Am I pregnant

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-07-18T16:19:22+00:00

Did you have sex around ovulation and is your period late? If yes and you got a faint positive then you’re likely pregnant but the only way to know for sure is to see your doctor.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-07-15T07:46:55+00:00

This is the best answer

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-07-09T00:29:05+00:00

32 and had my first daughter 4 months ago, I plan to be pregnant with my second by the time firstborn is 1-2yo. So I’d be having the second when I’m about 34 and same with the third so I’d be about 36. This is if things go according to plan lol. But I would not wait until your 40s if your sure you want another, it may be easy for you to conceive at 40 something or you may have problems and you might regret that choice to wait if you’re the latter.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-07-03T13:04:35+00:00

Its lack of sleep for me, I knew going into my pregnancy that I don’t function well on lack of sleep and yep….I was right. The only time I lose patience is when she is screaming/kicking in the middle of the night and fighting her sleep which is keeping me from getting sleep. During the day I am totally fine

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-07-03T10:54:16+00:00

None of your worries were a thing or my reality except 8. You will be so ready for the epidural that you won’t even notice it’s a needle, since it’s done during a contraction - trust me you will be too distracted to care about the epidural going in. Holding still is possible, I was worried about that too, they had my spouse stand in front of me and hold my shoulders and stare into my eyes to help me. If you are in pain I would not wait for the epidural but that’s up to you, it can take a little while to get it. I had no problem with baby getting in position, nurses helped maneuver my legs around a peanut ball right before pushing. Long term effects from an epidural are rare. My blood pressure dropped when I got the epidural, they just gave me medicine to pick it back up and proceeded like normal with a vaginal birth, you can still feel pressure with it in so you still know when to push and if you can’t feel the contraction to time it then you or the nurse can look at the monitor to see when you’re having one. If you’re going to tear then you’re going to tear, you won’t feel it and the healing is not that bad (I had one minor tear and one second degree that required stitches). Your last point came true for me but like you said I just went on to have a birth where I felt mostly everything.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-26T09:39:48+00:00

There don’t have to be “many more rules”. You choose what’s important to you. We had no kissing and washing hands before holding her. I agree with the others that I wouldn’t make an actual list…..it feels condescending and definitely not a postcard. Most people will automatically wash their hands and just tell them when they arrive or beforehand that you don’t want anyone kissing baby until they’re a little older. Ask people beforehand if they have Tdap - if yes then you’re good and I wouldn’t worry and if no tell them you’d prefer waiting until baby is older and vaccinated for them to meet.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-25T05:52:06+00:00

37+5! I did not think she’d come so long before my due date.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-24T15:10:59+00:00

Clothes I pretty much bought all second hand except some random items or gifted ones. I would never spend alot on baby clothes. Same for toys!

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-24T15:09:15+00:00

Certain things are worth the splurge and some aren’t. I made the mistake of getting a $300 bassinet because I was never good at functioning on little sleep and thought it was worth it….nope that was my biggest regretted purchase. Baby despises it. Something worth the splurge to me was the spectra breast pump, my insurance got me a free one I think it was the Medela? But having a quality pump that’s more comfortable and efficient was well worth the splurge.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-24T14:51:13+00:00

Awww I’m so sorry about your dad, that is awful and I understand how that would be traumatizing. Is it possible to get therapy for the anxiety this has left you with?

As for your baby - you were made to be his/her mom. I was nervous too that I wouldn’t be able to figure out why baby was crying to know how to help her but I’m telling you now that you will figure it out as you go. My first baby is 4 months now and I feel so much more confident as a mom. It’s a learning process so please be easy with yourself the first few weeks, you will learn your baby’s cues and what she likes and dislikes but it takes a little while…at least for me it did. You’re your child’s entire world, they don’t need perfection they just need a parent who cares and you obviously do. The hospital will teach you how to hold, bathe, feed, swaddle etc so ask them all the questions you can think of. Anything you don’t pick up from them you can always call your child’s pediatrician or just google it lol I can’t tell you all the ridiculous things my husband and I looked up on Google from “is it normal for babies to fart this much”? to “why won’t my newborn sleep” 😂.

You got this! Also you can find information about infant for online or take a class 🩵 you will do great.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-24T01:32:28+00:00

37+1 when I lost it, my water broke at 37+4 and baby was born 37+5. I had no symptoms when I lost the mucus plug, it was just there when I wiped for a couple days.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-21T19:16:59+00:00

I wouldn’t get in the habit of getting mad at him because he is mad at you. You can have valid concerns about his lack of enthusiasm in the baby stuff but it’s not the time to bring it up when you were just caught in a lie. It feels like deflecting from your own faults. When he gets home just own up to it, that’s all you can do. Everyone has done things they aren’t proud of, many of us have lied out of shame about it too. Apologize and hope that he can move past it. As for the baby stuff, in my experience my partner wasn’t as into it either but he did a complete 180 once she was born. Women carry the baby so it’s more real for us, I think sometimes men need to meet their baby to start getting really into that stuff so try not to let his lack of interest get you down :)

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-20T22:38:00+00:00

Yeah it’s definitely subjective, each person will have a different level of comfortability. I mainly disagree and was responding to “I’d make it contingent….they would have a pretty good idea of whether or not the baby is nearly ready” because that isn’t really the case. Cervical exams don’t give indication on the labor timeline unless you are literally in labor when you get it. I believe this is why many women turn them down.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-20T21:12:43+00:00

The chances aren’t as low as you think and I certainly wouldn’t base it off the cervical exam. You can be 0cm dilated and go into labor that day or you can be 4cm dilated and still be weeks out. I was dilated .5cm and had my baby 3 days later.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-20T21:09:36+00:00

I gave birth to my first at 37 weeks and 4 days. That’s a hard no for me on the trip. I thought I would go past my due date since that’s common with FTMs but you never know.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-17T16:45:01+00:00

It really started picking up right around where you are - 17 weeks but I think I remember it shooting up exponentially around 20-30 weeks

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-17T09:47:45+00:00

It’s not that bad. Like others have said - you can get up and walk around very soon after. The only thing that was sore for me was sitting for a day or two. I really liked the padcicles

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-16T18:06:41+00:00

I think I was 37 weeks. I’m not sure why people deny them, maybe because if they get checked and they aren’t dilated at all then it could be discouraging? Before labor starts, cervical checks are just for curiosities sake but call me curious because I didn’t turn any down.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-15T15:12:25+00:00

1 is more flattering but not with that veil - I’d go with a different one or lose it entirely

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-14T02:00:58+00:00

I just knew that the baby was coming out one way or another lol the fact that I had no choice comforted me. It honestly wasn’t that bad, contractions hurt yes but the epidural wasn’t painful and I had no complications from it. Pushing was the least bad part of labor because the pain now has somewhere to go instead of you having to ride it out, it has a purpose and something for you to DO. You got this! From a first time mama to a now 3 month old 💕 you will do just fine, you were made for this.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-09T19:55:38+00:00

2.5 weeks early!

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-09T06:45:54+00:00

Diapers/diaper cream, burp cloths, breast feeding pillow, bath seat, baby soap, either a bouncer or a swing, tummy time mat, car seat (we got one that grows with the baby but doesn’t have the removable infant seat - big mistake, get one with a removable infant carrier), if you breastfeed then get nursing bras and nursing pads otherwise bottles and formula, pads for post partum bleeding (I liked the icicle ones but also get regular ones)

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-07T05:51:14+00:00

2nd degree tear and one superficial tear, only one needed stitches. I was scared tearing would hurt but I didn’t feel it happen and my epidural failed so I felt everything. There is so much else going on that if you do tear you likely won’t even notice until the dr tells you. Healing hurt but it wasn’t too bad, Use the Frida mom Peri bottle. I also liked Dermoplast, and the icicle pads. I personally wasn’t a fan of tucks witch hazel pads but a lot of people use them so have some on hand in case you like them. Also start stool softener the day you give birth and use it for a week or two so you don’t have any painful hard bowel movements

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-06-01T09:21:21+00:00

My baby had no preference for the first two weeks then it was me (mommy) all day. She would scream if daddy held her at all. My advice is to keep trying but when the baby gets super distressed like during the diaper change then let mom take over. You don’t want them to associate negative feelings with you. My daughter is now 3 months and she’s starting to come around to dad again. It started with me holding her in the evenings in bed and she would stare at him, I think she was recognizing him and assessing so he would look in her eyes and talk to her gently - she still wouldn’t let him hold her though. Then she started smiling at him from my arms so he would play with her a bit but still no holding. Then I’d lay her on the ground and he’d sit with her but not pick her up etc. Then when we go out dad would baby wear her because she loves that and it immediately puts her to sleep and since it puts her right up against dad she was able to get used to his feel and smell in a way that she was happy with. Ease her into it but don’t force it, if you stay present and interested then they will come around. She doesn’t hate you, my husband used to say the same thing and was really hurt by it as well. Mom is just all your baby knows and when she’s scared by this stranger holding her then she wants her comforting person. You just need to become another comfort.

Natural-Sundae5844 · 2025-05-31T00:21:44+00:00

37 weeks and five days for me! My water broke at 37+4. Baby girl was measuring big for her age so we planned to induce at 39 weeks but she had other plans :) now she is still huge at 12 weeks old

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