Community Posts, Tips & Support on Pregnancy Symptoms

Im 15 weeks and I barely have a bump. I know it’s normal. I only show when I eat a good meal haha. It’s weird cause most days I don’t feel like I’m carrying a baby. I should be feeling my baby move too but I don’t. This is my first pregnancy so that could be why.

I noticed some blood in the toilet after wiping. Is this normal?

pls will my belly button ever go back normal😭im 4 week pp and i can literally fit like two fingertips in it it’s gotten so wide now since giving birth😭

Time has completely flown by until now, I'm 32 weeks and I keep looking at my calendar wondering if time can go any slower.. does anyone else feel like this or is it just me?

My little girl is 2 weeks old and still quite snotty/ mucus-y. Is this normal or should i get her seen to?? If its normal is there anything i can do to help??

Has anyone recently had the RSV vaccine at their 28 week midwife appointment? I had mine yesterday and the whole of today my legs have been aching so bad like I’ve been at the gym for several hours 😂 just wondering if anyone else had any similar side effects like aching muscles

On the right side of my bikini line I have a cramping pain it’s like the discomfort of not peeing for a long period of time? Should I be concerned ? 10week 3 days pregnant

Currently 18+4 with my first baby and not feeling any movement yet. Is anybody else in the same boat? And those who are further along when did you first feel movement and what was it like? Xx

Does anyone else still get phantom kicks/movements 15 months PP?

Ladies, wtf!! Second baby, 26 weeks pregnant and my vagina is so swollen and looks so angry 🥹 I do have varicose veins on there also… is this normal? Can I do anything to help it? I’m not sure how I’ll cope for that many more weeks!

should i bring this up to my midwife or just plod along accepting that this is my life until baby is here🤣

I’ve been feeling movements since around 16 weeks but haven’t really felt anything at all today, or much yesterday. Has anyone else had this happen? My placenta is anterior so assuming this might be why…

Hi girls! Currently 16weeks, is anyone else finding that by 6/7pm they are literally sooo tired. And finding it hard to do anything apart from doing nothing 😅

Since the moment my daughter started walking, i taught her to hold the handle of the cardoor whenever we left the house, since she loved to run up to the street 😅 She is so far already that whenever we walk up to the car, she runs up to the handle and holds it until i pick her up to out her in her carseat. Just a…

Anyone else feel like their baby attacks the bottom of their boobs all the time? Like I know they're heavy but I'm wearing a bra all the time and it doesn't seem to effect whether or not she's kicking them through my stomach.

I’m 28 weeks today and had my first belt of heartburn Tuesday eve which subsequently lasted the entire night and into Wednesday. I’ve been off work for the last two days as I just feel completely exhausted all of a sudden. The heartburn seems to have gone but I still have abdominal pain which is making me feel full...

Feeling pressure/period like cramps sporadically for the last couple of hours - could this be the start of labour so you think? This is my second baby so you really think I would know 😂

Omg! I’m feeling really tired and overwhelmed!! My guy is walking, getting into everything, wants to be entertained constantly. Has anyone else discovered anything that helps or turned a corner with this?

My 2 year old went to sleep last night. Woke up in the middle of the night bawling. I check on him. Notice his right eye is swollen and red. I look i see a white head on his waterline. He hates the warm compress and hates when we try to keep his hands out his face. Any tricks or do we gotta tough it out?

Is anyone else nauseous all day? My first pregnancy I was nauseous in the morning until lunchtime but the last few days it’s lasting all day 🫠