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Hi everyone-- this is my first forum post!

A little back story: I still nurse my now fifteen month son, and was not getting my monthly periods for a while or ovulating. In late August, the obgyn prescribed prosgesterone pills for ten days and then three days afterwards, my period came Sept. 1st until the 5th. I then found out through a blood test that I had ovulated this month, but I do not know when. I have had sex with my partner the week that I might have ovulated. Well, yesterday, I felt I was leaking and come to wipe, I found watery, brown discharge. It is now the second day and it has only been dark brown, not enough to fill a tampon or pad. At night, there was a bit of red but this morning, my pad was once again not full and dark brown. I've had implantation bleeding with my first pregnancy so now, I don't know if that is what Im experiencing. The blood work I did that indicated I had ovulated said I'd get my period within two weeks. My expected period is Oct. 1st. Could this be an actual wacky period from the after effects of last month's progesterine pills, is my monthly period a shortened cycle (not even the average 28 days) or could I be pregnant? I tested the past two days and they were negative. I don't know if it is too soon. My doctor told me to call when my period arrives and ignored the possibility of implantation bleeding even though they said I would receive my period in two weeks or would be pregnant. Has this happened to anyone else? What were your experiences?

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I don't remember that during any of my pregnancies either.

I do believe that some food can help you conceive. More than that, I even believe that certain food can help you choose the gender of your baby.

A girl diet with weight loss is proven to be the thing that sways most - some studies say it has success of up to 80% (I personally think on it's own it's likely to be less than that) and if you skip breakfast without doing the diet you increase your chance of a girl from 50% to around 55%. You could do both, of course. The diet isn't easy, but most aim to conceive quickly on it so you might only have to do it for a few months. You also shouldn't take multivitamins as part of the diet as it's thought that more nutrients sways blue, and "declining condition" sways pink. Lowering sperm count (via one of many methods) is also proven to sway too. Most do this by BD frequency - i.e. daily release/BD or abstaining for 7+ days, or compressed frequent release when you release and discard then aim to BD soon afterwards. You can also do it using jump+dump after BDing, and lowering pH using a douche or gel - this will kill off some of the swimmers and lower sperm count. Ideally you'd also have him finish shallow and to avoid having a big O when DTD. timing isn't thought to sway any more, many impartial studies have refuted it. Again, studies show you have as much chance of a girl from BDing on OV day as any other day. Ideally you want to do the two things above and then BD when you will most likely get pregnant. There's no harm in trying a cut off if you can't let go of that, but just be careful because it can take far longer to conceive with a 3+ day cut off and the diet, etc, aren't healthy to do long term.

This is a very hard decision to make. I got an epidural and had a wonderful experience. It does not harm the baby in any way. The concern is long lasting effects that can take place on the mother if it is not done right. However, despite my worries, I got the epidural and it was the best decision I made. I didn't feel a thing! I honestly wouldn't have known my daughter came out if I wasn't looking, seriously! haha! The only downside I guess you can say about this is that I had zero urge to push, so therefore I had no idea when to push, but my OB and the nurses were there to guide me and my daughter came out perfectly fine after an hour and 20 minutes of pushing.

OMG I would have 12 kids if it wasn't for the vomiting.

With my twins I was sick all the time for 5 months and the ob didn't prescribe anything, just told me to drink chocolate. I didn't lose any weight though.

With my son I was extremely sick again and lost 8lbs by the time I was 8wks. I never took anything but I was still nursing the twins, I just had to make sure I kept myself hydrated.

I would see what your practitioner says, but I don't think that you would necessarily have to wean.

Couple of months after my first date with my future DH, I just knew! I knew I wanted to have a little copy of us, someone we will love and take care of. Someone who will continue our lineage)

I did not suspect anything until I was late. But that is probably due to the fact that we weren't really trying. I suspect when you're eager to conceive you become extra suspicious to your body. So you'll never know:) I wish you best of luck!

If you have the same goal (getting pregnant), then this shouldn't be a problem. No offence, but he may not be as eager to have a baby as you are.

I'm on my 5th week right now:) And you know, I had zero symptoms all this time. I hope everything worked out for you and you had a charming baby:)

Heavy smell of ALMOST ANY perfume and deodorant triggered morning sickness in me. 

If you have no health conditions or pregnancy complications, and have your heart set on giving birth in a birth center or at home, you'll want to find a midwife who practices these things. In other cases, you probably should go with the traditional birth at the hospital.

Hi, I read somewhere there was a research that proved that women need a good rest before giving birth, I think about a couple of months. I had my maternity leave on my 7th month. I had a nice time, I think I really started to enjoy my pregnancy only when I left work. But a lot of women leave work in two weeks before due date. 

I had a very positive experience, the birth was a textbook, no intervention, used pool, no pain relief, it was overwhelmingly intense when DS was coming out but not exactly painful. It was a wonderful experience for me.
Hypnobirthing is also wonderful during pregnancy to help to prepare for the birth. I highly recommend.

That's absolutely ridiculous... they also said we are not supposed to buy prams and other baby staff while pregnant. So we are supposed to be dirty and smelling all 9 months and completely unprepared for the baby to come...yeah, right...

Thanks Carry! I'll try to find it

Has anyone tried the drug? My doctor suggested it but I am not sure... I read some reviews and the side effects they describe are terrifying.. Have you tried Bromocriptine? Did it really help you? Any advice will be highly appreciated 

Yeah, I felt the first kick on 18th week. I'm 26 now, still can't feel him through stomach though. Can you really figure out the body parts when pressing on the stomack? This is so exciting! )

Check with you doctor, if he says it's safe than it's safe! ;)