June 2024 Babies

We finally have everything ready for the baby girl to make her arrival ! �� all of her clothes and bedding are washed and put away. All I have left to do is pack the hospital bag and install the car seat!I would love to see everyone...

I started getting very itchy I told my doc and I got the results I never had this before .. I'm scared I just got the medicine today. I'm getting induced on the 29th my due date was on June 19. have y'all ever had this? did y'all have a normal...

For the last few nights I wake up to my heart pounding and like a panic attack feeling in my chest. I was throwing up a few hours ago too. I don’t have anxiety during the day, or really ever do I don’t get why I’m waking up in such an intense...

We are team green. We have a couple names we like for both. My husband has finally said he’d like to use the middle name of his late mom as the middle name for our baby if she’s a girl. Not an issue. I enjoy this idea.The name is Lea (pronounced...

Just wondering if anyone has used EPR to encourage labor and if so how soon? Did you have side effects? Or if you used it did it prolong labor?My mother in law recommended it but when I’ve researched it I have found a lot of mixed reviews, articles...

Anything on this? Treatments? C section would b better? Etc

I’ve noticed that now that I am in my ninth month (36 weeks) every single time I call someone, they assume I am calling to say I am in labor. It is as if they think I was planning to make an announcement about it. Also, I’m asked this question...

I recently found out my partner of 7 years cheated on me for 3 months while pregnant. (It wasn’t sexual or physical it was just over the phone conversations) He ended it on his own and says he says he loves me and he wants to make our relationship...

38 weeks today, due June 3rd. Feeling lots of pressure down in my pelvis from time to time and I start thinking is it happening?! Then it stops. I mostly feel it when I’m standing for a while in the day. Call me crazy but painted baby’s closet...

I guess that means he’s not worried but I am ! I’ve already been to the hospital twice for separate reasons AND I have gestational diabetes so I’d think he’d want to see me MORE but it’s been so long! I do kick counts daily and he seems fine...

Hello,I’ve got really bad bulging varicose veins. The worst is that I also have them on my vagina! Yes you read that right. I have varicose veins (yes veins, more than one) on my vagina. It’s called vulvar varicosity. They hurt so bad. Anyone...

Hi! I am experiencing what feels like constant tightness in my belly. Has periodic waves of menstrual cramp like pain but mainly just a very uncomfortable level of tightness. I cannot tell when some of them end it feels pretty constant to me....

I’m starting to take the raspberry leaf tea but don’t love the flavor. Any tips to improve the taste? I add some honey but so far that’s all. Still tastes just very leafy to me and a little like dirt. Im thinking to add lemon and maybe some...

I’ve been having contractions for 7 days now. Got this when I wiped this morning. Is this bloody show? Or start of it?

So I was set on the name Lana. My husband loved it too. We were both pretty set on it but yesterday we were at a birthday party and the birthday girl’s name was spelled out in balloons and the letters kept moving around bc of the wind and it...

First of all, even though I feel like I’ve been pregnant for 2.5 yrs, I can’t believe we’re all in the home stretch!Second, I’m on this app way too much, and I’ve noticed a lot of the posts about dilation and labor symptoms, etc. Look, I’m 38...

Just came over from the July group. My EDD is July 19 but I have placenta previa and had a previous c section so it's sounding like we will be planning for baby to join us in late June instead! Anyone else having a planned c section due to placenta...

36 weeks exactly and I had a growth scan baby is measuring 5 lbs and 14 oz. I feel better this week because last week doctor was worried about her being too small because she was only 4 lbs 3 oz and was going to have me deliver at 37 weeks but...

Show me all the comfy sweats, lounge sets, dresses, etc. that you’ll be wearing post-partum! I’m trying to stock up but am super indecisive

My husband would really like me to breast feed this time around. My other two children were formula fed. I always breast fed for a few days to get some colostrum in them but did not really continue further. This time around he’d like breast...

FTM 35 w 2 days. I'm having like a pain feeling in what feels like the cervix or the vagina canal or something. some times it feels hot and burning almost. what is this??

My husband is against circumcision and I am pro-circumcision. We both felt very strongly about our stands, so we left the decision to a coin toss. Anyway, I lost. My most important point was the hygiene factor, and so now that I’ve lost, I’d...

I went in for my 37 week appointment today definitely not expecting this news. My OB has been having me monitor my blood pressure at home for the past week since it started reading higher than usual. Today at my appointment, I showed her my...

How many postpartum pads and/or diapers should I stock up on before baby arrives?How many do you generally go through in a day?All my friends are telling me to just grab one packet and to grab more later- but I would rather get everything I...

Husband and I both really wanted one of these items and were planning to buy one or the other after researching. I am a week away from induction and my husband just got injured requiring surgery soon which means both of us will be out of work...

I'm having a really hard time drinking water. It's getting really hot where I live and yet I still have no desire to drink water. I drink absolutely no water yesterday, but I did have a Mountain Dew and a Dr Pepper. I need your mamas to help...

37 weeks today and I’ve been having contractions since around 3pm today, started with about 20 minutes apart and then a few hours later 4-6 minutes apart. And intense! Called l&D and they told me to come in. Once I got there they hooked me to...

Anyone else struggling with headaches? They seem to come and go throughout the day every day, but my head hurts every single day.It’s not hydration… I’m very hydrated!Not high BP - I’m actually struggling with low BP.Have had iron infusions...

36wk 5d, baby has dropped, i have a lot of pelvic and lower back pressure and pain, soft frequent bowel movements, braxton hicks are getting more intense and regularam i having discharge or amniotic fluid? i don’t have a picture but i’ve had...

38 weeks today, last appointment tomorrow. i have 8 days left until my scheduled c section and i can’t be more happy!!��

Can you guys share your experiences going into labor at 36 weeks. All my other pregnancies I went to 40+. So worried about Nicu time. Has anyone had a 36 weeker with no nicu time??

Getting induced at 39 weeks due to polyhydramnios. What did you on the run up to your induction? Is there anything that can help for a smoother induction or to go into labour naturally ahead of induction?Thank you!UK based.

i’m currently 34+2, so i’m planning on installing his car seat in our car around 36/37 weeks. i also didn’t want to put it in too early since we’ll be deep cleaning the car soon also. for the meantime i’ve just been admiring how cute his car...

Hello! FTM and my anxiety has increased a lot in the last few weeks. I used to take zoloft two years ago, but I have since been off it. Has anyone started zoloft while in the 3rd trimester? I’m currently 36 weeks 3 days. I would be taking the...

I had a c-section for my first baby because she was  breech. This is my second baby and I was hoping to have a VBAC. I had a growth ultrasound today and found out baby is transverse.☹ Anybody else has had experience where baby positions himself...

My ob mentioned today that my amniotic fluid was on the “high side of normal” (I’m 37 weeks; the doctor I saw with the 36 week ultrasound didn’t mention anything about the fluid levels). I scheduled an ultrasound with my appt next week to check...

So before i was pregnant I was a 42 G cup Im obviously a bit bigger now. Has anyone tried these?https://a.co/d/eY6VEVkI have a few kindred bravely but one has already broke and my baby wont be here for another 7 days.

If you plan to attempt a VBAC, will you please post your experience here when your baby arrives? That is only if you're wanting to share of course ☺️I had an unplanned c section Feb 2023 and would like to attempt a Vbac if possible. Would love...

Currently 35 weeks and five days today and for about a week and a half now I’ve started a swell last week. I gained 6 pounds in one week I have only gained a quarter to half a pound through each type of pregnancy every week until last week I’m...

I am so disappointed with my Ob appointment. I feel so pregnant and ready to get this baby out of me. The OB said I could give birth earlier but likely she will be on time or late. She also said cm dilated doesn't indicate when your due date...

Anyone else hit 37 weeks & everything is suddenly MISERABLE?! I mean like want to cry and be done with all of this!!!!!! I have a scheduled c section June 5th, but trying for a VBAC. I never went into labor on my own. With my first I was induced...

anyone else struggling with this? my feet are so swollen and extremely dry, and now my heels are starting to crack and bleed. super painful to even stand sometimes!any good remedies to help??

I’m so thirsty and was drinking pedialyte for a few weeks but I bought out all of the flavor I like in my entire town it feels like lmfao. Anyone know if liquid IV or BCAAS okay/safe?

I feel so upset right now. I have a friend who lives in another country and she’s been casually talking about coming to visit me and I casually said that would be nice. She has always said she did not have the means to travel here and that her...

Reporting live from L&D…..Background: considered high risk due to autoimmune conditions that put me at risk for preeclampsia so was advised by OB to monitor BP at home 2x/day. I have not been doing a great job and I was like dang I really need...

5 more weeks and I cannot imagine waiting that long. These last few weeks are going by so slow! I havnt enjoyed being pregnant and I’m just so excited to meet my baby! I still have to pack hospital bags and install the car seat. Other than that,...

I’m due June 6th and my baby already weighs 8 pounds estimated to weigh 9 and my obgyn said there might be complications with the baby being so big for natural birth up until now baby has given all the signs for natural and I feel kind of selfish...

Out of breathSevere pelvic painSwollen hands when I wake up Constant feeling like I have to pee because baby pushing on my bladder.Wrists hurt from pushing myself off the bed in the morning.You?