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Chatgpt birth predictions

Has anyone asked chatgpt for birth predictions and its actually been correct or near enough? I speak to chatgpt 24/7 giving it symptoms etc etc it thinks i will give birth tomorrow at 38+3

Dark test lines

I was 4w1 day (estimated) when I took my test and the likes came up extremely dark where anyone else’s like this?

Hi, has anyone decided to stop after one child? I'm really torn and don't know what to do. I really struggled when my son was born and not sure I would cope mentally if I had to go through all that again. The only reason I would have another one is so he had a brother or sister. I worry he'll be lonely on his own and wish he had a sibling. I'm worried I'll regret it if I only have one but at the same time don't want to do it all again. I'm 40 next year so don't have long to decide either. Are there any only children on here (adults)? Do you mind being an only child?

Line eyes?

Thoughts on whether positive? I’m 10-11dpo

Test

Hi all i got a posative at this morning but this afternoon its lighter should I be worried

negative at 9dpo

this is negative isn’t it 🥲 i will convince myself on every test i do i see a line i have really bad line eyes

Positive??

Is this real or am I dreaming??

LH test

Is this positive or negative?

Going from one to two

Currently just have my 18 month old. My husband and I have been talking about having a second. He is fully ready to jump in but I am so nervous I won’t be able to love my second as much as I love my first. Or like how I would be able to give enough attention to both. Question how did you know you were ready for your second and did you have any of the same fears?

Torn between religions and life choices

I was born into a Muslim family and raised to believe Islam was the only way. I was never taught to pray or never understood anything about Allah or the quaran. Though I once thought Islam was peaceful there are many things I do not agree with and the fact I must learn a foreign language just to understand prayer again is something I question. I was forbidden to enter a church or read the bible.
Now as an adult I am completely torn. I have children we ‘raise as Muslim’ despite never praying or understanding anything about Islam. Right now I don’t believe in anything I just know there is a god. I don’t want to go to hell but I don’t know what religion is the real one.
I don’t want to raise my kids the way I was raised I want them to have a religion but then should they wish to investigate other religions or convert them I will support that whole heartedly.
I want to believe. I want to belong. What do I do?

7dpo honest opinion

I tested so early just for peace of mind and I see this??? Do you see something? If so, aren’t I too early? My mind is everywhere. Advice please!

Any tips or recommendations on books for toddlers going through home moves and change of people leaving behind and new people coming into life and just big life changes

I’m solo only parent and we are moving a few hours away leaving behind a few people my daughter has had in her life around to help with childcare that she adores (au pair and friends etc).

We don’t have extended family around as such in life, so she has always had a support network of people that have been around that I’ve tried to create where we are currently living, leaving. Alongside an au pair who stayed with us for a little while while I was going through some rlly stressful life stuff and not been myself, whome she adores. She will be leaving us just after our move and settled into our new place in two wks 😢 . (as this amazing girl / au pair is going to uni).
She adores her, I’m so worried how she’ll take it. She calls her her big sister/best friend 🤍

But I’m doing a hopeful overlap of a lovely new au pair joining us at new area, as realised my daughter needs this. Just for a bit longer in life. I’ve been so stressed and quite low with some tricky life stuff going on, when it’s just her and I, I realised I wasn’t doing the best for her, and she regressed. So am sacrificing some things to be able to carry on with plan on new au pair after our current one leaves us who was with us for nearly two months, so my daughter doesn’t feel stuck with just me. I need it too tbh, the support has been life changing.
But also my daughter will be starting nursery for the first time at our new home and area (although she’s excited about that)

It’s a lot of change, but positive change. That it is a lot of change. And the worry, she may miss a few people. But I’m trying to create a support network to carry us through the change and hope she copes okay with it all.

But if anyone has any recommendations of books about changes like this and that goodbyes are not Forever and how to embrace exciting new changes etc

🙏🏼

Faint positive at 13DPO??

I thought I was out this cycle, but I’m due on my period today and I didn’t come on. Took this test this evening, and this is the result.

Picture taken a few minutes after the test was done, but would this really be as faint as shown on the day of missed period??

Is this dark enough for how many weeks I am?

I’m sorry girlies. I’m probably expecting too much so early on.

I’m reading so much about “dye stealers” and mine are like this. It’s worrying me. I’m smashing through the tests waiting to see a darker line.

Granted this is a cheapie, my clear blue ones have said “1-2 weeks”. I used a clear blue on Monday (when I first found out) and then this morning.

I’m hoping it’ll say “2-3 weeks” next week for some reassurances

In the mean time, the cheapie/traditional ones are this faint 😩.

4 weeks 6 days xxx

🤞🏻🤞🏻

Is this a faint positive? I have a hard time with the blue dyes

Rhesus negative

I’ve been told today ( at my 28 week appointment) that I have a rare blood type, I’ve had the anti D Vaccine afterwords, I’m just a bit surprised that no one has mentioned it until now / nor has my baby been tested when they said it could be a risk of our blood mixing and causing antibodies? Has anyone else had this, should I be concerned? ( for context I’ve given blood loads in my life and I’ve never been told that I have a rare blood type before now, nor did my mum know anything about it!)

Indent or positive

Is this a positive or an indent? Ive got a four year old and 6 month old and when I took it this morning it said negative in the 3 minute window but I had to leave the test and came back to it hours later which I know makes it invalid. Does it look positive or an indent? Should I do a pink dye test instead

HELP! Is this a positive test?

There is a very (very!) faint line. I am only 5 months pp and freaking out because my baby is still so small, I wasn’t tracking my cycle so no clue when ovulation happened.

Is this a positive test? Does how faint the line is have a bearing on how healthy or viable the pregnancy is?

When to test?

So my cycles usually range from 29 to 33 days. I've had like one or so cycles that were like 34 maybe 35 days. I can't really remember.
Right now it is day 33. I'm probably about 17-18 days past ovulation. Should I wait a few more days? When do you normally consider ot late?
I don't really want to buy a test if I don't have to.

TTC

Hey so me and my fiancé have recently discussed our future plans and have decided to start trying for our second child, our first was just kind no contraception and chancing it and kind of a ‘what will be will be’ as we wasn’t sure if I could conceive due to history of issues within my family however this time we’re really trying and I was wondering if anyone has any advice or tips or anything? As we want to of conceived before may next year.