge of energy

11 weeks now, anyone else feeling a sudden surge of energy after horrible weeks of nausea and tiredness?

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Smear test

So I went for my first smear test yesterday morning and oh my god the cramps I have today are awful. I generally have quite bad period cramps but these are bad…. I was just wondering if this is normal? Like I say it’s my first one so not too sure

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Everything aches!

3m PP. My feet tingle, my knees and ball joints in my hips hurt. My calves and thighs are tight. My shoulder blade tingles. My wrists and lower back hurt... Is this from generally carrying baby too much? She's now 6.5kg. I'm EBF and taking the breastfeeding vitamins. Just wondering if I might still be deficient in s...

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How do you manage the extra saliva?

I’m seven weeks into my second pregnancy and have had my HG symptoms back since week 5. I’m devastated it’s come back as it’s just so debilitating. The worst thing is the extra saliva. I had ptyalism in my first pregnancy too and it’s the absolute worst. Has anyone found any relief from medicines or any other way of...

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Heartburns before sleeping

Hello mamas, I am suffering from very strong heartburns especially before bed which makes it even harder to sleep- sometimes its the feeling of heartburn and feeling that I need to throw up.. I am 27 weeks now and just don’t know how to deal with it any natural things any tried before that has made a difference?

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Dehydration

Is anyone struggling with dehydration despite drinking litres and litres of water? Is there anything you are using to help? I am really struggling- my.lips are always dry but I know for a fact I drink at least 4 litres a day.

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Baby Kicks

Hey wanted to ask feeling some movement in lower back n side of tummy is that kicks can someone confirm if it's normal and late at night is when it happens

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Did you have this and for how long?

Hey so my doctor put me on a zofran pump to relieve my throwing up but I was wondering if anyone else been on it? Do it stop throwing up? And how long was you on it? I just got mine today and have so many questions.

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Feeling miserable

Only 8 weeks but the nausea, exhaustion, and bad allergies have really ruined me for several weeks now. Spent today in bed. And I’m just not sure if I can make it through feeling this gross all the time. How you dealing with getting low when the symptoms are relentless?

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Weird question

I just recently discovered a beautiful blessing I'm currently pregnant but I'm having this really painful sharp pain in my rib right under my breast. Anybody else go through this and any advice because I didn't have this with my first 😭

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Bump dropped 32+4

Does anyone else’s else’s bump just feel heavy, I just feel like my bump is dropped like I feel like the baby is getting engaged I don’t know. My bump just feels really heavy all of a sudden like I’m carrying extra weight. Anyone else feel like that?

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Is labour near? 😅

I’m 38+2 today. I couldn’t sleep last night. Just felt wide awake and didn’t go bed till 3am. I was also sick at 2am, nauseous all day today and then was being sick at 6pm 🙃🙃 Ran myself a warm bath and my braxton hicks just gotten worse and hurt more. Could it be a sign that baby boy is coming? 😅🥹 got consultant…

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