Community Posts, Tips & Support on Second Trimester

I feel silly for posting this but I'm just feeling a little anxious about labour and birth, on and off! This is my 2nd baby and I was induced the first time. Id really love a natural labour this time but every twinge makes me feel a little on edge instead of excited. I did hypno birthing with my first and feel I can...

Does this sound correct that I conceived end of December , early January ??

Does this sound correct ? That I had conceived either end of December towards beginning of January?

Has anyone else had cold/ flu like symptoms in the last trimester and been okay? I’m 36 weeks and I feel rubbish! But more worried about the little one still growing inside me! Any tips on what I can take to feel better? Thankyou! 🩵🩷

to the mamas that had HG with their second pregnancy and had to take care of a toddler…how did yall do it?! i’m struggling with the constant nausea and just wanting to lay down and being exhausted it’s so much harder now with a toddler i have this mom guilt of not being able to do much with her or for her i can bare...

Have my GTT tomorrow and the nhs website states two blood draws, a fasting sample then 2 hours after drinking the drink. I have just read that my trust does 3 blood draws?? One an hour after the drink and another 2 hours after. I'm a fainter and have extremely bad veins so any blood draw is traumatic for me, normall...

As a previous religious Hollywood waxer - since my second trimester I stopped going mainly due to bleeds. I’ve just been trimming down there short with electric razor since I couldn’t see with bump. A couple of friends have asked am I not going for a wax or getting hubby to shave me before birth. Tbh at this stage I...

Has anyone used this I just got my test results back an it all came back very good AND ITS A BOY!!!! just curious if anyone else has used this?

Saw my new GP the other day and when reviewing my notes saw that I’m a high risk pregnancy. He asked if it was because of my age. Being 29, I was confused and explained that it’s because of preexisting conditions. I thought this was a common age to be a first time mom but he kept going on and on about health risks o...

I would always eat quite a balanced diet but since pregnancy I feel like it’s gone out the window completely and I’m not fancying the healthy stuff- anyone experiencing the same?

Hi all! Just got diagnosed with gestational hypertension at 36 weeks (I’ll be 37 tomorrow). I’m averaging at 145/95 daily. There was some talk in the hospital about possibly inducing early but still waiting to go to my follow up at the OBGYN. Just curious on other women’s experiences on this topic.

This might sound silly but does everyone have to do the GD test? I’m currently 24 weeks, have no risk factors and nothing has been mentioned regarding it. Only asking as I’m awful with blood tests, especially fasting ones and I’ve heard some really awful experiences with this test, if I did have to do the test i...

I’ve been booked to take a glucose tolerance test at home and was just wondering if anyone else has had to do this at home rather than at the hospital? With my first I went to the hospital to have it done. Quite nervous to have to do it myself tbh.

NHS website says 8 weeks, Flo app says 5 weeks. Date of last period 1/7/2024-7/7/2024 thank you

Just wondering if anyone else is or has felt like this. I had my baby shower recently, and I'm around 33 weeks now and I just feel really overwhelmed with having a baby now, I obvs knew it was coming, I go to weekly classes about antenatal etc and I've done hypno birthing as well but I'm all of a sudden feeling a bi...

Both of my pregnancies now I have suffered with horrendous acne! I never had it as a teen but it’s so painful right now! Please does anyone have any recommendations I feel like I have tried everything! I’m getting more and more insecure about it, photo is of this morning when I woke up.

Hiya can anyone tell me exactly what preeclampsia is? I’m high risk, protein in wee so waiting for it to be tested . I’m 36 weeks and stopped taking aspirin now. I know what to look out for symptom wise but what actually does it do to me and baby if I have it? Thanks

Anyone get results from your NIPT and it could not yield results?? 🥺 Ugh now I’m just nervous somethings not right. Anyone have this happen?

I’m considering Emma/Alice tests. I’d like to learn from people who did it whether it was worth it? Did you have to have further treatment? Did it make a difference in your journey?

Just wanted to share - bit of a scary morning as reduced movements (25+1) and although I’m fully aware patterns aren’t particularly set at this time, I was fully spiralling with worry… Got onto triage at our hospital - Whiston - and was being listened to within 2 minutes of arriving, being talked through every step...