Community Posts, Tips & Support on Pregnancy Care

My spectra only has cycles up to C5 but I see people posting about their settings being 72, 34 etc, what’s the difference and is there a chart to interpret? / anyone got any recommendations who has one with the same options as mine? Trying to increase output

Hey guys, I’m feeling really deflated. I’ve just had the call from my midwife that I’ve got GD. My 2 hour result was 7.8. What does this mean now, what do I do from here and how do I know what to eat? It’s so overwhelming

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If anyone is feeling a bit out of sorts this evening or a bit down for any reason just think that you are not me 🤦‍♀️ I just went into my glucomum bag to get my evening dose of Metformin after dinner in my own little world did a blood sugar reading with 55 minutes left on my timer 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ I have no idea why I…

Hi how long did it take to go from 3 to 4 cen dilation and what can I do to help my dilation move further

Hi ladies! I have a consultant appointment at 32 weeks, I’ve never had consultant appointments with any of my other pregnancies (I was booked in for 1 at 36+4 with my youngest but she came before then) what is the appointment about?

Ok yes I know this is prolly a really baddd case of line eyes. I’ve gotten really good at weeding out hope bs reality but this one is difficult Day petite my period. 10dpo. It was not first morning urine and it was not a hold urine either. I figured I was out yesterday so I just did this one for fun. Most are like ...

So im just over 34 weeks Ftm to be and I'm seeing a lot of people talking about consultant appointments. Is it normal that I've not seen a consultant yet? I get it may vary a little from trust to trust but I'm seeing more and more people talk about it and I've heard nothing. Is this normal? When should I expect to s...

Just got the call that I have gestational diabetes. Have an appointment with a specialist next Tuesday. You know it’s bad when they don’t even have you do the 3 hour test. I was already struggling mentally so this is not helping. I’m terrified of having to test my blood sugar. I’ve had trouble with self harm in th...

Hi! I'm 7w 4d today, are we thinking blue or pink? 🥰

Has anyone ever had this happen and gotten a bfp? Will post the rest of it in the comments

Is anyone else finding it hard to attend dentist/opticians/ doctors appointments & having no help with childcare??? I had the dentist today which my partner was able to get off work to look after our LO but I have the opticians tomorrow & no one to help with childcare. I can’t help but feel anxious about this bu...

I'm staring so much I'm seeing lines when I close my eyes 🫠

I went to the doctor today and baby was breech and hard to photograph. Talked with the doc afterward and he said it’s due to me having gestational diabetes (for which I was diagnosed just over a month ago). He prescribed me insulin since my numbers aren’t within range, so now I have to take it twice a day. Stabbing ...

I think I'm around 11dpo and think I may have got the faintest ever lines today? We've been TTC for 6 months and never had this before, otherwise I would just assume they're evap lines (although they did come up within 10 mins)

I’m having such a hard time breaking a bad cycle that is ruining my families health. I’m so bad a feeding my family I really don’t know how to fix my bad habits. I get no time to meal plan or prep (I honestly don’t want to include my toddler here because it will take so much longer and there will be so many melt dow...

I self referred at 4+2 am now 6+2 and still haven't heard anything? I no its probably depends lapt on area? Any one else in same boat?

9dpo today and thought I was super early for a positive, but got this. Could this be my bfp?

BRIGHT FLASH OF LIGHT AT CONCEPTION Recently, researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago have shown that a kind of "firework" occurs when the human egg and sperm unite, forming a zygote. As shown in the artist’s illustration , at the moment of conception, a flash of light occurs as a zap of energy is release...

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