Pregnancy Complications Reviews

I am a mum of 2 lovely children. My first pregnancy was perfect and followed all the textbooks. When I fell pregnant with my second child, that too when according to plan right up to when I was 36 weeks. It was the uncontrollable itching which first had me worried. I've never been one to moan about the horrendous morning ...  Read the complete review

i was 32 weeks when i was given a blood test for high blood pressure, a couple of my hormones were too high and i had to then have weekly blood tests for 2 weeks until i was taken to hospital with suspected pre-eclampsia. my mum had it with my youngest brother and it can be passed on. considering it was my 1st pregnancy too, it made my ...  Read the complete review

When I was little like every little girl I wanted to have babies in my child mind the more the merrier! Although I never thought the journey to parenthood to be tough and sometimes tragic. Every pregnancy ive had I have had issues ranging from being 16 days over with a little monkey to antibodies that had never been heard ...  Read the complete review

Pre-eclampsia Pre-eclampsia can be a serious condition that can harm you during pregnancy. It is dangerous for both the mother and the baby. The signs of this condition is swelling in the face and ankles, high blood pressure and protein in the urine. If you have sudden swelling or just don't feel right go while ...  Read the complete review

A Condition that Can Prevent Pregnancy Are you unable to conceive or have problems menstruating? There is a condition called Asherman's Syndrome that is responsible for many women not being able to become pregnant or have problems with menstruation. If you have been trying to conceive for a baby and have been told that ...  Read the complete review

I was overjoyed when I discovered I was pregnant at the beginning of last year. Me and my boyfriend had been together just over a year but I knew he was the man I wanted children with so although it was a surprise it was a very happy one. I had bleeding in the first trimester so the doctor did another pregnancy test and sent me for a ...  Read the complete review

After a missed miscarriage at 12 weeks (where they tell you in the scan that the baby actually died previously but for some reason your body has chosen not to discard the baby in the normal way a miscarriage occurs) I was overjoyed to be pregnant again shortly after. The pregnancy progressed well and I only suffered mild ...  Read the complete review

I have decided to share my experience of premature birth as I hope it could help others going through the same thing or help prepare parents to be if it does happen to them. I wish I hadn't skipped the section in all my pregnancy books about premature birth thinking oh that wont happen to me! My first 2 pregnancies went ...  Read the complete review

I hope I am posting this in the right place but I wanted to share my story. I was only 18 when first finding out that I was pregnant and it wasn't planned. However after talking it through with my parents and boyfriend at the time I knew I wanted to go through with the pregnancy. I went to the doctors and was given ...  Read the complete review

I would say I had quite a good pregnancy, although I will admit I didnt enjoy it as much as I should have!! my childs father and I split wen I was 3mnths pregnant and from then on I carried on all on my own! at the beginning I had the morning sickness feeling but was never actually sick, which can be worse sometimes. this might sound ...  Read the complete review

I am going to write about pre-eclapsia, this is something that I have had to deal with. I was having a normal pregnancy, working as normal and getting on with preparing for our childs arrival. I was going for my regular check up's with my midwife, which were 2 weekly. i had noticed that parts of my body were swelling up ...  Read the complete review

I have been extremely lucky with my pregnancy so far, and going overdue is among the least serious of any pregnancy complications. But to keep me occupied in my wait, I thought I'd put together a list of things to do if you do go overdue. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ...  Read the complete review

With my second pregnancy, they started telling me the baby was lying in the breech position - ie bottom down. It was still pretty early - about 6 months and as far as I was concerned, not a worry. I knew that while first pregnancy babies rarely moved, subsequent pregancies often involved a shift in ...  Read the complete review

Here I was January 1996 a 6month old daughter and I have just found out I'm pregnante again. i didnt feel they joy that I did the first time round, no sqeeling with delight no dying to tell someone, none of that. I felt scared, alone even though I wasnt. needless to say it didnt take long for all those feelings to go. in fact as time ...  Read the complete review

My problem in pregnancy wasn't as major as some as the ones that are out there. I had 3 scans with the hospital 8 weeks, 14 weeks and 20 weeks and all was fine, the community midwife I saw was happy with the way my pregnancy was progressing but my bump was small. I had a 4D scan at 26 weeks where they noticed our little girl ...  Read the complete review

In order to have a complication free pregnancy, labour and birth ideally your baby should turn so that it's head is down (cephalic) from about 38 weeks gestation. Unfortunately some babies have other ideas and will stay in the breech (head up) or transverse (across) position. Unfortunately if the baby is transverse there is no way it's ...  Read the complete review

This review is about my experience of Gestational Diabetes. Gestational diabetes affects quite a few women in pregnancy, however you are more prone the older you are and the more over weight you are. Diabetes develops when the body can't produce enough insulin, made naturally be the pancreas. Insulin regulates the amount ...  Read the complete review

The pregnancy complication I am writing about is pre-eclampsia. I have personal experience of pre-eclampsia as I suffered fromt it during my first pregnancy, it is an unpleasent illness and is life threatening to both mother and baby. I has a very smoothe 1st pregnancy , that was untill I reached 29 weeks gestation ...  Read the complete review

"Pregnant already? So soon! Well that's nice . . .'' After hearing this a few dozen times I really began to wonder what on earth people mean by it. It is a jab at my apparent eagerness to have a child right after marriage or an implication that I'm one of 'those people' who do nothing with their lives but produce ...  Read the complete review

Pregnancy ups mostly and a few downs…. Nearly there! So, I am 41 weeks and 1 day pregnant. This is my first and so all of this is new to me. I have been feeling a bit down and a lot crabby this week as I am over due, so I am writing this review. My aim is to share my experience and hope that it helps other people in whatever way, ...  Read the complete review