Articles & Expert Guides on Planning for a Baby

As the title says, I don’t qualify for ivf due to my bmi being 46. I need to loose 40-50kg to be able to be in the category for IVF and was told to come back when I loose weight. I have received no support from the doctors, if I could loose that amount of weight, I wouldn’t be overweight right now. Has anyone else...

My husband and I are really struggling with the decision to have a second baby or not. We have one almost 2 year old and it hasn’t been easy. He was a really tough baby and has a sensitive personality and demands a lot of attention. We both work full time and can’t imagine how we could fit an infant into our schedul...

I took a couple of tests around the time I thought my period was due, which were negative. I was wondering why my period was over two weeks "late" and put it down to the fact I only got my periods back in Jan (at 19 months postpartum as I'm breastfeeding my 23 month-old still) so thought my body was maybe still adju...

So I saw my consultant today who is booking my delivery for august when I’m 38weeks, they asked me to think about being sterilised at the same time, it completely took me by surprise tbh, I’d never thought about it before, this will be my third Csection so they don’t advise to have another pregnancy/section after th...

I recently found out I am pregnant and have been so nervous. Has anyone else had a successful pregnancy with having PCOS?

So I’m super impatient and this is my first round of FET. I’m 4DPT and I woke up with this gut feeling that it just didn’t stick, so I took a pregnancy test and it was negative. I know 4 days isn’t really long enough, but I also don’t really have any symptoms besides tender breasts/nipples. But that’s cause of the s...

So i have my first appt with the gynaecologist on thursday due to possible peri menopause causing irregular ovulation. Just wanted to know what to expect and hear others first experiences with the fertility clinic. Im not sure what to expect, im hopeful they will just hand me pills and ill be on my way haha!!

I go tomorrow for my 6 week PP appointment. I am supposed to be getting an IUD but I’m super nervous about it. After watching videos and doing some research I’m kind of thinking I would like to go back to the depo. Can anyone give me your experiences with the mirena iud? Pros and cons?

Hello everyone, Was just wondering if anyone else is crazy enough to be studying whilst going through this rollercoaster of a journey. I am in my fourth year of open university and I’m struggling to find the time and motivation to complete my workload. It’s making me worried about how I’m going to manage when I ha...

We are not getting our son Christened but I would like to honour 2 friends who I would choose as Godparents if I did. Does anybody have any ideas of how I can do this? Like a nice little gift and a poem maybe