Community Posts, Tips & Support on Pregnancy Care

Is anyone considering or has experience with Perineal massage? If so, will you be starting from week 35? Will you be/would you recommend using a tool or are hands fine? I'm wanting to give it a try but the tools can be quite pricey!

Hello lovely mummas, just wanted to share the new tidbit of knowledge I earned this afternoon. My son, 3 and a half has a chest infection. We went to the Grange Hospital to confirm the diagnosis and the doctor there gave me a prescription for antibiotics. So far, so good. Except, he forgot to mention on the prescrip...

I have done the self referral form online, but I haven’t heard anything back and unsure when my first appointment should be. Does anyone know?

Lmao is peeing a ton a good indication that baby is engaging lower? I swear I’ve gone like 20 times already 😂

Im 13 weeks, and have no appointments in the diary for a midwife apt. My next appointment is anomaly scan, I haven't actually seen the midwife once other than booking appointment. Its my second pregnancy, just wondering what others experience is?

Hi, im 4wks+3 and i did a self referral on sunday and i got a midwife appointment though two days later for next week. Is that too early or should i be worried as ive seen alot of people waiting weeks for an appointment🤍

Hello mamas & mamas to be 🤱🏻🤰🏽🥰 I’m entering my third trimester and considering hiring a birth doula. I live in Milpitas, CA. Any recommendations for a birth doula in the Bay Area? Thanks in advance !

Does anyone know what is obstetrics/metabolic mean as Iv an appointment for that on Monday

What is the highest your blood glucose levels have been? I’ve been logging my levels for about a week now and it’s been a hit and miss. There are times when I’m under the 140 after a meal and under 95 while fasting. Other times I’m a few points off. Im talking about instead of 140 I’m at 160 at the highest. They are...

Oh my lord so I'm 29 weeks and baby is measuring 3lb 4 Oz 😭 am I over thinking or Is that huge 😂 73 percentile makes it sound better to me tho that still sounds like alot

I have migraines often outside of pregnancy and usually would take co-codamol to help… I’ve been prescribed Sumatriptan but it’s literally not even touching the sides! I’m having migraines daily and they’re just getting increasingly worse! I’m not sure what else to do????

I'm 30 weeks humilin controlled at night for fasting diet during the day 4th gd pregnancy... I have noticed this last week not only my fasting numbers have dropped but things I normally couldn't tolerate or would send me on the cusp of my limit haven't been having that much of an effect on my numbers, eg: I plateud...

This is my first week of strict diet and glucose monitoring. My post meal numbers are ok but fasting blood sugar levels are miserable. I am doing everything right in terms of the diet chart and exercise but my fasting numbers just will not come down. Honestly this has taken the joy out my pregnancy and I am feeling ...

Finally got my BFP. Also is the line meant to be this strong this early? I was expecting something WAY lighter

Just wondering if anyone else if feeling the same as me…. Ever since the start of my pregnancy i haven’t seen the same midwife more than once. Im 33 weeks pregnant. All the other appointments i have keep getting cancelled and postponed to a later date every time. I understand that life happens and sometimes you can’...

Took last night at 7 dpo but this morning took a fresh one which looked like it had nothing on it 😬

Took this last night at 7 dpo (I think) but this morning it seemed to have nothing at all on a fresh one x

I’m 36+1 and after a growth scan of baby measuring big and extra fluid I’ve just been diagnosed with gestational diabetes with only my fasting levels high, my post meal ones are normal. The diabetes midwife hasn’t really given me much information of what happens now and has just said she will ring me Tuesday and I ...

7dp5dt on my 3rd transfer and the first time I’ve seen 2 lines 😭🤞❤️

What to expect? Do I need to bring a urine sample?