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I'm in my third trimester currently, when I sneeze or cough, it feels my stomach is going to explode haha. Is there any way I can alleviate this feeling although I already tried to sneeze or cough gently. Thanks in advance!

I am already nearing 38 weeks but baby still seems very high up on my belly and hasn't dropped. Is this normal as I read that for first time mums baby will drop earlier. When did your baby drop during your first pregnancy?

Hello mummy! Wanted to ask where do yall buy your clothes when your tummy start to grow?? Can’t fit into my shorts and jeans soon. Need something for casual and work wear.

I just experienced a weird thing. My period is not due yet. On tuesday i randomly checked pregnancy test. I tested using 4-5 different kits (i was paranoid), all showed negative. Ovulation kit shows line but not as dark as control line. Yesterday, i tested ovulation kit, it was as dark as the control line. And so i proceed to take clearblue digital pregnancy test, it showed “Pregnant 1-2”. I tested usingn another pregnancy test, no line. If using calculation, i should by right be atleast 4 weeks pregnant, but we went to W gynae Dr Ben today to scan, seen nothing, which was fine cause too early. And we did HCG, dr ben said my hcg should atleast be 1000+ by now but to my surprised, it showed i wasnt pregnant, the reading is below 0.2 IU/L. You have to be atleast 5 to be pregnant even the earliest. The clinic confirmed i was not pregnant as blood test is very accurate. And no follow up required. So i went back and tested my ovulation and pregnancy kit. Ovulation line is getting lighter, and pregnancy digital was showing “not pregnant”. So im not sure whats happening here. For context, I did not ovulate on the day i suppose to ovulate (i usually ovulate late as my cycle is longer than the normal ones) according to my app calender (premom app which is usually accurate). Or even the few days after i did not ovulate. Confirmed using ovulation strips too. Could it be that im not pregnant but was just ovulating yesterday ? And not sure why the clearblue digital kit picked up the LH surge and shows as pregnant.

currently at 35 weeks & not yet packed my hospital bag. would appreciate if anyone can share what is helpful and needed to pack.. TIA!

Hi Mummies. Im currently 35 weeks pregnant and im not sure when my waterbag is going to break. When the waterbag broke, how long did you take to go to the hospital? I saw people saying like you dont have to necessarily panic and go hospital straight away as sometimes you havent start active labour. Just hoping to hear some labour stories before i goes into labour myself. Thankyou in advance for whoever decided to share!

Experienced brown discharge at 7 weeks and rushed to the ED. Doctor said I had a threatened miscarriage but thankfully the foetus is still doing fine. Doctor recommended more bed rest and limited activities. I’m quite an active person prior to this.!I can walk for hours and prefer climbing stairs etc. But my mom found out and was absolutely adamant I do no such thing. The only time I was allowed to walk was to go to the bathroom. Any idea what activities or the intensity of activities I’m allowed to do while the foetus stabilises? #firsttiimemom #firsttrimester

currently at 35weeks.. was just randomly messaging my boobs and some yellow sticky thick liquid came out.. i quickly stopped as i was unsure if its too early to continue.. anybody faced the same issue? abit worried.. if i should harvest it or just leave it and wait till 37week to press again.. any advice & help welcomed! TIA!

As much as I know I should be strong, but I'm still a human and I still have slight trauma of giving birth to my 1st in 2023. I took epidural last minute when the pain was unbearable although i tried to avoid it (also because I heard and have relatives who had bad experiences with epi). So now that I'm expecting my 2nd, my colleague told me better to take epi again since I've took it before and had no side effects. But, i'm still worried. May I know what are yall experiences, for those who have 2nd child and above? How was your delivery experiences and is it better to go ahead with epidual again? #Second_Baby