Community Posts, Tips & Support on Second Trimester

Anyone else ready to evict??? I’m almost 34 weeks and absolutely done 😂 so uncomfortable, not sleeping or able to find a comfortable position, food does nothing for me. Everything is an effort! This last trimester is draggggging

I think I’ve just taken my first test …very faint line ,due on today 🙈abit nervous to be honest and not sure when I will be due …think my app says 30th December ,which is crazy 🤣

Today we are 25 weeks pregnant, which week are you in? 🎉🎉🎉💙

I’m 38 weeks today and I already know baby is engaged, couple of weeks ago she was 3/5 engaged and had been for a few weeks but honestly feel as though a water balloon is going to pop inside my pubic area when she moves🤣😅 that’s the only way I can describe it. Keep thinking I’m going to feel a pop then my waters…

Anyone else around my time frame feeling like this are getting ready in their bodies. I went for a midwife appointment this morning and got told to keep an eye on things, been getting random and irregular cramping ish in my lower back bottom. So been told to monitor it as it could do things starting to progress. Ho...

Has anyone had the GTT at Colchester Hospital recently? I didn’t have it done in my last pregnancy but have been put in for one this time. A little bit nervous about the whole process, particularly the drink as I’ve heard it can be horrible

I'm feeling so guilty, I don't have any patience for my toddler in these late stages of pregnancy and it's making me feel like I can't connect to her properly. I'm worried that this will continue when the babies born :(. Anyone experiencing something similar?

I’m 35 weeks + 1 day. This is my second pregnancy. My son (now 17mo) was born after i developed gestational hypertension at 37 weeks and a failed induction which lasted 48 hours until i decided to do a c section instead. I was preparing for VBAC (which could theoretically happen still), but I went to my OB for ultra...

Hello ladies so im 21 and currently 7 weeks rn, this is my first pregnancy and i am around 275 pounds and 5'3 im excited but i have hella anxiety about having a miscarriage due to my weight. Are there any other people who were overweight and had a successful pregnancy?

Just found out I’m pregnant but my husband goes away for work for a couple of months from next week and I’m nervous about coping with symptoms whilst having a 18month old at home and no one around to help out. The 1st trimester was brutal the first time round. Has anyone got any tips on how to cope? 😭

Am 37 weeks now and baby still feels high up (kicking me in ribs and struggling to breathe etc) Assuming nothing will happen until they have dropped?! First time and no idea what to expect!

Got my NIPT test back... Im having another boy. 🤭 🩵🩵💙👶 Going have gender reveal for my husband and SK during summer. Gonna watch the tears fall down all their faces bc they all wanted a girl. 🤣🤣😅

I cut my baby's thumb when I tried clipping his nails tonight 😭 I've never done them before, his Dad files them but he was nursing and scratching me lots so thought I should clip them. I used the baby clippers from his little set but I caught the skin on his thumb and it bled for a couple of minutes and there's a…

Hello everyone, I have my glucose testing tomorrow to test for GDM and I cannot get onto the document portal to see what the rules are such as when to stop eating, what I can drink what I cannot drink etc. does anyone know the exact information? Thank you!!

Hey, so the doctor has told me that baby needs to come out at 39 weeks due to my Low Papp. However, hospital called me this morning saying they will do my C section 39+5 and if my water breaks they will do an emergency one. Anyone have any experience they were rude on the phone saying “you need to stop being anxious...

How was your perinatal period and birth experience? Did you get the birth experience you wanted or did you face trauma? Did you endure stress during pregnancy?

Has anyone done a sneak peek test? How many weeks were you and did it end up being accurate?

I’m 17 weeks pregnant with my 2nd i have a feeling something is not right but have no reason to think this. No worrying signed or symptoms but I’m worried is there any way I can get a midwife appt or a doctors appointment just to check baby heart rate blood pressure etc anything just to reassure me ?

Of course I want baby to keep growing happy & healthy inside my stomach but I’m just so done being pregnant already, I have fibromyalgia on top of gestational diabetes and everything is just so hard. This will be my first child and last. I know it sounds awful but pregnancy is just not for me I’ll struggling!! Sorry...

I take 150mg of sertraline a day, and I wonder if this is why I don’t feel much about my pregnancy ? This is my second child and Like I don’t feel excited, scared, nervous, anything I feel like I feel nothing. I don’t really know how to explain how I feel. Does anyone else have this kind of emptiness on sertraline?