Lisa asks…
Need help with this and i dont understand why i keep getting negative preganacy testes when i have all the….?
Okay……I’m 24 years old and a couple months ago to be exact in Sept 12 I had a miscarriage I was 6 wks and 3 days didn’t need a dc it was a natural miscarriage. My obgyn put me on bc pills took 4 and stop on October 16 came on last for 4 days and went off havent been on since in Nov I had one day of light pink spotting then it stopped I’ve had all the symptoms headache nausea breast tenderness blue veins break outs fatigue and light headed but every time I take a pregancy test its negative. Now the first test I took was in middle to late November and it was negative the second one I took was early this morning and it was negative. I did get these testes from the dollar general for my friend told me it work but the first time I did it was a negative. And it turned out that I was but I’m not sure I thought maybe I was having a ectopic pregnancy but don’t know can someone please give me some advice to this if I am I would be 6 wks and 6 days today
Michelle answers:
Hi i have been having all these exact symptoms, i tested on the 18 nov and got a very faint positive on a clearblue test then i got 3 more faint postives every day after. I wanted the line to show a true positive but i have tested on every other brand of test and all negative. Yet my stomach is bloated, sickness, headaches, very tired, aches and cramps. Had a couple of days spotting. However i rang docs and i saw midwife, she didnt want to confirm the pregnancy and just looked at my positive tests, i now have a scan for 4th january, she took my bloods last tuesday and i still havent had a call back so i assume everything is ok. But i still keep getting negatives so im scared to get excited. Try go to the midwife and get her opinion.
Sandra asks…
My period is late! Im breastfeeding..?
Im still breastfeeding my 21moth old boy.Got my period four months ago but this time around it’s on a 21day cycle unlike pre-pregnancy.My last period was on the 6th of Nov and the 23rd & 24th..i had light brown spotting.And yesterday,the 10th i spot again..I have been having occasion sharp pain at my lower abdomen.Preg Test caame out negative.Is it natural to experience this while breastfeeding? I am very worried.Please share your views?Thanks alot..
I am very worried.Should i visit my OB?
Michelle answers:
I’m still breastfeeding my 22 month old son and i couldve written your post! I’v ehad 21 day cycles, 24 day cycles and, on occasion, cycles that are 1 or 2 weeks LATE. Im’ not pg, hubby had a vasectomy.. Sometimes your cycles are just screwy when you’re breastfeeding…
Robert asks…
When did you stop breastfeeding? Physical changes afterwards?
My son’s 5 months old and I am planning on breastfeeding my son for at least two years if possible…
I have lost all of my pregnancy weight and when people I haven’t seen for a while see me they say it’s because I am breastfeeding (people that have never breastfed tell me this) but I don’t believe that’s true…
Breastfeeding burns around 500 calories a day, yes, but I also eat really healthy. If I was eating junk, the 500 calories wouldn’t make a difference.
When did you stop breastfeeding and what physical changes, if any, did you experience?
*I chose to breastfeed because it’s natural and beneficial to my son, not to lose weight!
Thanks for your answers!
*He’s already started grabbing our food and exploring eating, we aren’t stopping him.
Michelle answers:
Before I go in to what happened to my breasts, I want to state that it was all worth it and I would do it all again if given the opportunity.
That being said, I breast fed my son for 18 months, until half way through my second pregnancy. I guess the taste changed, because he started rejecting the milk and weened himself. After my daughter was born, I breast fed her until she was 20 months old. I was going through a divorce and my husband demanded to have over night visits, so nursing went out the window at that point.
Anyway, within about two weeks of completely weening and NOT being pregnant like I was when my son weened, I got to see what a woman’s breasts look like after three years of nursing. Essentially they both looked like empty socks hanging from my chest (no exaggeration!). I was devastated! I really couldn’t believe what had happened nor the fact that it really looked like there was nothing in my breasts, just two long and completely flat flaps of skin with nipples at the end. 🙁
I cried off and on for weeks, thinking that it was permanent. However, after a few months, they started filling up with fat and actually started looking like breasts again…but just barely. It took about three years for them to go back to looking like normal breasts and it took four more years after that for them to go back to the size they were before my pregnancies.
Long term breast feeding can and will completely drain your breast fat stores, which then takes years to restore. However, our bodies were made to be this way and to eventually regain the fat stores over time.
The good news is that my breasts are now larger than they were before my pregnancies and my inverted nipples were changed to outies because of so many years of breast feeding. Also, my children are extremely healthy and above average intelligence, which I personally attribute to long term breast feeding. We are also extremely well bonded and my daughter actually remembers breast feeding and cherishes the memory.
Yes, your breasts probably will be zapped for a while, but the time we have with our little ones is so fleeting and so precious. It really is worth it to nurse them for as long as possible and give them such a wonderful head start in life.
John asks…
Help! 6 centimeters and really scared!?
Hi! I guess it’s best to just explain it all! I’m 17 years old and expecting my 1st little one anytime now, literally I’m already in the hospital and 6 centimeters dilated! I’m really scared because I don’t know if I’m ready for all of this! I’ve decided to go natural because I’m terrified of needles and don’t think that I could take an epidural and let me just tell you, it hurts like hell, I literally feel like I’m dying lol! My boyfriend (18) is being so supportive and has did well at comforting me, but theirs only so much a person can do! I’m scared of needles, but I’m seriously contemplating getting an epidural! Should I? Apart from all of that, I’m only 37 weeks and I know that it’s considered full term, but I wanted to make it all the way to 40 weeks just to be sure that my baby boy would be okay, so I’m worried about that too! Both my boyfriend and I’s families have been really great throughout my whole pregnancy, so I guess that’s something to look on the upside for, but I’m still nervous about becoming a parent! I believe in love at 1st sight and that’s what everybody has been telling me happens when you see your child! Maybe I’m overreacting! I just need some advice or someone to tell me it’ll be alright! Please help! 🙂
I’m sorry it’s so long! 🙂
Michelle answers:
Awe, such a good sweet mommy. 🙂 I’m 31 weeks, ur gonna do great. Don’t be scared. When u hold ur lil angel, it will all be worth it. Get the epi, just tell the doc to not let u see the needle, my first one I had to do that, it helped so much, because my biggest fear is spiders n needles, I even passed out once giving blood, they hadn’t even drawn yet! N I cry like a big baby when its time for flu shots. Lol. Ur a sweet girl, n ur gonna be a great mom!
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