Community Posts, Tips & Support on Second Trimester

Please share your stories with an anterior placenta! I’m 21 weeks and have felt the occasionally poke (very faint) when home from work laying down. Doesnt have a pattern yet. Does it get more regular??? Does it get stronger??? Panicked x

Whoever said the 2nd trimester was easier is a big liar, had a violent craving for a bacon and egg sandwich and it was amazing I was so happy. Cut to an hour later and I'm fighting between throwing up in the toilet and almost shitting myself at the same time 😭🤣

Any advice or support right now would be very helpful. Full panic mode. Had my last scan this week and baby is measuring bigger than he should and I’m having to have a gestational diabetes check. This is fine I’m not bothered about that. However I did google (I know I shouldn’t) what it might mean to have a bigger b...

Any other moms who have EBF their baby gain more weight than when you were pregnant? I am at the heaviest I’ve ever been. I thought BF would make me lose pregnancy weight but I’ve just kept gaining. I wasn’t even this heavy when I was pregnant. Im starting to wean my baby off and get him on formula now. Don’t kn...

I have a 6 day early test. Will this work?

Hey guys so I’m 36 weeks pregnant today, this pregnancy has been beyond hard, painful and has landed me in the hospital a few times needing IV bags and monitoring. For the past week and a half my blood pressure has been constantly in the 132/96 range and I take pictures for proof but every time I go to my OB with my...

Hi girls, so I had my little girl in September last year & the past couple months I have been feeling under the weather just so drained 24/7 I feel so guilty sometimes as I can’t do as much as I would like to with her, most days we just stay in the house all day. I’m not sure if it’s possibly my bloods as when I was...

Also feeling a bit sick and have what feels like Tummy ache 😣

Anyone else feeling uncomfortable pressure lower down now?! I’m 34 weeks and last few days every time baby moves the pressure in my pelvis is insanely uncomfortable 😣 my midwife has put on my notes that he’s 4/5 engaged so still a while to go and I’m so worried about how it’s going to feel as he gets lower! 🙈

Do you still get scared of labour ?

Have you all noticed lower blood pressure since being pregnant? For example 106/65

Has any once else experienced high blood pressure but only when in the hospital for appointments? I went for my 25 week appointment on Wednesday and my blood pressure was high on multiple readings (158/90) so I was sent to triage for further monitoring. Whilst there and lay on the bed it started high but did come ...

I don’t know if it’s my anxiety or just because it’s something I’ve never done before, but I’m having a hard time picturing my baby coming home. I can’t say definitively if I “have a bad feeling”. For reference, my pregnancy has been healthy and uncomplicated. I’m due in about a week. Just hoping for some comfort ...

Recently I’ve started monitoring my blood pressure at home as I have swollen legs and just generally feeling ‘fuzzy’ . It’s usually around 110-120/60-70. It’s now 144/85 or roughly around that and doesn’t get any lower. Now I know this still isn’t too alarming I even told my midwife who advised me to not check my ow...

It’s my birthday next week and all I want to do is sit at home, because going out to eat (something I normally absolutely love) has turned into such an area of stress for me. Having to interrogate ingredients, deal with staff who don’t know what pasteurised means (not their fault ofc) and double check they’ve given ...

I wish my partner would be more empathetic to how much stress and change i have to go through in order to grow our baby. The body changes, all the hormones and symptoms that come with it, going to all the dr appts, the tiredness especially still working full time. I know this sounds like i’m looking for a pity par...

I’m 6 months postpartum on the 8th and found out I’m pregnant last week! Not sure how far along I am but I got what I thought was my period last month although it was super light.. so if my last period was Oct 21 then I’d be around 7 weeks. Anyways I’m already having ligament paint and some stretching pain.. woul...

Hello mommas we just found out we are pregnant with twins we are happy but super scared I only weigh 101 pounds and I’m scared there will be complications what should I be eating?? And need help with nausea it’s killing me (we are 9 weeks)

I went for my 20 week scan this week and baby’s tummy was measuring bigger so they have said I need to be tested for gestational diabetes as it could mean this. Has anyone had this and can it mean anything else? Also how long after having your test done did it take to receive results?

I got a 135 which is their cutoff even though the actual results say normal is under 140. Going to do the 3hr one on Monday 🤞🏼