Community Posts, Tips & Support on Second Trimester

I am testing 4 times a day and I am averaging between 90-125 for my readings. Are these good numbers?

Is anyone else over being pregnant? 😅 I’m stressed cause everything isn’t together yet and want more time but on the other hand I am so uncomfortable, my hormones are raging and my morning sickness has now come back… I forgot just how bad throwing up was :(it’s going to be a long 10 weeks

I had 2 miscarriages this year, one being a missed miscarriage and thankfully I am pregnant again 8 weeks and 4 days. I had a scan with the consultant at 7 weeks 1 day and there was a heartbeat (the scan is in the pic)❤️ and I’m due to have another scan this Friday where I’ll be 9 weeks 1 day. My anxiety is through ...

If so, could you please share some of the things you did during your pregnancy that you felt help with this? I’m 30 weeks pregnant with my first and have had 0 complications so far so am planning on a natural birth but will use epidural if needed due to pain. there are all sorts of articles on what to do to make the...

I don’t know if it’s just coincidence or whether she can sense my hormones. But since I found out I am pregnant my 2 year old has become the clingiest she has ever been with me. Literally wanting to hug 24/7 or be held, and has a meltdown every time I leave the room. Has this happened to anyone else?

37 weeks swollen fingers and having blood pressure issues yet again. Can’t get through to the community midwife’s so yet another hospital visit that could have been avoided. I’m so annoyed

Anyone else worried they’re going to have a big baby?? I’m 5ft 1 and pre-pregnancy weight 46kg so always been quite small. I had a growth scan today at 30 weeks (as a result of reduced movement). Baby is fine, but her estimated weight currently is 3lbs 6oz. No one has said she’s big or chunky, but I feel like that’...

First time mom here, and I’ve noticed some patterns that are different for me. 34 weeks along 1.) my body is on like cleaning mode. Everything needs to be cleaned and sterilized at all times and I’m cleaning for hours 2.) my body only wants to sleep when baby boy sleeps. I’ll clean for a few hours then I’ll take l...

Keep seeing that some of August baby mums are pregnant again! How! I have zero desire, I'm constantly anxious and in survival mode. I hate my body now with my massive mum pooch and covered in stretch marks. My partner wants sex and I just don't...:( I feel awful about this :( anyone else?

With my first pregnancy I had an anterior placenta so I didn’t feel as much movement especially at night time which I was fine with because that means I can sleep🤣 with this pregnancy I have posterior placenta and let’s just say he’s using me as a punching bag 😭 he does this late at night for at least an hour and a…

My first preg I developed food aversions at 5wks and nausea by my 6th week. I don’t want to go but know how much my husband wants to go…

I have an appointment tomorrow and I’ll be ten weeks exactly. Is that too early to confirm the gender when I take this test? Is it more likely to be wrong or confirmed to be a girl if they can’t find the Y chromosome in my blood? I feel like I’m being crazy and since it’s my first pregnancy I don’t know what to expe...

Has anyone taken and NOT passed their glucose test? What happens after?

Anyone else’s baby feel sooo low? Baby boy feels like he’s so low that everytime I stand up, I feel likes he’s going to slide out. This pregnancy has been so rough and so uncomfortable compared to my first. I can’t even roll to my other side while sleeping without groaning in pain. I definitely want him to cook a bi...

Hello I was just wondering if it’s safe to go to the cinimia while pregnant I’ll be 23 weeks.

Can anyone tell me their experience with SneakPeek with inconclusive results? Was everything okay? What did the gender turn out to be?

Has anyone been offered, or asked for an been offered a GBS test through the NHS? I know you can do it privately quite easily for a cost but my first two urine samples from early pregnancy both came back with bacteria (they said could be contamination but really? Two?) and I’m a bit nervous that there’s an underlyin...

Does anyone find that they bruise much more easily after being pregnant than they did before? My youngest is now 13 months and since she was born I've noticed I bruise more easily on my legs. Only small ones and they don't last long. I've been checked and everything is normal so maybe is an after pregnancy thing. ...

Were you just SO much more uncomfortable the second time around? I feel like baby is much bigger/heavier than I’d remembered the first time and I’m as uncomfortable as I remembered being towards the end with baby no. 1 - I’m only 21 weeks!! 😩

I’m under 7wks or so and just wondering how most of us will keep healthy throughout the winter months during pregnancy. I’ve been googling different things I can and shouldn’t really eat and what I’m loving at the minute is flavoured yoghurts but I know the sugar in them can cause unhealthy excess weight in pregnan...