Sometimes you know your body better than everyone else. Not every woman will produce high levels of hcg throughout pregnancy some it can take weeks some it can take months don’t trust a blood test don’t trust a urine test trust your heart and when you know it’s times it’s time this doctor was not a gynecologist so he did not give me a quantitative blood test to actually see what my hcg level is at I hope this helps some of you ladies who just feel like giving up and stop testing because of what ...

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Moms,

Welcome to #momlifechats! We’re so excited to welcome Infant & Child Sleep Consultant Hailee Schollaardt (@nurturingsleepsolutions). Hailee has been a Certified Sleep Consultant for 3.5 years. She has 3 kids aged 4.5 years, 2.5 years and 6 months and knows all too well the difficulties of a non-sleeping baby. “My first baby was 11 months old before he slept his first 2 hour stretch (It was a wednesday) and since then I became obsessed with learning about sleep!” Hai...

Before u become pregnant think of this

Do I want to be uncomfortable as hell for 40-42 weeks?

Do I want to be in horrible pain for up to 14-16 hours even longer

Can I handle pushing a big ass head through my vagina

Can I handle this with no pain meds(sometimes u can't make it in time)

Do I want to go to the hospital 10x before I'm actually in labor.

Because inducing your labor at 32-37 weeks for your own selfish needs or getting a csection to do it the "easy" way is just plain selfish and FYI a...

Moms and Moms-to-be,

Many of you were worried about @zombie_kitty69 who hasn't been in the app for about two weeks. She's thankful for your concern and wrote this to be posted:

Hello I'm Rachel, I'm 19 and a FTM of a little boy named Mason Wayde((due 01-01-2016). Now to my story. This is what happen at the appointment Thursday, June 25th... A lot was going on, first a normal ultrasound and was told fine, then I went to go wait to schedule for a follow up then the heart breaking news got told to...

Finding out that you’re pregnant can be the happiest or scariest moment of your life. But whatever you’re feeling, it’s important to take a deep breath and acknowledge the fact that it’s completely normal. Whether it be doubt, shock, or nervousness, it’s definitely comforting to know that you’re not the only one going through it. So here’s what some of the moms from the mom.life community thought/did when they first found out they were pregnant! 👶🏻

“I was completely shocked. Totally scared and s...