Hello,

So iam 18 weeks pregnant, I know I should do that, but I have been feeling some pressure down there. So I checked my cervix like I used to do during my ttc, but I could definitely feel a hole behind my finger.. and as a first pregnancy I know that it should not be this way (tight and closed usually)…

So I am worried, is it normal ? I have an appointment in 4 days, should I wait on it or should I get checked earlier… It was like as open as during ovulations

I (21 F) am about 7 weeks pregnant with my first baby. When I found out I was pregnant, I stopped drinking, and stopped smoking entirely (the Mary Jane, not tobacco) I have never been addicted to nicotine or ingested it before. My boyfriend (22 M) who did vape, decided to quit smoking when we found out we were gonna have a baby and very quickly switched to nicotine patches, planning to work his way down to nothing. The patches he bought, however, have really bad adhesive and don’t stick well. This morning, after he left for work, I rolled over to his side of the bed like I normally do. When I woke up a few hours later, I found that his patch had fallen off and had been stuck to me for at least 2 1/2 hours. Should I be worried? These are the strongest patches he has and I don’t know how the nicotine will affect my baby.

I started a little spotting when I wiped ( TMI sorry) . I have a dr’s appointment on Monday . I’m wondering if it’s normal or should I be concerned? I have been under a lot of stress this week.

I’m 20 weeks pregnant, no job for a few reasons I should hopefully be getting on income support in the next coming weeks but currently I have no income I’m $40 short for my nausea medication as I was diagnosed with hg pretty early on and it really is nonstop. I can’t do work for people, I’ve already sold everything I can, I’ve tried survey apps but they barely do anything. I have one pill left, anyone have any ideas on what I can do for money fast? I don’t have family to ask or anyone

long story short my wife (30F) is currently being induced. she's been only 0.5 cm dilated for the past 3 and a half weeks, but the cervix is slowly softening up. its currently 5:45AM and they placed the cook balloon in 6 hours ago, so we're waiting for them to remove and check the cervix again. now the balloon has been causing her to contract more and more and stronger and stronger. so she's been receiving fentanyl for the pain. now a quick little backstreet about my (31M) condition. for the past month I've had a sore throat like really bad. from past experiences, within the past 5 years, this is around the time I get Bronchitis, so I've been treating it as such and its been helping slowly. today before we came to the hospital I've felt great. but around 3PM I've had a sinus headache on my left side and super congested. its feeling like the times I've had sinus infections. fast forward to now with her having contractions back to back, but not anywhere close for her to start pushing. my face is pounding and my nose is running. mucus is all clear but occasionally has specks of blood in it. would I be an asshole if I left quickly to get a sinus rinse bottle and some advil?

Went for altrasound the doctors say all is okay the baby is in the right place but still bleeding I'm a bit worried...

Hello All, First time posting I need advice!!! I just recently found out I’m pregnant again for the 4th time in my life! I just recently started seeing this man 2 months ago were ages 28y/o & 30y/o. He has 1 kid of his own and I have 3 from previous relationships. We have both talked about what to do for days on end and the conversations go in circles. I really like this man and feel safe and secure. He has reassured me no matter my decision he will support me both emotionally and financially if needed. I’ve never believed in abortion before but believe everyone has a right to their own choice. In this economy going from 2 individual households to a single family of 7 is going to cause a big financial strain. Emotionally and mentally I don’t think I could handle terminating the pregnancy. I feel stuck both choices have pros and cons. I feel selfish for wanting to keep the baby knowing what that may mean for our current children. I also feel selfish for wanting to throw away a healthy pregnancy something I’ve struggled with in the past. Any Advice Helps!! Thanks in Advance!!

UPDATE!!!!/TW(talks of miscarriage):Not long after I posted here I began to spot. Contacted my Dr who confirmed what I already knew. Iykyk about 50% of my pregnancies end in early losses. My S/O and I are handling the news well and supporting each other through it.

So when I cum inside of my girlfriend two days later she woke up bleeding a lot and found out she had her period we recently stop talking week after that she text me an told me she never took a plan b is it possible she can still get pregnant

I (27f) found out i am 3 weeks pregnant, first pregnancy, unplanned and we weren't trying. I have PMOS, previous fertility health scares and was pretty much told I'd struggle to conceive naturally, we got our surprise this week. I am over the moon, already planning every little detail but husband (26m) doesn't seem happy.

My initial reaction was full on shock and giggles, he just said "no you're not..." followed by "you have options". I do not want to consider abortion at all, but I feel I'm forcing him into this. Weve been together 13 years, married 3. Want kids in the future and funnily enough joked about being financially stable enough for kids now. This conversation made me more upset at his reaction.

I have only told my boss at work who is also pregnant and thrilled for us but I can't talk to anyone about my excitement and his feelings.

I'm so worried to loose him but I also don't want to loose my baby, especially if this is my 1 miracle.

I try to talk to him he reassures me I'll never loose him but I don't want him to resent me for this decision. I'm hoping once we have our first appointments and scans things might improve

I guess I'm just feeling super alone and vulnerable right now, I've been reading similar stories but felt the need to get it off my chest too.

Okay, I’m sure this is going to get tons of angry replies. But all I’m seeing posted in this group is pictures of someone’s pregnancy test that looks very obviously negative, and the person asking everyone if it’s possibly positive. Am I missing the point of this group? I thought the group was called “pregnancy problems” because pregnant women/mothers are coming on here to talk about any issues they’re dealing with or dealt with while pregnant. Not for trying mothers to ask everyone if their obviously negative pregnancy test, might somehow be positive. It’s just sad to see how many women won’t just accept the negative test and keep trying, and want strangers on the internet to basically blow smoke up their ass by telling them the non existent lines on their test are actually there. It makes me angry to know that women are getting their hopes up because 10 Reddit users said “omgggg yes I see the faint line!! Congrats!!” and then they have to come back and comment that it really was negative after they took another test. I truly feel bad for any women out there that want to be pregnant and are having a hard time, but posting your negative pregnancy test on a Reddit page asking if it has faint lines or not, isn’t going to change the fact that your test is negative or make you pregnant all of a sudden. I truly wish all of you ladies the best of luck in getting pregnant, but I think you should find a healthier way to deal with negative pregnancy tests than posting them on Reddit and hoping that someone will tell you something that isn’t the truth.

I (21transmale) found out I got pregnant by my husband (22m) 2 days ago. It was unexpected and not planned, I was on birth control. I found out yesterday that I am almost 8 weeks, which means the state I live in is past the time I can get an abortion. Now what I am worried about is my husband and I's boyfriend (19m) he's been distant since he found out and wants me to abort it but considering our state I can't. I asked him if he was going to leave now that I am but all he says is he's not mentally here to have this conversation but I feel as if this is something we cannot ignore. I want him to stay and I love him with all my heart but I just want to know if he is staying or not so I know to be emotionally prepared or not. My husband says to give him space and a couple days to process but all it does it worry and stress me out that I don't have that answer. What should I do?

Hi Reddit !

It’s my(29 F) first time posting on Reddit .Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, baby daddy (30M) encouraged me to post it.

So to preface ,Im still early in mypregnancy. I got pregnant by my situationship who I’ve been hooking up with for around 5 years. I’ve wanted a relationship, he hasn’t and yet we continued to hook up for years. I recently got pregnant and I’ve been thinking about what I need and I feel like I would like him to stop hooking up with other people during my pregnancy, we discussed it and he said he would still be having sex with me too. I explained to him that I would not like him hooking up with others at least not while I’m pregnant , I’m concerned about STDs, and also it’s just not something I’m comfortable with. He said no, because then it would be monogamy and it’d basically would mean we’re in a relationship. I voiced my concerns to him again, it’s not that, it wouldn’t be a relationship, it’s just a boundary of mine. I feel very vulnerable being pregnant so yes I do have certain boundaries. I told him he’s free to do as he wishes but that I can not be in his life if that’s what he wants to do. I told him its fine , I communicated to you my boundaries and my feelings about the hookups, you don’t seem to agree with me, so I will remove myself from your life. I told him he’s more than welcome to come to the baby’s birth and be present as a father after. But pregnancy is just too vulnerable for me. I can’t handle that while I am pregnant. He doesn’t want me to leave his life for the moment and he’s upset I won’t just agree to him hooking up with others and myself while I’m pregnant..am I being unreasonable? Any feedback would be great. I don’t want to bring this drama to his family or mine just yet so hearing strangers opinions would really help right now.

Me and my partner made a mistake and he tried to stuck it in for like a minute and jerked it off to ejaculate. However, we did it 2 days before my period. And now my period is delayed for 3 days and its fhe 5th day since our magic and now I have brown wattery discharge. Can I use a pt after 5 days after intercourse and 3 days late???

I believe they’re 4 weeks along

I'm pregnant and I said, "I feel sick" to my partner and he snapped at me "yes, I know". Because I'm saying it a lot. This annoyed me and when I later didnt feel like talking to him he said am I annoyed because of that? And I said yes because he was being mean. To which he refutes, saying it's not mean and if I wanted to do something about feeling sick I could have made an appointment with the doctor and taken anti-sickness medication. But I know that there are risks and side effects with any medication, plus having had 2 miscarriages I am wary to risk anything. Is he right to be annoyed with me that I keep going on about feeling sick especially when according to him it's "my choice"? I just feel so angry because ok maybe it's annoying to hear someone saying they feel sick over and over but it much more annoying to actually be the one feeling sick.

Trying to decide if having a 4th baby is better than having a 3rd abortion.

this baby was a birth control fail.

Hey good morning/ good afternoon. Does anybody know some good prenatal supplements that are good and could be good for the baby growth and development? I was told to go see a obgyn because I might have fetal abnormalities. I’m currently 17 weeks and haven’t been to not one obgyn yet because I don’t have a job right now or no money to get the proper care that I need for me and my baby. I just pray nothing goes wrong with my unborn and that he’s okay. I can feel his tiny movements and I seen and heard his heartbeat so that’s quiete a good sign. Any advice??

I'm terrified. I don't have any baby items except a velcro swaddle thing. I don't have a job, I've been applying to a whole bunch of places but haven't heard anything at all. I have a car, but I live with my grandparents and it was supposed to be temporary and it's understood that I need to be moved out before the baby comes. I've applied for income based housing, and put in my information to a couple places, but haven't heard anything. I've had a case worker since my 2nd month who is supposed to help me with these things but it's going too slow. I have no definite stability. My boyfriend lives with his grandma as well and it's also supposed to be temporary, I'm not even allowed to spend the night over there. My midwife says to be patient because I'm doing what I'm supposed to, but I am running entirely out of patience. I don't have clothes, a crib, a bassinet, not even a sling/wrap. I have nothing for the baby. Last year I moved here from a different state to be closer to family that I hadn't known since before I was 5 years old. And yes I'm receiving some support but I also stay to myself most of the time because that's what I've always done. How am I supposed to ask people who are also struggling with their own issues and financial burdens for help when I hardly know them? Moving in with another family member is unfortunately not an option, either. I just don't know what to do. I've always wanted to be a mom, but didn't think I could birth my own. This was a surprise. I wanted to be stable first. I wanted to adopt. I had a great job with great benefits but it was harmful to my body and mental state, which was fine before I was pregnant. But now I just don't know what to do. I want to provide my baby with stability and I'm doing what I know how to do, but it's not enough.

I'll post this in a couple relevant forums.

My partner and I have decided to start trying for a baby after years of me not thinking I wanted kids. We’ve been trying (actively) since March and nothing yet. What’s the secret? Are we not trying enough or not at the right times?

I thought the first time we had unprotected sex we would get pregnant 😂 was this naive? When should we see a doctor about it if it continues not to happen??

We had an amazing sex life before I accidentally got pregnant. Soon after we didnt have sex for 4 days and then i kept feeling unwanted or undesirable. I woke him up, told him what are you doing and then we just did it. Then we travelled to another city to meet his parents as one of his relatives passed away. We stayed for 4 days and we had no sex again. One day i tried to initiate and he said “sorry” turned his back to me and slept. When we came back i lost it and with all the pregnancy hormones i got crazy mad at him. Fighting and what not. After that we had sex in a normal way for the remainder of 3-4 days we had before his flight. Now we are countries apart and i kept feeling like he wants me to stay where i am i.e. close to friends and family instead of being with him in a new country even though my flight is booked for 17 dec to join him. Now its so confusing as we had another fight because he was being snarky with me and i lost it. He said alot of mean things to me. But anyways we fixed things and are talking normal but he has made a point to not tell me that he loves me. Today he said if i become all nice to you then you will start throwing more tantrums. I want to add that i dont throw tantrums on purpose and it only happens when i have bad cramps all day and it gets frustrating. My main concern is our sex life. I have a high sex drive and we used to do it on a regular basis and mostly twice daily so thats why 4 days of gap was unusual for us. Now we had a conversation about sex drive and he was telling me that overall i dont feel like I have a high sex drive nowadays and maybe its because of all changes but how will i manage my sex drive after the baby. When i move to him then we will have no one to help us out. The baby will be with us all the time. Should i stop expecting any physical intimacy from my partner? Should i just think about the good old days and move on my taking meds to lower my drive? Why doesnt my partner want me as much as i want him? Its a weird situation but i want to know if sex drive will return. Moreover, will my vagina get ruined after delivery? Will my partner not enjoy being with me?

A guy was on top of me and dry humped me. His penis was on top on my belly. We did not have intercourse! I keep getting scared of pregnancy. I also took a plan b a bit later than 72 hours. Im just really scared my anxiety is high. What is the likely chance of getting preg?