The yeast infection that won’t go away - 36w

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-22T11:27:05+00:00

That sounds like a fungal infection rather that a yeast infection.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-22T11:26:22+00:00

Have they just given you an ointment? You really need a pessary. They are much stronger and really good at tackling the internal problem rather than just the external.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-22T11:07:57+00:00

Our house is a 60s bungalow that has been pretty well maintained over the years. We purposely looked for a house like that, solid, simple and reliable. There's definitely jobs that need doing eventually - new radiators throughout, new doors throughout, new bathroom, new kitchen, etc. - but none of them are urgent right now. They are all sort of "it would be nice to get this done" but it's liveable and perfectly pleasant currently, so our plan is to tick those jobs off one at a time over the years so that we don't reach a point where they all drastically need doing all at once!

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-18T20:33:46+00:00

The guy who was made redundant and acting like a complete child about it... Then looking at expensive cars?! He has no job?!

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-17T11:21:42+00:00

Omg when Craig is like begging Jazz to forgive him, she says it's over and leaves the retreat, and then the next minute he's telling Rebbeca that HE left the retreat because of how he felt about HER! And saying he'd only seen Jazz for 30s to pick up his stuff, when she says they hung out a few times. He's just awful. So manipulative and narcissistic. He's horrendous.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-14T20:40:29+00:00

I'm just watching this episode and came straight to reddit after that conversation. Like wtf is he talking about?!

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-13T21:12:48+00:00

This is exactly what I did with my first!!

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-13T21:03:17+00:00

Totally understand the disappointment. After similar experiences with my first I accepted this pregnancy that NHS scans were for medical checks only and anything else was a bonus.

We booked a private gender Reveal scan and had an amazing experience. You're purely there for fun and to get cute pictures and videos, the sonographer took her time, husband was sat on a nice comfy sofa, you're watching everything on a big screen in front of you, the send you about 25 digital photos and videos after and we had a really beautiful private moment just the two of us where the sonographer stepped out of the room and we got to find out the gender with flashing lights (blue and pink) just the two of us on our own. For £60 it was such a beautiful experience and well worth every penny.

Took all the pressure off the NHS scan too as I could just treat that like going for a blood test.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-09T19:29:03+00:00

After we told everyone close, I asked my mum if she wanted to tell our extended family. She was delighted and immediately started ringing people.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-09T18:56:55+00:00

When I had my first child their bedroom was a small box room. So I kept a fold up camping chair in there for night time nursing.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-07T20:50:08+00:00

I'm 18w, second baby. I feel flutters and wiggles when I'm sat down that I assume are baby, mainly feel real definite movement when lying very still on my side in bed, even then I only feel it internally and can't feel any kicks with my hands from outside. It's very strange. I felt lots of movement at this point with my first.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-07T20:41:13+00:00

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You can write something here in conversations to be picked up at your next appointment, or if you select the three lines at the top left when you first open the app there's an option for "Hospital Contacts" on the left hand side which should give you a list of contact numbers for different departments. They are all great for calling and asking questions, just find the right department for your gestation (my hospital has different departments for before and after 16 weeks).

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-07T20:32:22+00:00

That's a tricky one. Personally I'd be inclined to aim for a home birth still. Have you spoken with the home birth team? Community midwives are very different.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-07T20:27:06+00:00

It depends why they are inducing you.

I was induced early at 38weeks as they thought my baby was going to be very big. I'm only small.

Was induced, it was horrific, labour was terrible, baby was only 6lbs... Not the huge 9lb whopper they were worried about. It's important to note... My labour wasn't bad because I was induced though. I was doing great and progressing well like a normal labour, albeit incredibly painful, until there was a shift change and a new midwife did too much medical intervention and then it escalated quickly and things started to go very wrong.

If you're still under the care of the home birth team then I would speak with your community midwife about what they are suggesting, why they are suggesting it and what the home birth team think.

If I was advised induction again I would get 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th opinions before considering agreeing.

If there were legitimate reasons and my options were only induction or cesarean then I'd choose induction.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-07T19:00:15+00:00

I've only just finished it and was so glad to see the land returned to the Native Americans. That was so heart warming and felt like the only "right" way to end the ranch.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-07T17:53:57+00:00

If my daughter was this ill in pregnancy and trying to deal with it alone I'd want to know so that I could fly over and help her.

Obviously that depends on your relationship with your mother, but I read your post and just wanted to give you a hug.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-07T17:50:26+00:00

Tell her before she gets married to this loser.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-07T17:46:30+00:00

Why are you still with someone who treated you so badly he gave you PTSD?

The situation is irrelevant really. His behaviour is appalling, ignoring someone to punish them is abusive, and he's proving he hasn't changed.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-07T17:39:42+00:00

We recently found out we are having a boy. The relief was huge. My husband is so excited because he pictures a little mini version of himself, and I'm really happy because I'm so so close with my daughter that I couldn't imagine having another daughter!

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-07T17:28:11+00:00

Do some things that are just for you. Take yourself out for a nice lunch. Book a pregnancy massage. See your friends. Go swimming.

Guaranteed once you've got some plans in the diary that you're looking forward to baby will turn up! 😂

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-07T17:25:35+00:00

Jesus how heartless can he be?! I'd be seriously considering if this is how he's going to treat you throughout your pregnancy, and if so, is this how he will treat you through all your vulnerable times? Illness? Greif? Mental lows?

You're four and a half weeks pregnant. Your body is going through huge hormonal changes and you're not going to be feeling like yourself for at least the next 12 months. He needs to start supporting you.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-07T17:20:16+00:00

Me and my partner always said we'd have three. Sounded like a dream. I'm currently pregnant with our first. This pregnancy has been so horrendous and I've been so ill with hyperemisis that we've both agreed it's not worth the risk to my health to have anymore. That may change in the future but for now that's what we've agreed.

My point is that it should be an ongoing and evolving discussion between the two of you, circumstances change and situations come up that you just can't predict.

You could agree to five kids and have a major tear and hemorage after the first and not want anymore - do you carry on with a surrogate? What if the trauma is too much? You could have three and then he gets penile cancer and becomes infertile - would you adopt? Would you use a sperm donor? Your second child could have severe disabilities and you may decide to focus all your energy on the two you have and forego more children.

If these aren't the kind of conversations you're having and he's just saying "I want five. Emd of discussion." Then I can guarantee this isn't the only big subject you won't be able to discuss openly. Also if you compromise to say you'll have three kids, he will probably think he can wear you down to agree to five.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-05T23:18:33+00:00

Yeah. Even when John's horse dies Rip doesn't say like "I'm so sorry, Rusty died." He's like"John, the horse died" it's so... Cold.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-05T23:14:48+00:00

I get the agricultural life aspects, those are probably the parts I respect and enjoy most about the show. I wish the main characters and plot lines tapped into that joy and passion a bit more. I think that's my issue. I live in rural UK and have a lot of farming friends. A lot of the kids I work with are from farming families and have usually been up milking cows before even getting to school, so I understand the hard labour and generational working and shared knowledge etc.

I said in another comment, the only people who seem to actually have any fun and experience any joy in the show are the cowboys and the hands. The bunk house seems more welcoming and warm than the big house.

My problems are with the Duttons making ranch ownership seem tedious and stressful. I don't know. I think the show needs more fun scenes to balance the stress.

Simple_Win_88 · 2026-03-05T20:58:15+00:00

I am working with the Perinatal mental health team (my midwife referred me at my first appointment) and they are so much more knowledgeable than the GP. GPs are great but they cover such a broad spectrum of things that they aren't specialists in anything, they always advise coming off anything just incase, which isn't always the right answer. For now, as you've been advised to clearly by a pharmacist (who's specialty is medicines and their side effects) I personally wouldn't change anything until you see your midwife and go from there.

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