Pregnancy Questions and Answers in The AnswerBank

herpes in pregnancy

Hi everyone im new on here, hope you can help.. im currently 8 weeks pregnant, last feb i was diagnosed with having genital herpes.. At the time i was given tablets to help with the symptoms/sores and...

karene50

stuff your job where the sun dont shine.

my daughter is 12 wks pregnant . She worked in a nursing home and was still being expected to lift residents in and out of bed and the bath. After several comments off her boss she told not to...

shaunzy

Is it normal to feel a bit down whilst pregnant?

Hi every1! I'm over 30 weeks pregnant and ive been feeling really down lately. The slightest, silly little thing makes me cry or feel like crying. Is this normal? After the 1st 3 months, where i felt...

K82

Showing At 14 Weeks!

Hi, I know I ask so many questions! However, I'm in my 14Th week & I now can't do my trousers up & have quite a bump already. I'm not a large person, always been a size 10 & it's merely just my bump....

alize

pregnancy....

ok... i have had a miscarriage once in my life and i currently have no children.. but im about a week and half b4 my period but the last 4 days my boobs are huge and so tender i cant even let the...

lady_miss_v

Cravings

Any weird or wonderful ones going on out there in Answerbank land?? None for me, I'm afraid. I'm 24 weeks gone, and the strangest one I've had so far is chocolate bars dunked in thousand island dip....

K82

Did/Does anyone get stressed at work whilst pregnant?

Hey, General question but does/did anyone get really stressed at work whilst being pregnant? My job is highly stressful & target driven at the best of times & I'm 14 weeks pregnant & finding it tough....

chelsea78

cramp!

Is there anyone else suffering out there? Over last week ive had it real bad and its always early hours of the morning, i wake up screaming my partner has to rub the backs of my legs, ive never had it...

blondebimbo1

Miscarriage?

Does anyone know what te signs are in early pregnancy. Im around 9 weeks now and this morning noticed spotting. Im due to have a scan this Thurdsay to confirm dates. Im not experiancing any cramps at...

recruitment

polyhydramnios (too much fluid around the baby)

Hi all dose any 1 have any experience in this? i had a scan at 31 weeks as my bump is small. baby is small for dates (size of 29weeks term baby) but have high level of fluid.... the sonographer never...

Fairie

almost 39 weeks pregnant

hi all Im almost 39 weeks, at my 38 week appointment on wednesday i was told the baby is already 8lb plus. she also said my huge bump is all baby as i'm not carrying a lot of water. He is fully...

Velvetee

Cold remedies

I had to travel on Public transport this week and what with all the rude people, who just cough in the faces of others, I think I'm about to come down with a cold. So far, since falling pregnant, I've...

onlyme26

Breast feeding - advice needed please!

Hello, im 31 weeks pregnant, i already have a daughter who is 7 i didnt breast feed her, i was going to give it a try but after a very long labour and slight complications after i wimped out, anyway...

ettelloc

lifting when pregnant

Im 8 weeks pregnant and my full time job is office work but I also have a part time job working behind a bar. I dont change barrels etc but lift trays of glasses in & out of the glass washer and...

lizzyha

longing for another child

I have 2 girls aged 7 and 2 and I wud love another child before I get any older, Im 26 now so I wud love another the only problem is my partner is dead set against it he said he doesnt want anymore, I...

Velvetee

Baby moving after exercise

I restarted exercising on Monday and have used the gym 3 times. I haven't exercised since discovering I was pregnant, as I was advised not to, until now. I last exercised about 4 months go. Yesterday,...

Mrs.wchopper

Dad nervous about a second child

Hi, some advice please, my husband and I have a beautiful daughter who will be 2 in April. I will be 35 this year and really keen to have a second baby soon (although it took me a few months to...

lsharp

awful mark left on belly from belly bar HELP!!

heya..i gave birth 6 weeks ago. i took my belly bar out when i was 4 months pregnant but now i have an awful brownish mark where it was. it looks dirty and bruised but it doesnt hurt at all. its very...

bad-girl

pregnant at 17!!!!

im pregnant!!! im still with the father whos 18.. weve been together 4 years! any advise on this as in whens my first scan and all that kinda stuff....