( I wonder what else the doc did not say )

Hey everyone.. I'm  four months PPD. Let me give you a little background ( Read more... )

I am only 14 weeks, and I am already having so many issues...The BABY is fine, but now i have high blood pressure ( been monitoring twice a day, ALL numbers are great!), GD My fasting 1-hour number was over 200, and my Iron is only 10.6 when it should be 12...WHAT IS WRING WITH MY BODY? After my doctor called I burst into tears ( Read more... )

Audrey Enora Luna Ellis
Born Sept 24th, 6:55 am
7lbs, 9oz, 19.5” long

The short version:
Our little girl was born at home in 5 hours of labor and three pushes and no tearing.  Labor was intense but enjoyable.  Each contraction started out painful and ended feeling delicious.  She is perfect and healthy.  I had to be transferred to the hospital ( Read more... )

how serious is it to have low iron? my midwife seems concerned, sent me to get more blood drawn. said that instead of 11 or something its down to 9. what will this do to me? she said the baby is fine, getting all he needs, taking it from me.

i passed my 1 hr glucose test with a 91!!!! thank the lord. my mom had told me alicia from my ob office called and i was so afraid to call her back lol..but she told me my labs indicated that i was like 'borderline anemic' (go figure with being prego) and that she sent in a script for folitabs (folic acid, iron and vitamin c) but everything else ( Read more... )

Okay, going out to all mums in this community as I know quite a few of you have done this before. I am a first time mum and now ten weeks post partum. I will state that I gave birth by cesarean section and lost a LOT of blood, a litre and a half, and as a result came out of pregnancy severely anaemic. I had lochia completely as normal, and apart ( Read more... )

Ive been having the worest heat flashes. I keep my air on 67 in my apartment & still wake up sweating. I have iron defentcy animea, which leads me to bad restless leg. I havent been able to find an iron pill that i can keep down. Im going on four hours of sleep right now. My sister-in-law had her little girl today. She was three weeks early. 6 lbs ( Read more... )

Hi ladies. Sorry for making yet another dizziness post, but I don't know what to do at this point.

Every single time I stand up (not just when I "spring up,") I get incredibly lightheaded, my vision starts going black, it feels like someone is squeezing my brain and kicking my eyeballs out from the back of my head, my hearing sounds tunnel-y, ( Read more... )

At last I have had a while to write this. Its long, so be warned...

( full story with pictures )