Community Posts, Tips & Support on Second Trimester

Today is our first day with the band and I’m already so overwhelmed. I know people say the first week is the hardest to adjust. My baby is sweating so much from his head because of it. Does anyone have any experience with the band or any advice :(

9 weeks, 4 days! Transvaginal Ultrasound. What’s your guess? 🩷🩵 (7 weeks, 4 days scan in comments!)

Soo nothing I do is helping my blood pressure go down. My pressure usually is on the low side, however, last night I had a salad, zucchini and squash, mash potatoes, soup, and fried mushrooms at outback steakhouse. My blood pressure has been 129/90 last night and around there all day. I exercised, I drank more water...

How long did it take everyone to get their NIPT results back? I’m on nateras official website and apparently my provider didn’t turn in my blood sample until 4 days after I took the test so it’s prolonged the already long wait. Estimated to get it back Oct 4th but wondering how long it took for others to get them back.

Anyone here with UCSD and has done NIPT? How long before you got your results? And was it posted on MyChart or did you find out at the next appointment?

This pregnancy is so much different than my first last year. I'm 34 weeks but experiencing bleeding hemorrhoids and today my ankles (or should I say cankles?) got really swollen and they haven't gotten better after over an hour of lying down on the couch with my feet elevated on pillows. I'm just not sure what to d...

Why am I so worried/nervous about every little thing? Were you like this too with your first? What helped you not to be so uptight? 15 weeks currently.

Hi mommies, I’m 5 months pp with my second one. Had gained about 6 kgs during pregnancy and now I am 5 kgs below my preg pregnancy weight. I’m taking postnatal vitamins and iron tabs. Diet is home food- rice lentils meat etc. junk is minimum. I eat sweets too. As per my height, I’m 3 kgs above my ideal weight even ...

Are we supposed to fast before the glucose test ? I have my test tomorrow at 9:00am, I can’t remember the instructions and it’s too late to call 😅

Anyone looking at an early c section and stressing about skin to skin and being separated from baby? I’m having a hard time adjusting to the fact that I will most likely need a c section around 37 weeks and that my doctor said they don’t do immediate skin to skin. I know all that matters is healthy baby and healthy ...

Hi all, I’m in my first trimester and I am ITCHY. I was sporadically itchy for my first baby but this is a new level. It’s not itch from stretching as I haven’t started to stretch yet (3 weeks in). Did anyone experience this / have any suggestions?

Hi lovelies, I was wondering if anyone here is navigating pregnancy with epilepsy, especially during the second trimester, and experiencing irregular seizures. I've been living with epilepsy for over 14 years, so it's been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. My neurologist has been amazing and has adjus...

Ladies do you guys also see a faint line? What test do you all recommend?

Till how many weeks can we lay on our back?? I’m 22+5 weeks pregnant and it’s my first pregnancy , i get so tensed when i lay on back

How are we doing ladies? I had really bad baby blues with my first baby a few years ago (she was a very fussy and I was really struggling). I’m so content this time around but just got hit with a bout of anxiety out of nowhere which I can only assume is the hormone change (we’re day 2 today and milk just came in)....

I had gestational hypertension in my previous pregnancy and have been told I'm severely high risk for developing pre eclampsia this time.

Is the NIPT accurate ?

I’m 29 weeks, and I feel self conscious some days because I feel like I’m not eating enough food and that I’m starving my baby. I wake up around 5am because that’s when my man goes to work, then I’ll have a healthy snack at around 7 am, and then fall asleep until around 11am, and have like fruit or something before...

What gender are we guessing? Just abit of fun🩷🍼🩵

Scan at 12+2 ❤️ have heard about the nub theory but have no idea what I’m looking for 😂 any guesses would be greatly appreciated 😁