Were there any complications during your pregnancy?

Brandi says:
not enough fluid and being sick the WHOLE time.
Brittney says:
Placenta previa that caused massive bleeding around my 16th week. I have never been so scared in my life! Thankfully, it resolved itself later on in the pregnancy.
Tasha says:
Nope
Heather says:
not with kaiden but with kyler i had waaaaaay to much fluid. that was miserable!
Brittany says:
At the end...
AMANDA (MANDI) says:
A FEW
Jennifer says:
Just dialating early and borderline toxemia with the last one.
Leslie says:
Yeah i went into labor with early my son was born 1 month and 3 weeks early. I went in to labor with my girl one month early but they stoped my labor but she was still 3 weeks early.
Danielle says:
He was blocking my kidney at the end.
MAYTE says:
GET DIABETES ON MY FIRST 4....AND MY LST ONE WITH ALIZAE I HAD MY CERVIX STICHED
Teeba says:
Yes, Jetty wasnt breathing properly and had to be taken away to special care unit.
Felicity says:
Morning sickness with both the girls, severe UTI with Anneliese(even with antibiotics it didn't clear)
Gabrielle says:
Amy - they thought i had celieacs Kara - diagnosed with gestadestional hypotension
Victoria says:
no.
Jamie says:
No, just always became anemic.
Amy says:
Jake- hell yeah!! got a kidney infection at 6 months and had to be hospialized over Thanksgiving. It develooped into pnemonia, so I was almost a week. I lost 23 pounds before I started gaining anything. At birth, the cord was wrapped around his neck so his HB would drop and not rebound. They used suction to try and get him out and ended up using forcepts. Josh- he was late and hey though he was huge!
Libby says:
YES!!!! I went into labour at 26weeks, he was rushed into Intensive care, then flown 2 a bigger hospital, but he pasted away!!!
Jessica says:
umm nope
erin says:
Not during my pregnancy but during delivery there were alot of complications
Rachel says:
gestational diabetes during the last month or so
Rachael says:
Gestational diabetes, Kidney stones and Anemic
Lindsey says:
Brady- PIH and nothing with Tucker
Kylie says:
A few. I got dhydrated and put on a drip, i got some bleeding, i then got a stitch put in, (my cervix had started to dilate early so they had to keep it closed), then i was in pain for the rest of my pregnancy and in and out of hospital.
Sara says:
No
Mindy says:
With the first 2, high blood pressure. With Laurynn the delivery was horrific and the scariest thing that has ever happened to me.
Brooke says:
With Michaela I was put in hosp with severe asthma and had to have a c-section due to been footling breech , Nikita just the constant sickness and me just about dying afterwards
Elizabeth says:
Not really. I had preexisting high blood pressure that they monitored.
Katrina says:
Emergency c-section with Corey due to him being a big Bubba and another c-section with Mia because she was breach.
Christi says:
Nope, not one with either of them. They were pretty much easy.
Jennifer says:
MY WHOLE PREGNANCY WAS A COMPLICATION. FIRST MY PLUG CAME OUT DURING MY 4 MONTH THEN MY WATER BROKE FIRST OF NOVEMBER AND GAVIN WASNT DUE TILL THE END OF JANUARY
Rosa says:
none
Katie says:
Nope
Danielle says:
Yes, more so in Hannah's pregnancy.
Katie says:
Ava was breech, and none with the girls.
Christi says:
Only at the end with both, With Eliza my water leaked without contractions starting and with Isaiah I had to have an emergency c-section for fetal distress
Scierra says:
nope none
Breann says:
Yes I ended up in the hospital a lot for IV. Was always throwing up and it made me dehydrated. Then at 35 weeks I ended up going to the hospital for what I though would just be another bout of IV. Went home and came back the following day. Ended up having to get induced and have my baby because I had toxemia which was high blood pressure that wouldn't go away unless I had her.
cheri says:
well ya...bailey was preme, whit was born in a car and aby was born in a ambulance
Patricia says:
no
Jessica says:
swelling with gabby and nothing with tiana
Christine says:
Nope. Besides my daughter being a big baby and my labor wasnt progressing properly and I wasnt dilating or thinning out...So I had a c section, And because I had a c section with my daughter, my doctor wont allow me to have a vaginal birth with my son.
Candace says:
I went 6 weeks early
Jessica says:
not really, other than they were concerned that she was measuring small
Kala says:
I had preclamsca with Taylor and most likely with Caden as well but They won't know just yet
Laura says:
nope with both
Nikki says:
non with either
Pamela says:
I had preterm labor with all of them. Connor was born 6 weeks premature due to trauma.
rebecca says:
nope...
hayley says:
jst hi blood persur
Samantha says:
water infection wiv my first and nothing wiv my second
annie says:
nope!
Katie says:
no...
Monica says:
none with sarah. Owen wouldn't stay head down, I had to go to the hospital to flip him, which didn't work, he flipped twice while trying to do the procedure!
Heather says:
Nope
Jennie says:
umm not really complcations he just wouldnt come down into my cervix
Cionette says:
none
Renee says:
Chase none Carson was too much amniotic fluid April and Agnes were twins so ...........
Tracy says:
first pregnancy at 26 weeks we thought my water broke so i spent 3 days in the hospital to find out he kicked me in the bladder so hard he made me pee my pants..but it did involve an ambulance ride from the town i lived in to the big city...second time around i don't believe we had any major issues
Amanda says:
Nothing major, pitariasis rosea from like 10-15 weeks, SVT from about 16 weeks on, and pneumonia at 35 weeks.
Vanessa says:
None with Elijah other than early labor contractions, and I don't know about this one yet!
Patricia says:
Not really just a small hemorrage during the first trimester but went away fast.
kirsty says:
snope. i had to take iron tablets
Alyssa says:
Excess water
Kya says:
yes i have a blood condition that needed to be monitored regularly
Kaitlyn says:
yes
Lisa says:
yes i had a serious time where i couldn't eat i just slept for 2weeks.
Lauren says:
nope
Tish says:
yep
Jennifer says:
No. There was a time where I was in hospital because I had been bleeding after intercourse and they thought it might be miscarriage but it was an unexplained occurance they said. Oh well.
carissa says:
isabella - her size but she was fine in the end louisa - they thought her limbs were to small but she was fine
Kirbie says:
nope
Marianna says:
no
Laura says:
Yes! Where to begin!!
Richelle says:
Yes Bub almost came to early and he sat on my nerves, Very painful!!
Amy says:
not with the pregnacy but i end up in hospital for a week
katie says:
no smooth sailing
karlee says:
nope
krystal says:
none with chase, landyn was an emergency c-section, and kayleigh had something wrong with the placenta so she was full term but only weighed 5lb 2ozs.
Mitzi says:
They gave me oxygen because my blood pressure was going up.
Liz says:
false labour a few times with dyl that was about it
Meagen says:
Bryce - gestational diabetes Savannah - gestational diabetes, was in hospital most of the time from 26 wks cos of it
Sara says:
Nah, not really
Brandi says:
Almost had to do a c-section due to not dialating like I should, I got to 6 and froze for a while.
Sharon says:
yep
Susan says:
Yes lost a twin at 22weeks...
rosie says:
i bled all the time, especially with Emma nearly lost her twice and kept going into premature labour with her, hannah and kobe's pregnancies were pretty good.
Amy says:
i was fine till the end i got high blood presure and was placed in hospitial a week and a bit before i was due
INA says:
YES!!! I WAS BLEEDING TWICE SO I HAVE TO BE IN BED FOR THREE LONG MONTHS....
Nichelle says:
Nope. Not one
Melissa says:
Nope
Faith says:
yes lots where do i start all of the pregnancy was a complication
Anonymous says:
sickness, heart pulpitations and bruised ribs from how she was laying.
Kym says:
Hell yeah 3 days of induction for then the doctors to say look baby is stuck we need to do emergency c - section !!!
Jade says:
Anemia of pregnancy. Iron injections every week.
Ewa says:
With Josh - i had placenta praevia, in and out of hospital all the time,so i was scheduled for a c-section, but went into premature labour, and Josh was born 5 wks premmie, by c-section. With Mia - was going for a VBAC, had a 6.5hr labour, then bub was getting distressed so had a emergency c-section.
Sarah says:
went to hospital at about 32ish weeks due to a stomach bug. low iron .. and
Clare says:
nope all was great
Caitlin says:
yes i got preclampsia
Natalie says:
a few but we got through them
Amanda says:
constipation n my hips wer moving out way t much
tina says:
yes there was many dureing my pregnancy and wen i gave birth.
Natalie says:
none with brandon and a few with faith
shana says:
almost lost the baby twice in the beginning but we did loose a twin
Dani says:
yes...i had very little fluid an had to have weekly scans an checks.
Nicola says:
None with both
Madeleine says:
not realy just had alot of check ups for growth they tought i was measuring small on both
Samantha says:
yes thomas had low movement throughout
Joelle says:
at the end with hannah i thought id gone in2 early labour as i were gettin pains
Jemma says:
No
debbie says:
yes loads with jemma i was in hospital 2 weeks before she was born had high blood pressure protein in my water and the start of toxicemea (cant spell that ) same with simon except midwife had to come out evey day and do tests and then phone results through to the hospital dr who then made me go up there for more test every day and then sent home again it was such a pain
Deborah says:
Emily got stuck for a little while and i tore resulting in 2nd degree suture's but was very quick
Lesley says:
not on the first
Laura says:
not really spd
Claire says:
high blood pressure kidney stone and infections
Jemma says:
nope
Solana says:
no, just delivery.
Amber says:
No, and so far this one is going good too
kailey says:
i fainted alot and had some crazy heart beats
Hilda says:
loss of blood, Meconium birth http://www.essortment.com/all/whatismeconium_rhmq.htm
Danielle says:
yes preterm labor
Mandy says:
not really.. it happend really fast i went in diolated to 6 and they couldnt even get the epadural in
Cheyenne says:
Nope
Amanda says:
Hmmm... at the end I had the start of preeclampsia.
Emily says:
I was classified as a "high risk pregnancy" because of my family's history of marfans, so it was always a littl nerve wracking to go in for the extra appointments, but nothing happened.
Jennifer says:
I started to go border line diabetic at about 5 months...
Rebecca says:
nope
Katie says:
Nope
Tina says:
NOPE! and im very greatful
Gemma says:
No
Larissa says:
not really they thought there was with scarlett but wasnt anything 2 worry about, had complication delivering sienna she ripped me clean in half lol
Megan says:
I had preterm labor both times and it was stopped with meds, delivered both babies the week of my due date though.
Janine says:
I started to bleed at around 2 months so that was worrying, wasn't told why but was told everything looked ok. Also i was 10 days late to deliver as we found out then that she was breach and would not come down low enough to break the waters naturally.
verity says:
yes loads thanks , but it will alway come back when im pregnant .x just got to live with it .x
Kaia says:
Nope.
leah says:
None with Alayna and hopefully there will be none with Jadyn either:P
Shauna says:
my placenta was abnonal. It was matuing faster than the baby but disappeared throughout pregnancy
ashley says:
no just low blood sugar with brady no biggy once i got in balanced
Jasmin says:
a couple, gestationl diabeties, a growth on my finger, that no one knew how to get rid of it or what it was, until a Dr put me on antibiotics and it went away...
Tiffany says:
not really
Terri says:
None
April says:
Completely great and wonderful pregnancy until 40 weeks, when I developed pre-eclampsia. I had terrible heartburn the whole time, but I don't consider that a complication, more like an annoyance.
Hillary says:
nope
Chasity says:
During the pregnancy I didn't have any problems at all.
Amy says:
i had an awesome pregnancy.. labor ehhh
Jamie says:
no
Meaghan says:
None!!
Erin says:
oh lord...anything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong, but it turned out great in the end
Ashley says:
With Cobe...Nope!! He hasnt given me problems since the beginning. Carter is another story.... he tried to come 12 weeks early.
Kerri says:
eh yes.... loads!
Katie says:
No complications...we just miscarried the twin around 10 weeks into pregnancy though.
Danielle says:
Just some abnormal blood loss after delivery.
Angel says:
kidney stones with my 1st and horrible sickness....2nd one was horrible sickness, dehydration alot and swelling real bad from bout 6 or 7 months on
Sandra says:
Just that he was too big to deliver naturally.
tracey says:
none
Annie says:
SPD, thats about it
Allison says:
NONE, those came years after
BobbieAnn says:
no
Elizabeth says:
none other anemic with first and gestational diabetes with the third
Sarah says:
yh half way through my pregnancy i found out i had s.p.d then pre eclampsia but after i had andrew i found out that it wasnt s.p.d i actually have a dislocated hip
Tameika says:
Had staff infection which i needed to take tablets for
Christine says:
Nope!
Lauren says:
No
myrisa says:
Not really. Well, I puked throughout my second pregnancy and did not gain weight.
Ellen says:
pregnancy no labor yes!
Katie says:
Orions head was too big for my hips, they used forceps to pull him out.
jaymee says:
none
Amy says:
My Blood presser went WAY WAY up.
Ashly says:
Yes
Devon says:
nope. my baby didn't move alot so i had to go in for non-stress tests alot, but everything was perfect
Beth says:
I was dehydrated at the beginning.
Vilka says:
yea
Rachel says:
Nadia was to small but a-okay other than that
Lauren says:
High blood pressure
Julie says:
With Alaina, my placenta ruptured so she was taken out a month and a half early by c section. With Erik, no problems at all!
surina says:
Not too bad. I did some with caleb, but not payton.
Tiffany says:
not one....
Colleen says:
nothing serious
Erin says:
no real complications....morning sickness awful for 5 months and contractions 8 min apart every day all day for the last 4 months
Katie says:
During my first one I bled alot, till I was about 5 months along. He also came 8 weeks early. My other pregnancies were smooth sailing and no complications.
Nicole says:
pregnancy induced hypertension, gestational diabetes, and pre-eclampsia.
Samantha says:
No
Leslie says:
Yes- Spotting, Placenta Previa, Gestational Diabetes, Induction and then Emergency C-Section
Amy says:
Yes I had kidney stones and an almost broke pubic bone
Caryn says:
Nope...had healthy pregnancies each and every time
Josie says:
I had gestational diabetes with all three.
NOEMI says:
NO... THE ONLY THING WAS WITH MY FIRST BABY, I COULDN'T WAIT FOR HER TO COME OUT SO I INDUCED AND I NEVER DIALATD.
Vanessa says:
No, I don't think so
Juanita says:
Yes, several. I'd prefer not to talk about them.
Crissy says:
Yes. Gestational diabetes with all three. Early labor with Zakk, partial blocking of the cervix by the placenta and possible kidney problems (with baby) with Mackenzie. Also low amnotic fluid with Mackenzie she had to come early due to that. Brynna just hurt me my lower belly, legs and ribs hurt all the time at the end. All three c-sections.
Michelle says:
sciatica with Justin, Morning sickness with Roxanna
Tamrah says:
no
Jade says:
none with Ava - this time I have had a bit of low bp & bub is small.
Karli says:
Preterm labour
Jenene says:
not during but at delivery
Maria says:
No... Thank God...
Tobey says:
Yes - hyperemesis gradium, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome. It was one hell of a pregnancy.
Laura says:
Just being sick all the time and the whole sugar thing.
Amber says:
With Cayla I had preclamsia and group b strep.. none with Kinleigh
Stephanie says:
Nope
lori says:
anemia
Rachel says:
Mina preterm labor, TWICE! That little girl really wanted out.
Libby says:
With Phoebe everything was perfect until my water broke and nothing happened. With Stephen I had bacterial vaginosis twice. :-p
stephanie says:
at 13 weeks i almost miscarried and ended up in the ER. scariest moment of my life
Brittany says:
yes i got a kidney infection during my pregnancy so i had to watch for that but that was the only thing "major"
Megan Elizabeth says:
A million. I was a statistical anomaly with as many complications as I had, ranging from the very comon to the extremely rare. Here's the short list: single umbilical artery, prolonged inflamed sciatica, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, and one of the worst cases of Pups (severe pregnancy rash) my doctor had ever seen. But, God carried both of us through and now we're both healthy!
Brenda says:
My doctor was very concerned about my pregnany because I had had a miscarriage 7 months before. I was considered "high risk" and they believed I was preeclamptic but I was not. I did have low fluid levels towards the end of my pregnancy.
Kellie says:
Just my weight loss at frist then I was able to keep enough food down to make them happy
Wendy says:
None, my health improves when pregnant.
Carolyn says:
Nope.
jasmine says:
no
karla says:
none
natalia says:
TOO MANY TO DESCRIBE: BUT LOSING MY IDENTICAL TWINS WAS THE WORSE..GIVING BIRTH TO THE TWINS AT 26 WKS GESTATION AND HAVING A CROSS C-SECTION.
Debbie says:
Severe pre-eclampsia at 6mo. Hardest part was, I felt fine.. but was not
Kristen says:
border line diabeties and big baby LOL
Michele says:
None. I was a happy heifer!
christine says:
too many to count, at the end
Patricia says:
My son came out face up so he took in alot of the fluids so I couldt see him for almost 6 hours after delivery. Age 4 weeks he had major surery for Pyloric Stenosis and double hernia; at 10 months he had surgey to fix minor hypospadia (not sure on spelling)
Valerie says:
He came out a little sideways and got some fluid in his lungs. They let me hold him for literally 30 seconds before taking him to their "Transition Room" for 6 hours. I was so pissed off.
Ashley says:
Minor ones- a blood clot and partial placenta privia. I had a neg RH type too so had to get Rhogam.
Ashley says:
just a little dehydrated twice
Vanessa says:
None at all
Valerie says:
No, No complications...Thank God!
Emma says:
nope
Kirsty says:
My blood pressure kept jumping up and we spent so many hours at the Antenatal Assessment Centre. Also, throughout the pregnancy Jack was measring on the 50th centile but then near the end his measurements went down to the 9th centile so they were talking about inducing me. All was well in the end though.
Melissa says:
I have a double uterus, so determining how she would fit through the split vaginal canal.
Evie says:
in my third month Drs found that I had an extra protein in my blood tests that may indicate Downs Syndrome. The Amnio hurt really bad... imagaine puching a thumb tak through cardboard...that pop...when it gets through....ya....it sucked... the 2 week wait period to grow the chromosones sucked. But he was negative.
Lisa says:
she was breech for a while and they said if they couldn't get her to turn, they would have to schedule a csection. Which I didn't want. She finally turned though.
elizabeth says:
no, i was very lucky!
Stephanie says:
ummm Bubba stopped growing at 25 weeks.....?? but still born Healthy few weeks later, just very tiny. Then other stuff......
seeriya says:
none wot so ever
Katelyn says:
nope
Hollie says:
yes i had pre-eclampsia
Leeanne says:
nope just being 12days late lol
natasha says:
no my first just went on for 18 hrs she just didnt want to come out!
Kelly says:
none with rach appendisitis with jay, low lying placenta and they also thought his femur had stopped growing none with lochie
Kelly says:
Nope
lisa says:
no complications at all
venita says:
yes lots, lost 2 of the 3
Becky Jade says:
They Found A Cyst On Me But Kacie Was Fine :D
brandy says:
no
Anna says:
spotting for a little while..
Shannan says:
yes they induced me three weeks early because of my blood pressure, then i labored for 12 hours only to be told they were going to have to do an emergency c-section because she was breach and in the birth canal. but in the end she was healthy and mama was great too
Anna says:
pre-term labor with the last 3 and all 3 were born 5 weeks early
Angela says:
just my 3rd one with the gestational diabetes but the delivery was fast and fine
Ashley says:
Just that she ended up breech and I had to have a C-section
Amy says:
i got put in the hospital both times
Michelle says:
None.
Rebecca says:
No
Lauren says:
Nope
Sheena says:
Bleeding, low placenta, high BP
Kerrie-ann says:
none at all
claire says:
no it was a very good 1
Tracie says:
yes i went through a c section for my last child
kristy says:
high blood pressure and premature labor
Rhonda says:
Yes, second child, went into preterm labor at almost seven months, had to take meds.. and youngest went breech, had to have emergency c-section

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