I know being pregnant is a blessing and a gift and I appreciate that. Don’t get me wrong, I know there are woman who try and try to get pregnant and it just doesn’t happen for them. My heart does go out to you.

But I was just wondering, this is my second Pregnancy (34 weeks) and while some women love it ( a couple of my friends say it was the best time ever) for me not so much. No Pregnancy “glow” here. Been sick through the whole preg.(both) my joints hurt and don’t even start to talk of the heartburn.

just wondering if anyone besides me – not really enjoy the whole Pregnancy process?

I was 9 weeks pregnant with my third baby and VERY excited. I just knew it was a boy, I could just tell (I have 2 daughters). I had been put on bedrest for a week and a half due to spotting. Constant ultrasounds and blood tests were performed until last Thursday. The doctor told me I had a “Molar Pregnancy” and had a D & C the next morning. I cried all night Thursday and also on Sunday. The doctor says it can continue to happen if we get pregnant before a year is up. I am so upset because both of us really wanted a baby (my husband and I). I just don’t know what to do….
A Molar Pregnancy is when the tissue grows to fast for the baby and the baby doesn’t grow. If they didn’t catch it when they did the doctor said that it would have spread clear through out my uterus and even possibly my entire body.

I’m extremely limited with my maternity clothing choices. I need to actually be able to try things on because of the way I am shaped. So within a 1 hour radius, the only places to shop for maternity clothing is Wal Mart and Zellers (what a joke) and Thyme Maternity. I LOVE their clothing, when I manage to find something that fits right. I take a medium top but not all their mediums are created equally. Because of that, I can’t just shop online. Wish I could.

I find the salesladies VERY pushy to the point of being rude. When I first approached someone yesterday, I asked if they had Belly Bands (Motherhood has these and I figured rather than ordering one, I’d see if this place had them). Well, she curled up her nose and looked at me with utter disdain, and said “WE don’t sell those useless things here. OUR pants fit from 8 weeks right to delivery. But of course, you’d remember that from your last Pregnancy”.

I thanked her as nicely as I could, and told her I was just going to have a look around. I bee-lined right for the sale racks…I can’t afford $ 70 maternity jeans right now when I’m only 7 weeks, and all I need is a little extra slack in my current jeans’ waistline! The saleslady was persistent. She kept bringing me stuff to try on and told me “I’ll put this in your change room”. Uh, okay. So she FILLED a change room with stuff I never even picked out, all at price points of $ 40-$ 70 for sweaters, jeans, capris, cords, and dress pants. I took in a pair of jeans for $ 29 (since that was all I needed and she knew this), and two shirts at $ 9 each. She looked dismayed, and made sure to keep checking on me every single minute to make sure I was trying on the other stuff. When I say she had my room filled I mean it, she had every inch of the walls COVERED with stuff hanging. And she kept trying to hand me more through the curtain! In the end, I left with exactly what I went in with and not a piece more. She confronted me at the counter.

“Didn’t you try the cords on?!”

“No, I didn’t try anything you brought in on. I told you,I still have dress pants and cords from my last Pregnancy. I really needed something to save my current jeans or get a new pair of jeans.”

Well, she went off h-rumphing and told me I’d be sorry once I got home.

Is it just this store in particular or is the whole chain of stores training their employees to be pushy and rude? You do NOT want to be pushy to a pregnant woman!

I had a healthful Pregnancy and gave birth to a healthy infant in January 06 than miscarried at 8 weeks in June 07. I havent heard of several individuals having normal pregnancies and then a miscarriage. Has anybody experianced this and if so did you go on to have an additional regular Pregnancy?

I’ve been on implanon going on 3 years in feburary, but I have all the Pregnancy signs and symptoms like bloated, nausea, fatigue, and sore/tender breasts, I took a house Pregnancy test and it mentioned constructive. I was pondering because I’m truly scared.

I had a complete Hysterectomy, I previously had endometriosis, and in order to rid me of the sever pain i was in I had to get the hysterectomy. I have 4 children the oldest being 20. I am now at this point feeling as if i am pregnant. I am loosing weight however my stomach is getting bigger, and it is a pregnant stomach. I am feeling movements, and now i am feeling kicks. Milk is coming out of my breast. And I have all the other symptoms of nausea, throwing up, morning sickness etc. I looked up “Ectopic Pregnancy” which could be the only possibility i am having, There is nothing else for a child to latch onto. I have also seen that endometriosis causes Ectopic Pregnancy. And i have looked up if others have ever been in this situation, and i found that ones who have had partial hysterectomies have indeed gotten Pregnancy however the pregnancy had to be terminated because it is of course life threatening. I also only eat once every 3 days and have been eating that way for about 2 months. yet i am still feeling movements. It is not gas or bow movements, i have been pregnant 4 times i know what a kick feels like, and i know what a baby feels like. I have went back and forth to the hospital and they will not even look to see is there a baby inside of me. They are telling me im just gaining weight, its gas, its bow movements. However when they test me everything (liver, intestines, bows, and everything) is all normal and fine. They will not help me they will not even look at the research i have done. Everyone else i meet besides the doctors are interested in what is going on…I need advise, HELP, private practice etc. I need to know what is going on
Thank you all i have taken multiple pregnancy test and they can out negative. This is strange I know,

I had my baby 3 weeks ago, and for some strange reason.. I really miss being pregnant.

It is my first child, and I feel like I spent so much time being worried something was wrong I never had time to enjoy my Pregnancy. I miss the kicks, looking cute in maternity clothes, and the Pregnancy “glow”. Not to mention when you are pregnant it seems to become your identity after so long. I had spent nine months building up this huge event and now that it’s over I feel so empty.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my new addition, she’s amazing. I just don’t know whats wrong with me.

Has anyone else ever experienced this?

A lady in her 30′s had a miscarriage the 1st time with her quite 1st baby. Later after 2nd attempt she is pregnant yet again two one/2 months. From ultrasound, medical professional says the Pregnancy is complete of water and sees no identifications or signs that there is a child. Does this suggest that this Pregnancy is a “water-pregancy” rather than a “true Pregnancy?” The girl has gained excess weight & seasoned this kind of pregnancy signs and symptoms currently, but medical doctor says it could be one more miscarriage. What ought to she anticipate?

I miscarried at 11 weeks 0 days. I am 39 years old and didn’t realize until after the miscarriage and reading so many posts ( thanks to the people who share their stories), that I was not treated as “high risk”. My Ob Dr. does not see patients until they are 8 weeks pregnant. I knew I was pregnant at 5 weeks, called the office, and they insisted that the Dr. doesn’t see you until 8 weeks. I went at 8 weeks 4 days for my first exam. The Dr. congratulated me, did an ultrasound. Positive heart beat, and size and dates were right on the money. I expressed concern about my age (39). She said not to worry, that I had all the signs of a healthy Pregnancy, and that I did not need to be seen again until 12 weeks. She works with a “high risk” office that is in the same building as her office. I went there immediately to schedule my appointment to see the high risk Dr. That office confirmed that they start seeing you at 12 weeks. I obviously never made it to 12 weeks. I had spotting on a Saturday and low back pain, by Sunday morning I had what seemed to be a full period and cramps. I knew the outcome was going to be bad. I called the Dr immediately and went straight to the ER. I miscarried on the way and in the bathroom of the ER. It was awful. I have never seen so much blood, etc. The pain was excruciating. I now wonder if I should have gotten better care at my Dr. I know that this Pregnancy wasn’t meant to be, and that I believe it is mother natures way of telling me something was wrong. But, after my husband and I are now investigating other “high risk” pregnancy stories, we feel that my Dr. should have been monitoring me more closely. I think I should have been scanned more than once, and certainly not told to wait to be seen again until week 12. I am upset that I did not know that I was walking around with a dead baby inside of me, I can now pinpoint that I think the baby died at week 10 because my breast pain went away that day. That was my only “symptom”, but at the time I never knew it was a “symptom”. I also had some early spotting, but the Dr. told me it was normal, and it didn’t return until I started to miscarry. I miscarried at 11 weeks 0 days and did not need a D&C. I completely passed everything. Now, I asked the Dr. what is the next step for me. She says wait 2 months and start trying again. She says she doesn’t need to see me back until I am pregnant again. I asked about going for tests now to see what problems I may have, or even that I should be seen earlier that 8 weeks next time. She brushed me off like , “not necessary”, shaking her head, like, “no biggie”. She says next time she’ll scan me at 8, 10, and 12 weeks, and possibly give me progesterone to “get me over the end of the 1st trimester”. I still think I should be seen sooner than 8 weeks. I am wondering if anyone out there is “advanced maternal age” over 35, who can get pregnant naturally, and how soon they were seen and monitored. My husband and I are devastated, and feel that we may never get another chance at this due to our age. Sorry this was so long! Thanks for reading. Please share if you can.

I have a cycle like clockwork that is 27 days long, with a 5 day long period. I haven’t had an irregular period in probably 2 or 3 years. I expected my last period on May 15th. I got it on May 14th and it was much lighter than normal and only lasted that night. I kept putting in tampons for the next 6 days expecting more to come, but it never did. In the following week (the 16th-22nd) I took 3 Pregnancy tests and all three were negative. I still am not convinced though, I am feeling all kinds of “Pregnancy” symptoms, which could also be PMS but I just can’t seem to shake the feeling that I might be pregnant. Has anyone experienced a similar situation? Is it all in my head? Some of my symptoms include, sore breasts and tingly nipples, insanely vivid dreams (for the past 3 weeks), nausea (feels like someone’s constantly pressing on my gag reflex in the back of my throat), acne and pimples (I’ve never had this many pimples before), bloating, irritability, mood swings, and I’m very emotional I keep crying at the dumbest things. I also think I have been urinating more than usual, but again I know all of these things can just be PMS symptoms. How early are women likely to get PMS symptoms, because I also don’t remember mine ever coming this early before my period was due.

BTW, I’m not and have never been on any birth control, my stress level hasn’t changed lately, and I haven’t lost any weight recently. Also I’m expecting my next period June 10th.
Somebody please help me! Thanks!