Community Posts, Tips & Support 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

I am 9DPO, tested this morning and negative. I have had daily cramping since 5DPO, I am so so emotional, crying really easily, generally feeling really sad, frustrated, angry… I didn’t feel like this before I tested positive with my first. AF not due til Saturday, and BD loads over my fertile period. I still have a ...

I just started my period today so I know it's too soon right now, but I was looking at when I conceived my first, 2.5 years ago, and it was really early after my period, I'm thinking I ovulate only a couple days after my period ends, if that, that being said, when should I start taking ovulation tests? This is only...

Hi - CD 18 now and still no peak, unusual for me to have some many days of ‘high’ but no peak this late in my cycle. I usually have a quick onset peak reading and then back down to low again? Shall I continue to test and BD every other day? Fingers crossed I am actually going to ovulate!!

Wondering if anyone can see a vvvv faint line? It hasn’t been very long since ovulation but I swear I can see something tiny or line eyes🤣

I made the mistake of taking pregnancy test after drinking a lot of water. I’ve been watching my pregnancy test progression lines and today’s test was fainter than other tests. 5w 1d

I’m taking my son away with my mum next month and was planning on taking his birth certificate with me as we don’t have the same surname. Would it also be worth getting my ex to write a letter of consent to say he’s allowed the holiday to happen or would the certificate be enough? One of my colleagues took her da...

I had a mmc exactly 3 weeks ago and decided to have a d&c. Slight bleeding and cramping for a few days but nothing major. I was told to take a pregnancy test 3 weeks after which I did this afternoon.. it’s still positive 😔 quite faint but line is defo there. I will call the epu in the morning to ask what I should…

For those that have one baby, Do you plan on having anymore or are y’all one and done?

I take it I am ovulating or about to?

Hi everyone I’m brand new to ovulation tests and using the Premom app. I started testing yesterday afternoon and plan on doing it twice a day from now on! My Flo app says I should be ovulating on Sunday 19th (I know this is just an estimate) But yesterdays numbers on Premom are slightly higher than todays test numbe...