Community Posts, Tips & Support on Second Trimester

Has anyone else got really bad postnatal anxiety and then it’s gotten worse watching the news about possible ww3 . I live in London and honestly I don’t know what I can do to relax my anxiety . It’s getting worse everyday . I really want to enjoy my moments with my baby girl but I’m also so scared that ww3 will star...

My beautiful baby’s heart has a few small holes in between the bottom left and right chamber. They detected in straight from birth and he’s now 14 weeks old and recently had it checked again at the hospital… they are not concerned by it and are saying there’s a good chance they will close on their own and that they ...

I feel like everybody who was telling me that having kids with close age gap is so awesome and nice were either lying to me or forgot how horrible the first year and pregnancy was. Unpopular opinion but having 2 under 2 is the biggest mistake I made and it's hard af. Yes, you get cute sibling cuddles here and there ...

If you got bloodwork to find out the gender was it correct? How far along were you?

Since sunday i have had a very itchy belly! Im not sure if its down to weather or growing more but if anyone has any advice or tips that would be great! I moistures twice a day and use a pregnancy oil too

I just got my results from doing my glucose test yesterday and I’m curious if anyone can tell me if this is bad ? I know it’s not in the normal range

11 weeks and still cannot eat properly, fancy absolutely nothing and just survive off bread and pastries at the moment , been like this since 7 weeks, I am starving constantly but just fancy nothing and gag at the smell of most food. Feel guilty as baby is made purely of carbs 😅 and so bloody bored or it ,…

Has anyone else experienced being breech and successfully flipping your baby? I have been doing some inversion exercises and I plan to meet with someone who has helped breached mommas successfully flip their baby and I also have an upcoming chiropractic appointment with someone certified in the Webster technique. I ...

Mamas.. is pregnancy difficult in your 30s? Or depends on the person. I keep hearing about it being difficult and worried. If both partners are in their 30s... is it high risk of health issues or autism? Im genuinely curious about all this. I am overweight as well..250+ Worried about not losing the weight. Thoughts ...

When did you feel as though your belly was getting harder? I’m 18 weeks and last few days my belly has been getting harder is this normal?!

Has anyone on here had their glucose test and been diagnosed with GD? I have mine booked for 2 weeks from now and i’m a worrier! 😂 Is there any signs that I would be able to notice that would indicate GD before the test? Also anyone diagnosed with GD can you explain how this has affected you? what do you have to…

I can never work out the nub theory but just feel as though I’ll always have boy babies! 13+4 💕

If I fly on 13 Dec can I get my fit to fly letter on 6 Dec? As in, will it still be ok or does it need to be used within a couple of days?

Heya all! I'm 30weeks on Sunday and my hormones are crazy.. Anything I find slightly sad or moving I will cry over, anything that irritates me I get super angry over, anything that makes me happy I get extremely giddy over 😂 Any tips on regulating my emotions/hormones? And is this normal at this stage of…

Hi all, 20 weeks pregnant now with first (IVF) after pushing (previous post) for a cervix check from previous LLETZ, I’ve been monitored every week/two weeks. 16 weeks - length was 27mm (put on progesterone) 17 weeks - length was 26mm 18 weeks - length was 22mm 20 weeks - length 21mm-23mm My consultant has now ...

I had an instance of high bp on Monday, but it went away before my doctor wrote me back. I’ve been keeping up with it. It’s been normal, but as I’m getting ready for bed, I notice my ankles are swollen again. I check my BP. The diastolic is pretty high. I do have an appt at 10am tmwr. I really want to avoid the hosp...

I just had bright lights like stars in my vision so I came to my local hospital to check my blood pressure, even tho it's an hour away from the one my ob delivers at. They didn't tell me if my blood pressure was high but they have me waiting for a room. Just wanted to talk to someone who can maybe relate as my famil...

I really wanna know when it’s safe to dye my hair during pregnancy. I’ll be 13 weeks on Saturday but my hair is literally growing the most white hair I’ve ever had. I’m so tired of it. I wouldn’t be bleaching it just hair dye from a salon.

I know not everyone’s period lasts a full week but in this scenario it does. Waiting for my postpartum bleeding to end and just curious if we’d be willing to trade monthly bleeding for a long period that lasts about 3 months and be free the remaining 9 months of the year.

Seem to have hit me like a truck starting 25 weeks :(