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Sickness!

Any advice you can give me on feeling less sick. I am 6+4 and really struggling with feeling sick. if there is any advice you can give me please on anything that could help or maybe help. thank you x

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Baby moviments

Hello, I am 32 weeks pregnant, but I noticed about 2 days ago that the baby is not moving like it always did. I feel that she is in the same position and I feel slight movements. I have an appointment next Saturday, should I go before to the hospital (tomorrow) and see if everything is okay? Xx

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Toddler Sweats

My son is 1.5yo and when he sleeps, he wakes up and his head is soaked with sweat as if it’s just been washed. The rest of his body is fine and when I take his temp, it’s normal. Anyone else’s toddler get like this???

H
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SI nerve pain

Anyone dealing with this? I am in unbearable pain. Going to the prenatal chiro today. What has worked for others dealing with this pain?

K
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Long shifts!!!

Hey, Anyone do 12+ hour shifts and struggling? I get to about 5pm and actually feel delirious. It's stressing me out because because I want to carry on with my job. Management have said they can put me on shorter shift but it means I will be working monday-friday 😩 I'm currently nursing and doing 3 days a…

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Am I the only one? 🤣💗

This is my third baby and I still think feeling her move is the craziest, strangest feeling in the world 🤣💗 I love it, but it feels so silly lmao

J
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Any slightly midsize bodies?

I'm quite paranoid about my body shape as I've always held tummy fat so feel like my bump might take ages to show.

Incognito
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30 weeks

Anyone else stomach someone get hard but it goes and cramping that comes for like two second and goes? Is it braxton hicks

Incognito
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Nausea and vomiting at the latter stages…

I’m 38 weeks and have been feeling so nauseous lately, and have just been really sick. Is this normal?! I’ve not experienced it before in previous pregnancies.

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How early can you get your period back PPT?

I’m 3 weeks ppt and have had some period like cramps all day and my bleeding subsided about 3 days ago but today I’m bleeding again and wondering if it could be my period?? I feel like it’s wayyy too early but if not that is it still lochia? Just a bit confused

Incognito
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Bump

My bump is just in the bottom of my belly and I just look fat 🙃 anyone else?

Incognito
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Sickness :( first trimester

Hey! I’m 20 nearly 21 and I’m 6 weeks today! Still early but my sickness is so bad all day every day, at first when it started I drank water and ate lunch time when I got hungry and it would ease for a couple hours. Also the same as waking up it would only last 2/3 hours and go. But now it lasts all day long. I’m st...

Incognito
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Aches and pains in joints

Since giving birth back in May, myjoints and ligaments have been achy and 5month pp they are still so achy. It happens when I sit down then get up. Going up the stair or getting up from the floor are the worst. I feel like I need pain killers every time to keep the achiness at bay. I thought these sort of aches and ...

Incognito
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Struggling

Really struggling lately, sickness in full flow. So so tired. Backs hurting. No energy. Hate cooking and never know what I eat will stay down. Draining me. Ginger doesn’t help🙄

K
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Advice

So I have the sensation and feeling that I need have a wee but I can't actually wee, is this normal? Could it just be baby sat on my bladder ? I do have pains in the whole of my back, a friend told me kidney infection but AVE had them in the past an this feels nothing like that, plus I had my midwife appointment the...

Incognito
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Pain

Can’t move my back and every time I stand up I feel lightening pain and got the urge to wee. Literally can’t stand up due to back pain and paracetamol not doing anything. What do I do 😢😣

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Struggling 🥺

Does anyone else feel like they’re struggling a little bit? I’m so grateful for my baby but I am so drained and fed up of my belly feeling so uncomfortable all the time🥺 I have spoken to the midwife and they have just said it’s one of those things that pregnancy causes but I just feel like something constantly…

Incognito
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Anti sickness tablets

Hey! I’ve been on anti sickness tablets for around a week now because of my horrible morning sickness/nausea, I missed 1 tablet last night and I’ve gone back to square one, has anyone else experienced this?

Incognito
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Anyone experienced spotting all the way through pregnancy?

I’m just looking for positive comments, I’m so anxious so don’t want any horror stories. I’m 16 weeks today, had little bits of spotting through the first trimester and it’s started again last week. I’ve started getting tiny clots, nothing major. Baby and my cervix was checked yesterday and everything is absolutel...

Incognito
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Best Solutions for Back Pain

21w with twins. I have a lot of back pain already because they hang lower, but these munchkins are only 12oz each. They’re supposed to be 5lbs each by the time I deliver. I used to have lower back pain and it’s been moving up into my mid back. Any recommendations on pain relief? Better stretching, pregnancy belt, ...

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