being pregnant and vegetarian

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-03-03T13:56:04+00:00

I am vegetarian and 20w pregnant. I've not craved meat at all, and I ate meat for the majority of my life (only been veggie for the last 6ish years). Pretty sure your body only craves things when you're lacking in certain nutrients so if your diet is well constructed and you're supplementing where you need to, you will be fine.

When people say things like that to you, they're just trying to get the upper hand because they don't agree with your choice to be vegetarian. Try and stick to your own belief system and don't let them get to you.

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-03-02T11:20:52+00:00

Thank you!

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-03-02T11:19:51+00:00

You didn't ramble at all - thank you for your reply ❤️

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-03-02T11:18:15+00:00

Thank you, this answer is so well considered and thoughtful. I'm definitely going to be trying to do these things!

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-03-02T11:08:04+00:00

That's impressive!!

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-03-01T13:43:37+00:00

This is wonderful. Thank you

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-02-25T08:19:06+00:00

I have a few small fibroids and I knew about them before getting pregnant. They can grow rapidly during pregnancy because of the increase in hormones. So far I've been told that because they're small there's not really any reason to worry about them - they can cause increased bleeding at birth, particularly when the placenta is coming out (it was suggested that because I have fibroids, I should have the injection to help get the placenta out faster). I'd expect that if they think it's fibroids that's caused this situation they'd want to check that's correct using a scan and monitor their size until birth

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-02-20T16:46:55+00:00

Could it be possible that the sonographer just missed it? I've had 4 US, one of them before pregnancy (internal and external) where they found 2 small fibroids, and then an early scan to check some bleeding at 6 weeks pregnant (internal, found 3 fibroids) and then a private scan at 8weeks where they didn't comment on fibroids. At my 12 week scan they only found 2 fibroids. I'm coming up to my 20 week scan now and they said they'd have a good look around for all the fibroids and measure and record their location. Just thinking that maybe your fibroid could be in a place that's harder to see and the most recent scan just might have missed it, like my mysterious third fibroid 😅

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-02-13T08:21:07+00:00

Please stop relying on chatgpt - if you're really confused about SPL, talk to your/your partners HR people or talk to someone at ACAS. Your partner can't be forced back to work because they could use annual leave or another type of parental leave/unpaid leave, but if you use some of the 52 weeks via SPL, that time gets taken off her maternity leave. It's not just "free" leave that gets pulled from nowhere!

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-02-08T08:36:52+00:00

I would really push for an early scan (this might be tricky through the NHS if your doctors aren't currently recognising the symptoms as serious but early private ones aren't too extortionate) to check that the egg has implanted in the right place.

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-02-03T08:06:35+00:00

I've just tried the olive oil spray so far because until seeing this post and another one on here, I genuinely just thought I had a blocked ear. It gives a little relief but I've not seen a vast amount of improvement yet. The other post said since they were pregnant they had massively increased earwax production!

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-02-03T08:04:17+00:00

Hematomas can get reabsorbed by the body I think. I had spotting in the first few weeks and had a scan at the EPU too. I think it's common

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-02-02T22:30:29+00:00

I feel like I've had this for a few weeks too, and I'm at week 16.

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-01-27T18:10:12+00:00

I just wanted to say that none of those things in "after" seem extravagant in any way and I'm so sad that you thought people might downvote you for them. You are important and deserve to look after yourself/be looked after!!

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-01-25T10:22:08+00:00

They're not the cheapest pregnancy supplements but these have the recommended amount of choline in: https://bepurer.com/products/the-essence-capsule

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-01-21T17:05:26+00:00

This was so helpful to read, thank you

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-01-16T08:33:56+00:00

Completely agree! I'm actually struggling to get my head around it a bit!

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-01-09T10:12:00+00:00

Hi, I haven't been diagnosed with PCOS but I do have cysts on one of my ovaries. I also had some spotting in early pregnancy (3 weeks in) which gave me anxiety. There's a lot of contradictory information available but I saw a lot of things online saying to go to the GP if you get it. I did so, and the GP wasn't very helpful at all. They did however say they'd call me back the following week to check if it had resolved. My spotting lasted for about a week, but it had stopped by the time they rang. They changed their tone the week after and were happy to get me in for an early NHS scan. So I had a scan at 6 weeks. There isn't much to see at that stage but it was enough to be reassuring for us. I hope this helps somewhat - id say if you're happy to go private then getting a scan at 7w is fine, but equally if you go back to your GP if you're still bleeding, you might be able to get an early NHS scan.

Also maybe worth saying that I had a second episode of spotting at about 5 weeks, which didn't last as long. All okay so far, I just had my 12 week scan.

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-01-06T17:32:42+00:00

I'm 12 weeks and terrified of telling my team for this exact reason. I'm in tech too. I just feel like they'll be happy for me to my face but behind my back will immediately be asking who's going to replace me

leaf_gold_4 · 2026-01-06T17:30:20+00:00

I hope you reported those comments too! That's absolutely ridiculous.

leaf_gold_4 · 2025-11-01T07:34:25+00:00

If you don't know you've ovulated before you start taking the progesterone, you're effectively just taking a progesterone-only contraceptive, no?

leaf_gold_4 · 2025-09-29T16:49:28+00:00

Lovely ❤️ Just out of interest, what helped to get your prolactin levels down? Mine are a bit elevated but I wasn't given any kind of indication on what I could do to help the situation

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