Community Posts, Tips & Support on Pregnancy Care

Anyone else having issues with their midwife? I’ve phoned a few times and always get the answering machine, I leave a message and no one ever gets back to me. No idea what to do?

Just been told this morning that I’ve got gestational diabetes and I’ve just not stopped crying. I feel like an utter failure already. I’m 28 weeks and I don’t think it helps that I’m just feeling like a whale and struggling for clothes to be long enough over my tummy so just feel down in general. Sorry for the rant...

Just had my pre operative appointment. I thought I was able to drink water only from 6am but have been told no fluids at all from 6am. I have to be at hospital for 7:15, I’m a morning slot as I have gestational diabetes. Has anyone else been told the same before? Just seems a bit odd!

I think around 6dpo, but cycles are a little irregular

I sent an email at the beginning of August 2024 with my 15 hours government funding code and got a reply from the manager saying she would send it to the finance department. Fast forward to November and I checked my statements and there’s no confirmation of the hours being deducted so I raised it with management and...

How does my chart look? I got a very faint positive on FRER on 14DPO and 15DPO (picture in comments). Still tracking BBT, no period as of yet but worried about temp drop last 2 days and possible chemical?

Any opinions on this test tonight??

It’s always unpleasant to have to call the local GP practice and wait for a very long time for the call to be answered while being played the most annoying ‘music’ on repeat. But this time it was especially frustrating when the call handler was dismissive and rude to me and booked the 8 week appointment for after ne...

I had medical management this morning. Can anybody tell me how long it took for anything to happen e.g. cramps etc.? Or anybody had it fail and can tell me when they knew it had failed? 10hrs later and I just have a feeling it hasn’t worked. Thank you!

What do you think? 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 Just one of my boobs has felt really painful. And being impatient I thought I’d take a test this evening. I’ve got excited thinking there’s a faint line…what do you think?

Can’t tell if it’s a line or not🥲

Hey Girls can you see a line on both? i can on the CB but wondering if evap however i feel i can see a vvvfl on the bottom one too? for reference i am about 9DPO..

I'm being referred for the glucose test as baby is measuring very big. Has anyone had to deal with GD in previous pregnancies? What does it entail?

When I was diagnosed of GD, I had the flu for a week and a stomach bug following so I wasn’t really eating much therefore I had little to no readings however my morning readings were still around a 6. I wasn’t told that I had targets however I just knew that they needed to be lower than a 7.8. Once I recovered from ...

I had just seen my midwife and was scheduled to see her six weeks later. I am 29 weeks pregnant and feel confused because as far as I know at this time we should be meeting every 2 weeks. Do you think this is a mistake?

How often do you have appointments? Attended one a week ago and they’ve made another one for April 2025 but last appointment i went to they didn’t have a clue why I was there because my partner is making enough money for the both of us so she said I didn’t need to attend appointments at the moment and that the appoi...

I’m testing a lil too early I think.. I’m around 11 /12 dpo but not due on until Saturday

Has anyone conceived with a low LH reading of 0.57 ish?

Recommendations for a pregnancy belt for pelvic girdle and lower back pain… which have you used and has it really made a difference?

Heya! Does anybody know what they do/check at this appointment as it’s the first time going on one of these. Currently 34+2