A Great DIGITAL Pregnancy Test!

Advantages: Digital Display
Disadvantages: You can't buy just the cartridges by themselves

...I started out buying just the standard Clearblue Pregnancy Test. I brought this one initially as it was cheaper than some of the others (£10 for 2 test sticks). Anyway I was 7 days late but suspected before this that I may be pregnant but wasn't too sure how long you are supposed to wait before you can do the test. When I read the box I found out I could of actually done the test on the first day my period was due, so I didn't actually need to wait this long at all. I had never taken a pregnancy test before but was very pleased to find that there were very clear instructions on the reverse of the packaging. The clear instructions were in 3 steps. Inside the packaging was a questionnaire, a more detailed description on how to use the test and 2 of the testers. The testers are individually wrapped and easy to open. On opening...

saraha007 16.01.2005 · Read review
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Review of Clearblue Pregnancy Test Kit

Love the new DIGITAL clearblue pregnancy test!!!!

Advantages: finding out 100% one way or the other...
Disadvantages: Slightly Expensive

...Me and my partner have been trying for a baby for a while so i would stock up on the internet cheap pregnancy tests from auction sites... as soon as i saw a faint line i 'eeeeek'd' with excitement... it was so extremely faint i had to squint at the line. I just had to know! am i pregnant? is it my mind playing tricks on me? my better half ran to our local supermarket and bought a 2 pack digital conceptor Clear Blue pregnancy tests. I dipped it in the pot for 10 seconds and saw the little egg timer flash... i was scare to look... i dairnt look!! through slightly open fingers i glanced in the direction of the test, PREGNANT 1-2 WEEKS!! oh my gosh, they are the best words i have seen on such a small thing! how something so tiny can create the biggest smile!! yes they are slightly high in price compared to my internet cheap tests, but what...

tootsy1987 14.09.2009 · Read review
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My Pregnancy Bible.

Advantages: Gives advice through every stage of pregnancy and beyond
Disadvantages: Some photos look quite dated.

...Finding out I was pregnant for the first time was a bit of a shock, I had no idea what to expect and while my mother tried to provide advice I thought it would be helpful to doing some reading up on what to expect over the 9 months that were to follow. On my trip to Waterstones one book stood out from the acres of other pregnancy manuals and it was Dr Miriam Stoppards New Pregnancy & Birth book, I don't know what it was about the book that drew me to it, perhaps it was the gaze of the baby on the front cover, whatever the reason I returned home with my very own copy. Miriam Stoppard- Dr Miriam Stoppard was born in 1937 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She studied at Kings College (Renamed Newcastle university in 1962) and went on to work in the Victoria Royal infirmary. She began her writing career in the 1970s and has gone on to provide...

piggypine 25.10.2007 · Read review
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Perfect Pregnancy Partner

Advantages: Covers everything you would ever need to know about pregnancy and birth
Disadvantages: Slightly on expensive side at £2.70 per month

...Pregnancy and Birth Magazine After trying to conceive for over three years and being told that through medical reasons I only had a 1% chance of ever conceiving naturally, you can imagine my surprise and immense pleasure when the two blue lines showed on the seven different pregnancy tests I took nearly 8 months ago. Immediately I started thinking of everything an anything to help the pregnancy progress healthily and one of the first things I did was to go to the local supermarket and browse the pregnancy magazines. After flicking through a few, I was disappointed in the quality and quantity of them, that is until I came across Pregnancy and Birth. Although I am pregnant with my first child, I have a younger brother and sister who are quite a bit younger than me, so have some experience, though I felt that having my own brought...

elfbwillow 09.09.2007 · Read review
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pregnancy test

Advantages: tells you if you are pregnant
Disadvantages: none

...most pregnancy tests available on the market these days do exactly the same as each other it is just that you pay a lot more for testers that tell you in words that you are pregnant or tell you that you are so many days pregnant, this in my opinion is a total waste of money when they all do the same job which is basically testing for an increase in a hormone in your urine, after all why pay £15 for a stick you are going to piddle on and throw away when you can get a very similar stick from your chemist for around £1 for a pack of two or 3 and are the exact same ones used by the nurse at your doctors surgery. Read your instructions on your pack carefuly as the timing on different tests is different but the basics are still the same, you need to test after the first day that your period was due as this is the earliest time that most...

danniell 14.02.2009 · Read review
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My pregnancy

Advantages: Great feeling
Disadvantages: Labour

...My pregnancy wasn't planned. I wish it was, but no. A lot of women I have spoke to, have told me the best thing about having a baby is becoming a family. Mother, baby, and father. I didn't want that. I had always wanted to be a mother, but the family I craved consisted of Mother and baby. Remember when you were younger and you used to dream of your wedding day? I never did that. I only ever dreamed of being a mum, and not once was a man involved. If I was ever going to become a mum, I wanted to do it alone. I was told I was pregnant on 1st April 2004. That's right, April Fools Day. So, obviously, not everyone believed me. When the doctor revealed the news, I was the happiest person alive. But one thing niggled me. The father. I had been with him just over 2 months. He knew from the start I didn't want anything serious...

HeartOfGold 13.06.2005 (20.06.2005) · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on Pregnancy

Teenage pregnancies.

Advantages: Able to have your life back at an earlyish age.
Disadvantages: Missing out on potential years....

...everyone on my side and this I think was what got me through the pregnancy. I would suggest to any family that this happens too, please please show your support, it makes so much of a difference and at the end of the day, is a little innocent baby really that bad? The situation could be much worse every single time, so bare that in mind.........

weekellso 30.01.2003 · Read review
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Double Sided Pregnancy Pillow

Advantages: Relieves back ache in pregnancy, allowing peaceful sleep
Disadvantages: None found!

...If you have read any of my other reviews, you will know that I tend to focus on pregnancy, baby and children related products. So, here we have another 'life saver.' When I was pregnant I was signed off sick for the last five months due to problems in my back which led to extreme pain in my back and hips. The more pregnant I got, the worse it became due to the weight of my bump (bump makes it sound oh so cute and oh so small! I think the phrase I am looking for is?gargantuan mound!). This pain increase even more at night because a) pregnant women should not lie on their backs after 20 weeks due to circulation issues and b) this means lying on your side which causes your 'bump' to pull on your back. So, I was advised by the midwife, fellow pregnant women and friends who had been through it all before, that I needed to get...

FunkyFaulkner 28.07.2006 · Read review
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my unplanned pregnancy

Advantages: having a healthy baby boy
Disadvantages: lots of tears and thinking needed

...My unplanned pregnancy I met my partner on a night out to celebrate my 21st birthday this was on the 29th July 2005. On that night we met I knew in my hear t that I had met someone I thought I had a lot in common with and wanted to get to know him a lot better and see where life took us. I was in the middle of doing a 3 year nursing diploma so didn't want any real heavy relationship just time to get to know each other and see where life took us following the completion of my course, well all of that was about to change. Finding out In November of 2005 I was late for my period for about 2 weeks I didn't really think anything of it at the time as I had been having problems with my periods and we had been careful when it came to contraception. So as you can imagine when I did the pregnancy test and saw the two blue lines I was...

kirstymartin1984 12.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on Pregnancy

Ectopic Pregnancy, Salpinectomy - What?

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: The Whole Experience

...I will apologise now as this is a really personal experience for me, it?s something I haven?t had much help dealing with but I?ve decided to write this with as much of the detail as I can remember hence it is rather long, I?ve not written this to scare anyone it is just the story of my Ectopic Pregnancy and the resulting Salpinectomy and how it all unfolded. It was March 6th 2007 when it all started for me, it was a Tuesday morning and my partner had woken up early and woken me up too with the hopes of a little something fun before he had to go to work; he whispered those loving words in my ear, ?you?re period been and gone yet?? My mind scrambled trying to get around the simple question that Phil had asked and I jokingly replied, ?Nope ? must be giving me a break this month.? Well, that was the end of Phil?s good humour and good...

vk-dream 16.08.2007 · Read review
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