Community Posts, Tips & Support on Second Trimester

I've been on a tough journey to diagnose a possible autoimmune disease (I think i have lupus or something that causes similar symptoms) and recently found out i was pregnant even though we were using protection. It's been a huge shock and I'm terrified about how I'll manage the pregnancy when I'm trying to figure ou...

I had a C-section and baby is now 5 days old. I was given dihydracodine for 3 days and then I had some cocodamol as the pain was still really bad and I've been taking that for 2. I've now just seen that your not meant to when breast feeding and I am exclusively breast feeding! Baby showing no concerns and midwife co...

Does dihydrocodeine have the same effect on the baby in the womb as it does on us? FYI I’m on these for PGP pain and I’m 24 weeks pregnant. I only take one on a night and use paracetamol through the day as the dihydrocodeine make me drowsy/lightheaded/sleepy etc… I’m wondering if it does the same to my baby?

I’ve always been into my healthy stuff and going to the gym. Had a baby in December, I was 79kg in May, I’m now 73kg. Now I have a really bad relationship with food. I’m scared too loose too much weight cause I’m worried it’ll be an illness ( I’m always scared about cancer I have healthy anxiety) but I’m scared...

Are these blood pressure readings ok? I’m 30 weeks pregnant with baby #4 and in my other pregnancies I’ve always had high blood pressure readings. I was told when I got pregnant this time round when/if my readings go high I will be started on medication to keep it at bay. I started to monitor it myself this week a...

I keep getting ads for the sneak peek early gender reveal test has anyone actually used this? Does it work and if so how early did you try it? It says as early as 6 weeks and I’m currently 7 weeks 1 day just curious before spending money on something

I started bleeding last night and came straight to my gynae who did an examination and admitted me. It was the scariest night ever with lots of needles for tests, a drip and injections in case of pre-term labour. The bleeding has subsided down to a few drops over the last 24 hours but they'll only discharge me once ...

I’m currently 17 weeks and 5 days and can barely manage any food apart from burgers, jam on toast and prawn mayo buttys, i feel so horrible because im barely eating and im not giving my baby the best food/nutrients it can have :/

We made the decision to not send out LG to nursery until she's 2, call it my anxiety, but I hate the stories coming out of the news at the moment, and we are in a financial position that allows for me to work part-time with fiance working full-time. I'm now worried that she may be missing out on things, for exampl...

So I was told at my 12 week scan that I have an ‘anterior placenta’ which means I probably wont feel movement from baby until 20-24 weeks. Has anyone else had/ has this? I’m not worried as I was told it’s quite common it’s just not the most common form of placenta. Just curious x

Randomly my belly will get hard and stay hard for a while like could be an hour or so. It’s different than when I feel baby’s back or butt up against one side or part of my belly. This is like the entire belly and it feels uncomfortable but not anything serious. Anyone else have this?

Hi everyone, so I have to have my bloods taken on Monday but I have a very extreme fear of needles (I know that sounds silly) but does anyone have any recommendations like a numbing cream that will steady my nerves a little bit? I’m in the uk and I’m scared that I’ll just reject the blood test which I need to have d...

Is anyone else due December 14th like me ? I’m trying to pin point my conception date but can’t remember my last period…

Has anyone known anyone to have a sickness bug while giving birth? I’m 39+3 and my LO has a sickness bug and I’m inevitably going to catch it… I’m so anxious that I’m going to go into labour with the sickness bug and then need a c section because I can’t cope with both 😩.

So i’m 29 weeks on sunday and i just had an episode of blurry vision and high blood pressure, went to the ER, and after a 3 day stay I was officially diagnosed with pre-eclampsia. Im overall a healthy person and Thank God everything about baby came back perfect, but I’ve never dealt with anything like this before an...

I’m 36 weeks and my last few appointments the baby’s heart rate has been 120. They just took it like 5 different times and kept trying to get it to go up. They said it’s the low end of the range they want to be in. It’s just making me really nervous. My first kiddo was always like 145, so it feels like a big diffe...

Someone told me I look great and I don’t even look pregnant!!! I’m almost 26 weeks and I thought I was finally starting to show!!! It’s not the compliment you think it is lol I feel pregnant and I’m having tons of round ligament pain and so on…. I wear loose fitting clothes at work but still lol I just can’t wait t...

Anyone else completely over thinking everything???? I am so so scared of something going wrong during labour and my biggest fear is having a still birth. I just don’t know what to do to shake these feelings and it’s making me really anxious 🙁🙁🙁

I don't wanna be negative because the bottom line is I have been too scared to do BLW - my child is 8.5 months and still on purees. We're going at our own pace, but I'm so sick of everytime I'm logging into Insta or other mum pages, constant content about BLW and their babies 'loving' food and eating EVERYTHING. Ju...

So I've just had a phone consultation before my mw app on Wednesday to go over history etc Firstly I've had strep b in the last 12 months so she told me ill need anti biotics in labour because baby could get meningitis...anyone ever had this? Kinda worried me Also I found out on August 31st I was pregnant making me...