okay so today i went to my doctor at 12:30 pm and and he said i was still the same only 1cm dilated and 50% effaced he also said this doesnt mean i couldnt go into labor tonight . but, he also told me if i dont have the baby by next thursday they will schedule an induction . On the 11th i will be 40 weeks and i just went to the rest room and i wiped and brown stuff came out and there was a clump of it in the toilet is this my mucus plug? could it just be from getting checked ? and if it is m

I have one child, he is 18 and graduating this year. I am 40 years old, have endometreosis, didn't have sex for YEARS and within a few months of being active I am 2 months pregnant....btw did not mess around ovulation week...actually ovulated day 23??? Was this meant to be or what?

So i had my weekly doctors appnt 3days ago and since then, i've had spotting but it looks like it has kind of went away now. I spotted for 2 days after she checked my cervix. My OB said that my cervix is still closed but is thin. Since the appointment, i've been having alot more braxon hicks contractions that are much stronger than they used to be. Also, i have loose stools for the past 4 days. I also noticed that i have to go urinate much much more than before. I had to get up every 2 hours d

Im 6 weeks pregnant. Woke up this morning fine. At 7:30 went pee and wiped a little pink, then Immed after I wiped again and there was dark pink blood. For the next half hour there was nothing. I called the midwives and they said it sounded normal bc there was no pain. A while later I went pee again and there was stringy blood hanging out (sorry tmi) and blood clots. For the last 2 hours there has been moderate blood loss with clots and even 2 large chunks of bloody tissue? I am having hardly

okay so im 40 weeks tomorrow and i have been cramping for the past few hours like i usually do although its been a littlee more continous (ive been asleep btw) and i woke up and went to the bathroom and has a big huge glob of slot like discharge in my underwear covering about the whole section...and it was really thick... know its gross but can somesome help or relate??

I am currently 22 weeks and i work 40 hrs a week at my job and go to college part time (4 hrs) after work. I am starting to feel overwhelmed, during my 1st and early 2nd trimester i handled it ok i was pretty sick but i dealt. As i get closer to my 3rd trimester starting i am getting exhausted more and more. My brain is fuzzy, my concentration stinks, i just flunked an exam yesterday and i studied it just was like nothing stuck. I have always been a go getter with school, work, wifely duties e

Hi ladies! Im 31 weeks and am getting to that point where I look SUPER pregnant. Definitely not a guessing game when people look at me. I dont care about getting bigger and love my belly. I was just wondering, how much bigger can I expect to get? I have 9 weeks left so I know that is alot of time but what Im really looking for is personal experience. Like I said, Im not obsessing over my weight (Im eating cheesecake as I type this lol). Im just wondering :) Thanks! Oh my gosh! For the first t

My long time boyfriend have been having sex for a few years now and have never had always used condoms properly. We have never had a condom break or slip off. However not the last time but the time before that when we had sex I noticed that it hurt a bit and experienced some bleeding afterwards (due to a different position) - we checked and the condom had not torn or anything ( we always check for breakage to be safe). It was around the time I was ovulating. However having sex this last time -

I have IRREGULAR PERIODS! My Husband and I are TTC for our 2nd baby. Of course the 1st one wasn't planned so I have no idea whats its like TTC....Anyways my last period was July 22nd. I typically have periods every 40 some days it has been 48 days. I did take a equate test and it said neg and then hours later it had a faint positive...WEIRD. SOOO I waited 3 days and took a First response test and it said neg....The tricky part is I dont know when my period is suppose to start. Just going of of

I am almost 40 & just found out I am pregnant for the second time. I have been a daily marijuana smoker for the past year. I obviously am not going to smoke any more, but I am about 5 weeks pregnant and I was wondering if anyone knows what the effects could be this early in the game? Thanks. ON A SIDE NOTE: Please don't judge me for my choices. I am grown, I pay my own bills, and handle myself. I am trying to do the best by this child. I just need information.

my midwife says the babys fully engaged .. and also said i look too glowy to be giving birth anytime soon! cheeky! haha im fed up and wondered if theres any women in my situation..ive tried curry and walking..walking walking.. etc but he seems to not want to budge! and im not trying castor oil..thats a nono.. and what are really early labour signs? i have had a lot of discharge but no bloody show or anything.. have had diahhreaa though lastnight.. (TMI sorry) not sure what im asking im just..

i keep getting contractions but when i went to the doctors yesturday she couldnt tell if i changed. they said shes laying on my nerve and it really hurts and they dont wanna induxe till next week. but i cant take the pain. is there any way to speed it up . or just go to the hospital

ok so i am almost 3 weeks late its been about 40 days since my last period.i had mine the 30th of july and then like a spotting about the 2nd of august. now im begging to worry im really late i have taken 2 tests both came up negative. i have had some nausia but not to the point i throw up, i get headaches and fatigue, and lately have had a non painful pressure in my stomach and a little in my pelvic area. i skipped a few days on my birth control also. can you tell me what could be going on?

My due date has officially come and gone and I'm so DONE being pregnant. I know I need to be patient and let this baby come but this past week has been rough. I'm 1 cm dilated (and have been for over a month), I'm fully effaced and this baby could not possibly drop any lower. I had really bad contractions that started friday night, and saturday morning I really thought I was in labor. I went to the hospital and they sent me home cause the contractions weren't causing me to dilate at all. Now t

ok here is my situation i am a full time mum of 2 year old girl, my partner works 40 hours a week and cash in hand job every night fortnighly, he gets working tax credits on top, i get £20.30 child benifit, and £53 ish child tax credit, i am 19 weeks pregnant, i want to get at least a week end job will my child tax credits be affected, will they stop as we really need the extra money so i can start buying some stuff as my partner is intent on leaving it all to his step mum to buy everything fo

I am 38 weeks pregnant and I am having: *It's more painful and uncomfortable when laying down *sitting up is uncomfortable *I am very restless *Lost mucus plug and had bloody show * Increased vaginal discharge *whole body aches * out of breath w/ pain .. belly gets tight *pelvic pressure and rectal pressure * Baby is not moving as much *peeing a lot more, going to the bathroom a lot more Last Monday was: 3 cm dilated and 40% effaced Beta strep test was neg Babys head was very low HAVE TRIED

I'm 40 weeks pregnant with my second child (today is my due date) and I swear I was not this miserable with my first pregnancy by this point. The only thing I can think is that because this baby has dropped as low as she could possible go, that's why I'm so much more uncomfortable. Also with my first, I never had any contractions until 2 hours before I went in to labor (and my cervix was closed and 0% effaced till after labor started. With this one, I've been 1 cm for over a month, and I'm 100

Well im due any day now and i havent had any red or pink discharge and my water hasnt broken or anything, but i have been getting mild to medium cramps (especially when active) and i seem to be producing some sort of clearish yellowish goo? Is that normal? Is it a good sign? All answers are appreciated. My ob/gyn isnt very...thorough- and shes foreign so i cant always understand what she says

Ok im 40 weeks pregnant today and earlier today i was cramping and now tonight the pains of come back. First they were in my belly (earlier today) and now its above my vagina and its coming and going. Im just confused cause i dont know if i should consider them contractions or what

He is constantly trying to act like I'm cheating and making little snide remarks, but I'm 5 month pregnant, I work full time 40-50 hours per week, 5-6 days per week. Even if I wanted to I wouldn't have TIME to cheat. But I really have no interest anyway. And why in the world would I be cheating while I'm pregnant??? I don't even think I've ever heard of a woman doing that. If anything he's the one that looks like HE'S cheating. He has no job, yet he's barely ever in the house. For instance, i

Im 40 weeks pregnant today and getting sharp pains in my belly but my stomach isnt tightening. Should i rule out labor due to stomach not tightening? first pregnancy so im clueless here lol

I had sex for the first time back on July 6. I tried being a vegetarian July 14- August 10 ish. I didn't like it. I had Light bleeding July 14 that lasted 5 days (my normal period length) but it was much lighter than usual. I didn't think anything of it then. I started my very first hip hop dance class July 24 which changed my exercise amount. 2 weeks or so ago I began to get bad headaches and started to feel nauseous at work or randomly during the day. It was so bad that at times I thought I

I'm 36 weeks + 6 days pregnant. At my 36 week appointment the midwife told me my baby's head is 1/5th engaged. The following day I had the bloody show. I called the midwife but she said I was only to come in to hospital if I was having strong contractions. I have been having some pains on and off over the past few days which are not too strong. I also have some back ache. My bump feels very hard and uncomfortable. This is my first pregnancy. Is the head being engaged and the bloody sh

im so fed up of waiting been walking all the time to get out the house! feel so emotional that my baby's not hear and keep getting pains every now and again for the past 3 weeks but its not turning in to any thing i have been having diarrhea on and off but no upset tummy and yesterday my poo was Orange sorry for tmi i haven't lost my plug or waters seen the midwife on friday she said baby's head is 3/5 down so 2/5 to go i just feel so upset!!! my daughter now 4 was 8 days early any 1 else expe

Hi there, i am just back from an internal at the hospital my doctor was going to give me a 'sweep' but was unable as i am 0% effaced,dialated etc. If nothing happens naturally i have been booked in to be induced in the 15th of this month... I am already ''fed up at 5days overdue'' can anyone help or give advice on how to get things moving or let me know if things can progress quickly, naturally and if so how quickly?

I have been invited to a wedding of a good friend, I would love to go but will be 39 + 5 days pregnant at the time. The wedding is not near my home but around three hours drive away. I initally said I couldn't go but my friend is saying to just wait and see as she would live me there and if I can make it at all it would be great. Do you think I could go to a wedding at almost 40 weeks pregnant three hours away from home and my usual hospital?

Im 38 weeks pregnant and i just dropped, a couple days ago i lost my mucus plug and last night i had false contractions for 40 minutes that lasted 4-6 minutes apart. This is also my second pregnancy and iv read you dont usually drop with your second one until right before you go into labor, Is this true? Does anyone think im close?

I have a little girl that's about to be 3 and I'm currently pregnant with a little boy. There are so many differences with the pregnancys. With my daughter she was so high I couldn't breathe and had to sleep in a recliner. With this one who is a boy he stays so low he's on my hip. Also I stayed so sick with my daughter morning sickness that lasted all day the whole 40 weeks. With this one iv been sick but not as bad iv mainly been constipated and had hell hot heart burn where as I kept diarr

My DH and I had our first baby stillborn at 37 weeks. I am 7 months pregnant with our 2nd child, and my doctor is keeping a very close watch on me. I'm having ultrasounds once a month, and am having NST's every week from now until I deliver. I still have 2 months to go, as my "official" due date is Nov. 7th. We met with my doctor this past Friday, and she mentioned the possibility of inducing me early (anywhere between 36-38 weeks) because of my history with my first baby. I have 3x's a h

Please Don't Judge Me! I am having a bit of a situation right now. My Ex Fiance & I Slept together the beginning of march. My Son's father and i Slept together Around April 9th or 10th. The thing is My due date was jan 22nd But My Son Came December 22nd. Also Another coincidence is I have a Baby Picture of My Ex and his possible dad. My son Looks like my Ex, When everyone see's the picture they say that that's His Twin! they do acutually favor. My dad told me from the day my son was born that

The only thing I have experienced is back pains which I thought might be back labor, but every visit to my OBGYN for the past 4 weeks I have been a centimeter dilated, no change. She told me it was just the baby pressing up against my spine and the nerves back there causing some back pain. Occasionally I have pains which feels a bit like menstrual cramps, but it could easily be my ligaments pulling. Although it's not near either hip bone, the pain is in the middle. I really don't want to have

I'm 33 weeks pregnant. I went to the dr's a week ago for an ultrasound and they told me my placenta is mature & showing calcification spots (pretty much a placenta thats about 40 weeks), and because of this issue its causing my amniotic fluid level to be low, the dr said it's not incredibly low but their just being concerned and watching over it more often now. They also sent me upstairs and hooked me up to an IV to get more fluid into me & give me those 2 steriod shots to help make babies lun

Hi, i am 22 years old, i was in a 3 yr relationship we split up when i was pregnant because he cheated on me and also he would emotionally abuse me, my daughter was born premature he was there for her birth and did sign the birth certificate, we tried working things out but i was really hurt by what he did to me, and the way he treated me, i sometimes think she was born premature due to everything he put me through and all the stress i was in due to him, when she was born she had lots of compl

i am 40 weeks pregnant and barely 1cm dilated. my mom didnt dilate with any of her 3 children so maybe it has been passed to me. this is my first pregnancy and havent had many contractions or other signs of labor. i also have been diagnosed with pcos and had to take clomid to concieve if that makes a difference at all.

When the ultrasound tech says “you are 17 weeks 3 days” that takes me back to May 5th. Is May 5th roughly the day I got pregnant? I remember getting my period on or about April 19th – does this make the most sense? My Dr had said that she thought I got my period on May 5th and conceived roughly 14 days after (on a 28 day cycle) but this wouldn’t bring me to 17 weeks 3 days. The ultrasound tech and my dr (who hadn’t seen any ultrasound results) are telling me 2 different things. Can I f

i am pregnant and on bedrest. we live in his uncles basement because we are supposed to be saving up to get our own place but he goes out and spends all his money but he doesnt make much to begin with. he works at mcdonalds and we have nothing for our daughter who is supposed to be here in three months but i will probably deliver early. he has no drive then gets mad and yells at me when i get stressed out about it enough and confront him. im on bedrest but i have to do all the cleaning up and

I am 40 weeks pregnant, and I've been getting contractions that are happening about 5-6 minutes apart. They hurt, but they really don't hurt that bad. Is this still Braxton Hicks? They don't stop when I lie down or drink water, but I was told that real contractions are really painful. This rhythm has only been happening for about a half hour, but if it happens for an hour is that when I call the hospital? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

1.) How did you control your GDM while you were pregnant (strictly diet, diet and insulin pill, or insulin shot) 2.) How many prenatal visits per week did you have to go to to check on your baby 3.) How many weeks ahead was you baby measuring when you found out you had GDM 4.) Did you doctor induce you before your due date and if so how many weeks before your due date. If not did they let you go the full 40 weeks? 5.) Did you have a natural birth or a c-section 6.) How big was your baby whe

Im 39 weeks pregnant. Tomorrow I start my 40 weeks. My doctor told me that my pregnancy is going good and that everything seems okay. Well though-out my pregnancy, Ive basically been sleeping only on my left side (uncomfortable after a while). I read that the left side was better than the right side and than sleeping on your back; so I only slept on my left. My moms friend told me that I had to start moving around because my baby could come out with his kinda pushed in because Ive only slept l

My soon to be son's father is living with me and has been for a little over 30 days. He does not pay rent and he is collecting unemployment, although I am not seeing any of that. I'm really getting frustrated and irritated with him leeching off of his pregnant girlfriend who is 37 weeks pregnant and is still working 40+ hours a week. I'm ready to kick him out but I need some help on how to approach the situation the safest and most legal way possible. I signed the lease on the apartment we're

Ok so my son is nearly three and i got pregnant at 40.....during the pregnancy I was not well and was very tired and since my son has been born I have become very withdrawn, rarely go out except shopping or to take my son to the park and have just not felt like socialising so much so that I stopped answering phone calls to friends and keeping my home phone on silent. I have found it utterly exhausting being a parent of a youngster at this age and although my son is delightful, I am finding i

Hello, when I was 35 weeks pregnant, I was sitting at a red light and was rear ended. I only had limited tort on my insurance. The guy hit me so hard that his front and side air bags deployed. I was not wearing my seatbelt (I know that was dumb, so please don't bash me for that), but I slammed stomach first into the steering wheel. He totalled my car and he hit me so hard that I hit the person in front of me. I began having stomach, neck and back pains. I was taken via ambulance to the closest

seen midwife today for 40 week appointment she said she can only feel 2/5 of baby's head and baby's in a good position for birth so my question is how can i help baby along? this is my second baby and the midwife said every things good just waiting for the contractions to start so any ideas? thanks i never stop walking and after sex it just starts braxton hicks not the real thing :( im grateful for any ideas though thanks

I've been trying to get pregnant for 3 years. my boyfriend has 2 children from his previous relationship and we really want one of our own. inside it's killing me. I know the problem it's because I have irregular periods. They last exactly the same days every month, 5 days - but never come on time, my last period was july 31st to august 4th. I still have no period now. there could be a chance I'm pregnant because me and my boyfriend don't use protection as we want a baby so bad, were both old

I had sooooo many symptoms I was convinced I was pregnant. My period was really late. I took a test on days 32, 35, 38, and 41 and they all were negative. My period started on day 40, it seemed normal with lots of cramping. I still really feel like I'm pregnant though so yesterday I took another test and was crushed to find another negative :'( If you had the same thing happen to you, please share, I think it would help me cope. Or if you had been getting negative tests for weeks before yo

I am not sure what I want to do yet, but my relationship with my now husband hasn't been anywhere near good ever since about 6 months before I got pregnant with our now 15 month old daughter. When I was pregnant he treated me horribly and I just found out that he tried getting with a girl he use to talk to in highschool when I was 8 months pregnant. I have very strong suspicions that he has cheated on me before, maybe even more than once, even though he denies it. Our relationship now is so-s

My husband and I have been dating for 3 ½ years, and married for about eight months. We started dating at nineteen. We currently have a seven month old daughter. He quit his part time job when I was five months pregnant, and went on unemployment until it ran out in June. And he is STILL unemployed, and his dad is paying our rent. Now my mother in law is going to move in to compensate for his half of the rent. Among that very big factor on why I want to leave, he also recently broke my PAID

went for checkup today, baby is measuring huge~ 3 weeks ahead! so doc wanted to move my date to 'give me time off', because it falls on a weekend she then decided to not move my dates (btw i am booked for a c~section) also cause she said shed rather not take baby out at 38 weeks. she said that if i go into natural labour b4 the booked date that i must just come into hospital and then she can do a c~section at any time. i didnt even want to try natural to start off with, we stay 40 mins from

I am a recruiter for a clinical research unit and I have been working as a PRN for about a year now. (in October) I don't have benefits, no vaca/sick/pto, but I work 40 hours a week and when I have to leave or call out I just dont get paid for that time I missed. I am planning on getting pregnant within the next year but I'm worried about this job. Most likely the wont give my maturnity leave and I might not have it when I come back and the whole insurance issue. Plus I heard PRNs make more mo

I am 40 weeks and 2 days today. I have seen my midwife and been told that i am 3 cm (close to 4) and 100% effaced, also she can feel the baby's head. Although I have been at this stage for almost 3 weeks now. I have been having contraction that get to being 5 minutes apart and lasting for 1 minute, although there not getting stronger and there not progressing my dilatation. I have lost my mucus plug and have tried almost all the Natural ways of inducing labor and nothing is happening. I can fe