Hello!

I'm expecting a little girly and naturally obsessing over all the cute possibilities. Do you know of any reputable brands that sell matching mother/daughter outfits in sizes as small as newborn? Hopefully something not on the fast-fashion end of the sustainability spectrum. Thanks 🙏👗👶🎀👯‍♀️

I posted this on other subs I’m just looking for input from other parents. I got the NIPT results back after a redraw and Im currently 16w0d pregnant. My fetal DNA is saying 1.9% at 14w5d and that I am high risk for triploidy, trisomy18, and trisomy13. I had a great ultrasound at 12w1d, and I heard my babies heartbeat last week. I know that last part has nothing to do with it, but… I’ve read through their response and I am obviously going to speak to my OB, and I’ve read old posts on reddit but I guess I’m just looking to hear from others on here. I’m a FTM and I just really don’t want to lose this baby. I just scheduled my anatomy scan at 20 weeks.

edit: i’m 5’2 and currently 198lbs so I don’t know if that has to do with it. If it does thank god it’s cos i’m fat.

I'm not sure what's going on. First I had a big bleed back at 30 weeks, then I started spotting dark brown/black around 31-32ish weeks. Now I'm 33 weeks, and I'm spotting STILL and it's a brownish pink color. I'm not sure why, the drs did ultrasounds and checked my cervix and cerclage and said they couldn't find anything, but I'm concerned at this point. Has anyone experienced this before, had similar experiences, knows anything that could help? Thanks

One company in the US issued a voluntary recall on their whole and salad Cucumbers. The Cucumbers are sold in 18 states in Walmart. A friend passed the info to me so I'm posting here. So far no illnesses or deaths but better safe than sorry.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/wiers-farm-inc-expands-voluntary-recall-whole-and-salad-cucumbers-due-possible-contamination

Has this happened to anyone? Did it go away again at some point? I wonder whyyyy this is happening. I was fighting for my life with the nausea first trimester. Hope it goes away.

How did you know your baby had a bottle aversion and how did you fix it? Waiting for the Rowena Bennett book to be delivered tomorrow but want to start ASAP.

Hi everyone, this is my first pregnancy so I get worried about everything lol. I think I’ve developed some kind of chest infection and I’m worried it’s going to harm my baby. I am 10 weeks and 1 day and my nausea has subsided a lot and I’m worried that means the pregnancy isn’t progressing anymore and I’m scared it’s because I have been sick. I have an appointment today to discuss antibiotics and what I can or cannot take because the sickness has gotten pretty bad. Did anyone else get really sick in the first trimester and did it impact the baby at all?

I’m currently 5 months pregnant. I need to buy some new bras now and I’m debating if I should get them as nursing bras now since Il need them later. I’m just not sure how much boob sizing might change. I thought maybe they would come down in size after a few months and eventually fit back into this bra. Thoughts on postpartum, breastfeeding boobs?

Did you have rapid labor? 4 minus hours in total from contraction to baby born. Tell your birth story!

or just you and your partner?? what are peoples’ thoughts about this either way?

Hi! I just found out I am pregnant for the first time! I am excited and terrified. Currently feeling exhausted and SUPER hungry- my stomach is constantly growling very loudly and I feel like no matter how much I eat, I'm still hungry.

I am anxious because... 1.) I have a history of eating issues and I'm concerned that if this appetite continues, I'm going to gain a bunch of weight very quickly and that will be triggered 2.) no nausea yet, even though my mom had hyperemesis gravidarum with BOTH of her pregnancies... worried that this means there is something wrong?

So I guess my questions are... did anyone else experience increased appetite and if so, how long did it last? Also, should I be concerned that I haven't experienced nausea yet? I'm kind of nauseous at baseline so I'm absolutely shocked I haven't felt anything yet.

Thank you in advance :)

TW: mention of loss For those of you who are high risk or have been high risk in the past, how did you decide what to do for a baby shower?

I'm 29w with my first and had a high risk NIPT for monosomy X. We opted not to do an amnio because it would not have changed whether we continued the pregnancy. But her last growth scan was borderline FGR/IUGR, after dropping from 50th percentile to 10th percentile in 6 weeks.

I've always wanted a baby shower, and we probably won't have one for our second child, so this is likely the only chance. But I'm so focused on going from one scan to the next, starting weekly monitoring in a couple of weeks, and worrying about if she will be healthy, that it's hard to think about celebrating. It feels premature to celebrate when she's not here yet. A few family members are throwing the shower at the end of August, and not all of them know the full extent of our concerns with the baby, so they're ready to go all out. My nephew was born full-term stillborn a couple of months ago, so that is definitely contributing to my anxiety. I'm just really torn about whether to go forward with the shower considering the risks. Any advice?

So I’ve always loved coffee. Been always a big Starbucks girl , iced lattes , coffee shops. Ever since I became pregnant I can’t stand coffee, it makes me immediately throw up after the first sip of it. I hate the way it smells now. But I really miss the way It made me feel. I could not function without coffee. So I’ve switched to Iced Matcha Latte. Not the one from Starbucks , cause it’s not very good. Go to a local coffee shop that sells matcha lattes or a place specialized in tea . It has around 80mg of caffeine ( less than 200mg per day , the recommended max intake ) and it doesn’t upset my stomach. Another thing, I always ask mine with a plant milk , such as oat milk or any plant milk available , because I don’t trust coffee shops for regular cow milk, they always leave the milk out of the fridge and it’s often expired ( a huge trigger for vomiting ) , and I just dislike cow milk in general, so for me oatmilk is the best alternative.

I am currently 25 weeks pregnant. I had itching on my fingers and ankle (not palm and sole) last couple days but it is getting better and slowly stopping. I thought I would give a couple days before I call the doctor to see if it would subside and infact it is happening. Did anyone had itching stop but still had cholestasis? My appointment is in about a week and half so, is it safe to bring it up at the appointment?

I was recently gifted a three hour house cleaning, I am currently 29 weeks.

I’m going on leave at 35 weeks and plan to spend those last few weeks getting everything nested and organized.

Should I schedule it before that? After?

Just as the title asks. How are you keeping calm when your emotions take over?

I’m 18w 3d and this past week my emotions are all over the place. Going from uncontrollable crying to intense anger. There have been a few different situations at work and home where I’ve had the huge surge in emotions and it’s taking me ages to calm down from them. It’s not like me at all.

Yesterday my partner had some sundowner work drinks on, it started at 4.30, he made out like he was only going for a few and didn’t get home till after 11pm. From 9pm I was raging angry, then crying then angry and back and forth. I slept in the spare room. I don’t want to talk to him out of pure anger. I’m feeling it on such an intense level. It’s now the next morning, and I’m still absolutely pissed off. Raging. Can’t seem to find a way to calm myself down at all. I hate feeling like this. I don’t know why, I just can’t seem to let it go.

Anyone have any ideas how to calm down?

Hey everyone. Just needing to vent/get some advice.

I am 34 weeks and this morning I broke my ankle hiking. Up until this point, I had a very smooth pregnancy. My OBGYN cleared me to hike as long as it was a short/medium length, I hiked with someone else, wore proper gear, avoided extreme heat, etc.

My husband and another hiker that happened upon us helped me down the hill acting as crutches. Once down there, I started getting severe pelvic & abdominal pain. My husband wasn’t comfortable transporting me so he called paramedics.

The other couple were a godsend and let me lay down in their suv until the paramedics arrived. At the hospital, X-rays confirmed I broke my ankle. Tests showed baby is fine, but the hospital kept me to monitor me. After several hours, I started getting severe pelvic and abdominal pain again. I am being put on bedrest for the forseeable future and will need a wheelchair to get to the bathroom & anywhere essential. Absolutely no walking with crutches or scooting on a scooter.

I am in a lot of pain and really stressed. It’s hard to go from super active to not at all. I am worried I won’t be able to get everything done before baby comes as I planned. Just feeling low. I’m happy the baby is ok, that’s the main thing, but I’m still struggling. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I'm a 32 year old female. I've been pregnant once in 2011 (miscarriage). One live birth (2013). 2nd live birth in (2016). Miscarriage in (2019). I've been TTC since late March 2019. I haven't been pregnant since. I've had two different partners since then. One has had kids and the other hasnt. Ive also had several progesterone tests. Going to get an ultrasound on July 31st to check for cysts on ovaries. Has anyone else experienced this?

I told a couple of coworkers and some of our close friends our top 2 names for our baby-boy-to-be. 1 person really didn't like the name that happens to be my favorite. I quickly realized that maybe I shouldnt open this up to criticism for anyone else.. So what do you tell people when they ask what names you're thinking of using? I am getting this question from everyone lately and i need a nice polite yet assertive response to fall back on.

"We are choosing not to share the name we picked out until the baby is born". Does that come off as rude? What do you say?

I had a unicorn pregnancy and birth with my oldest and from the second I found I was pregnant, this time has felt different. We tried for a while to conceive my eldest and this baby we ended up pregnant immediately. At first I felt like it would be too unlikely to be so lucky twice and that surely I would miscarry... It was just too easy to get pregnant this time.

NIPT was normal but on the 20 wk scan they saw hydronephrosis, they repeated at 24 weeks and found it in the other kidney this time. At 28 weeks the kidneys were clear but I was told they do two clear scans before dismissing the concern. At 32 weeks she had a medium sized ovarian cyst and was measuring around the 65% mark.

Yesterday I had my growth and positioning scan and cyst is still there and we have jumped to the 95% size and 99% head out of nowhere.

Now there is talk of scanning again in two weeks (I've had a ridiculous number of US at this point). If she is still looking big they want to induce.

OB denied any significant health concern and told me not to worry but the huge jump in size makes me and my husband (a pediatrician) rather nervous.

Has anyone experienced anything like this in regards to a parade of issues and a big jump in size? Was baby ok? I'm just haunted by my gut feeling I had the day I learned I was expecting that things wouldn't be so easy this time.

(And for the record, I don't have severe anxiety that keeps me up or anything like that .... Just this nagging sense of foreboding I want to set at ease)

Oh my goodness. I am pregnant with my second child and she is proving to be my problem child already😂 (I kid). With my first daughter I didn’t have any issues what so ever. This little girl on the other hand! I have had the same UTI SINCE MAY! We are starting the third round of a different antibiotic to try and get rid of it. I am prone to UTIs when not pregnant but I always have symptoms. The entire time while pregnant I have had no symptoms and I drink more water than an elephant! Please tell me I am not the only one who has been through this!

Just for fun… for those that have both genders, did your ultrasounds look different?

We are currently team Green with baby number 2 and just had a 20 week scan. It looks exactly like my first baby’s ultrasound. Just wondering if this means I should expect more of the same 😊

I really wanted to wait until we at least had ultrasound pictures, but we have a lot of family events coming up and I feel like I can’t hide it from everyone (so having them know and be able to help me deflect any questions would be nice). I’m planning on telling them tonight because they are having a party on Saturday and then next week is my sister and dad’s birthdays. I’m just anxious about telling people too soon and then having something happen. When did you tell your parents?

Hello everyone! I’ve always dealt with hormonal acne and it got worse since being pregnant. I always used benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid, and differn gel. I stopped using this products when I found out I was pregnant. I definitely heard mixed reviews of using SA and BP during pregnancy so I kind of started using the basics; it’s not helping at all!! I’m really insecure right now and I’m experiencing the pimples, black heads, oily skin, dark spots/ acne spots after the pimple or black head pops or goes away. Any ideas on what to use??

Hi. Feeling a little lost right now. I used to work in construction management and did pretty well for myself. Roughly three years ago I quit my job… despite doing well for myself I was working in a pretty volatile environment, I was also about to get married and leaned toward the idea of being a SAHM. Anyways, two miscarriages later, working a part time job, and going to school part time… I’m now currently 32 weeks pregnant. I was a student up until 22 weeks but the last two and half months I have not been student. The reason being because I got into the program and it doesn’t start up until next year. Anyways I’ve been home alone and the first two months I’ve stayed pretty productive… keeping myself busy with projects around the house etc. but I’ve reached a big slow down, I’ve been dealing with gestational diabetes and just dealing with third trimester. I have days where I’m doing good, but then I have days like today where I’ve essentially just laid on the couch. This unproductiveness really bothers me. I also think loneliness has crept in because let’s face it, being home alone all day 5 days a week while my husband goes to work… it’s just hard to avoid. But I’m trying to find purpose, trying to find community, and keep the anxiety and depression at bay but it’s hard. I feel like I failed in my career and now I’m just in this holding pattern for the next month and a half. Trying to keep a grip on myself. I’ve been setting up classes and slowly pecking away at my to do list but I don’t know. I know everyone says they wish they didn’t need to work while pregnant, but I miss feeling like I’m accomplishing something.

I (34f) am a FTM and today I went for the 3rd trimestre ultrasound. A part of me already knew that the baby is breech (I have felt a hard bump under my ribs and knew that it should be the head), but I guess that getting the confirmation today sank me a bit. I have been doing prenatal yoga and streches to encourage baby to the correct position since the start of 3rd trimestre. I have walked and kept active as much as I am eating healthy and balanced (true I indulge from time to time and maybe I have gained too much (19kg, but I lost almost 20kg on half year before getting pregnant...so)). I don't know I am in a "why me?" Mindset, I feel sad, angry and defeated because looks like all has been for naught and scared of a possible C-section if the ECV doesn't work (also scared of the ECV). Guess I just wanted to vent, and maybe ask for any experiences or tips to turn the baby. TIA

I was negative for my first pregnancy. I’m 38 weeks and 3 days pregnant today. I already swabbed positive at my 36 week appointment. And then yesterday did a urine test and it’s positive as well.. the doctor called and said I will have to take antibiotics three times a day for seven days. I’ve been through hell this pregnancy.. I’m almost there and now this happens. I’ll have to be on an IV as well during labor. I’m willing to do anything to keep my baby safe. But can someone explain how this happened? Am I carrying an excessive amount of GBS? What happens if I don’t finish this course of oral antibiotics before I go into labor?

How long did your morning sickness last?! Mine is all day sickness & I literally can’t eat anything without wanting to gag… I have to force myself to. My nausea is constant & agony to deal with, however, I have not thrown up yet…

Please give me some hope and let me know when your nauseous-ness eased up!🫠

I went to 2 different OBs in 2 different states. One told me I was due December 25th. The other one told me January 25th. I know a few days to a few weeks differences with ultrasounds are pretty normal, but how did both OBs get a whole month difference?