Expectant parent club! Where the pregnant people hang out.

[Livinzoo]

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I would definitely get checked out. Not only could it be cancer, but many other things. One thing it could be is a hormone imbalance which could cause your infertility issues. Good luck but get checked out.

 

[vetgirl00us]

Hi, glad there is a thread on here. Just saw it. I am due with my 1st baby, a boy, in the middle of April. 80 days and counting lol! Fairly uneventful pregnancy despite the fact that I will be 36 when I deliver. this was a total surprise as I had tried for 4.5yrs to get pregnant, tried fertility meds, etc with no result. I gave up this past spring and planned to adopt at a later time and, bam, pregnant in July- found out in August! Very excited!

 

[kelseygirl707]

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CONGRATS! I am having a boy too, in May.

Thats how it worked for us too, tried for 2 years, tried infertility treatments, but nothing. Then we moved changed jobs, and decided since I am only 23 we would stop trying until DH finished nursing school, just to give ourselves a break from the heart ache of infertility, then BAM 2 months later we conceived naturally. Crazy how life works

 

[JulieNKC]

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I got one at 28 weeks and one a few days after the baby was born last time. He was positive and I am negative so I am pretty sure it will be the same this time around as well. The second one does not hurt as much since you are already on pain meds. I didn't notice it hurting as much the second time anyway.

What difference does it make AFTER the baby is born?

I'm having a scheduled c-section (if I carry to full term, otherwise, an emergency one as I've got some complications going on)....

It is to keep your body from producing antibodies which could hurt the baby the next time you become preg.

 

[algopurple]

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Not to scare you, but I would definitely get checked out by a doctor. Abnormal lactation can be a sign of breast cancer. Good luck

That is what I thought I had read somewhere once but didn't say anything since I was not sure. Thanks for saying it so now I will remember it if I ever need to know that later.

 

[algopurple]

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I got one at 28 weeks and one a few days after the baby was born last time. He was positive and I am negative so I am pretty sure it will be the same this time around as well. The second one does not hurt as much since you are already on pain meds. I didn't notice it hurting as much the second time anyway.

What difference does it make AFTER the baby is born?

I'm having a scheduled c-section (if I carry to full term, otherwise, an emergency one as I've got some complications going on)....

My sister (family LPN) explained that it is so your body will not fight your baby right at the end of labor or something like that and it is also for any future babies. Mostly a precaution I think.

 

[algopurple]

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Ohh sooo happy for you!! I went years trying and gave up too. I am now working on my second. We are just about due at the same time. I think I have 78 more days to go.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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Don't stress, I've had them with all 5 of my pregnancies, both during and after, and they've never hurt me.

I'm kind of a wuss though. LOL

You'll be fine, they're just shots in the hip. To me they're not nearly as bad as a tetanus in the arm... those are ouchy!

 

[SpringChickens]

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I got one at 28 weeks and one a few days after the baby was born last time. He was positive and I am negative so I am pretty sure it will be the same this time around as well. The second one does not hurt as much since you are already on pain meds. I didn't notice it hurting as much the second time anyway.

What difference does it make AFTER the baby is born?

I'm having a scheduled c-section (if I carry to full term, otherwise, an emergency one as I've got some complications going on)....

Just as someone else said, it's to prevent your body from creating antibodies against the (+) factor in the blood. Any time there is any trauma and a possibility of the baby's blood, amniotic fluid or other bodily fluid coming in contact with your blood, they want to make sure that your body isn't going to make antibodies against the Rh factor.

Doctors will typically give Rhogam shot to anyone who is Rh -, although you don't technically need them unless your DH is Rh +. They figure better safe than sorry!

 

[SpringChickens]

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Welcome!!! And congratulations on your surprise pregnancy - how wonderful!!!