So I'm 37+3 today, and I've been having clear prodromal labor since last Monday--the contractions were painful but irregular, and they'd start at 5 minutes apart. I've been losing my mucous plug for the past few days, and the baby dropped a bit that Monday, allowing me to breathe, yay (I have bronchitis and that + the high lying baby was very ( Read more... )

I've always had a lot of trouble when I don't know what's going to happen. I like to have a plan: "On Monday I'll do A, B and C." Just simple and with lots of extra time for all those things that pop up, but a rough idea of how my day is gonna go. I knew this part of pregnancy would be really hard, but I'm having more trouble with it than I ( Read more... )

I feel like I'm carrying twins! I'm super early on (6 weeks), and i just have this overwhelming feeling that I am. My question is--how will I find out? I keep reading about how at the dating ultrasound they'll find it, except I only ever had one ultrasound with my daughter, at 18 weeks. I know right when I conceived, I am clockwork regular on ( Read more... )

Hello everyone,

Yesterday my husband and I got to go see my new doctor for the first time. Let me just say she was wonderful. She made me feel important and did not brush off any questions I had, unlike my last doctor. And the hospital is amazing. We felt confident the moment we walked in.

The last doctor I had believed I was lying about my LMP ( Read more... )

Hi ladies (and gents?)...my name is Lauren.  I'm 13 weeks pregnant with my first child, and since I just joined this community I figured I'd introduce myself, since I'll probably be around a lot in the coming months :)

My husband and I had planned to wait at least four or five years to have our first child, for all the standard reasons (finances, ( Read more... )

How long could I be producing colostrum before my baby is born ( Read more... )

Just curious whether anyone else has had any gender intuition for their baby(ies) to be ( Read more... )

Did you just KNOW the gender of your baby before you officially found out what it was?

Was your gut instinct right?

Is it possible to have your ultrasound, have the tech tell you 100% sure that you're having a girl, only to find out when you deliver that you have a boy?

When I went to get my 20w ultrasound (actually it was at 19w), the tech told me almost immediately that I am carrying a girl. This came as a shock to me, because I had never been more sure of ( Read more... )

Did any of you ladies just 'know' you were pregnant or felt some super early symptoms of pregnancy like days after you conceived [in your 2nd week]?