Community Posts, Tips & Support on Second Trimester

Are quiet days still normal at 26 weeks ?

Im 31 weeks and getting loads of pressure down there and also getting lighten crotch frequently is anyone else getting this aswell at this stage

Hi there! I wanted to join this group because I was told I was high risk literally 4 minutes into my first appointment. I have Chiari Malformation 1 and I was wondering if any other moms out there have this condition or something similar…wondering how tough the pregnancy will be?

I just painted my toilet to be told by my partner I should not be inhaling paint fumes....I thought paint was safe in pregnancy these days....hellllllp

Hi, I have booked my glucose tolerance test at Orsett Maternity GTT centre. Does anyone know what the process is? Do you just need to turn up with your blood test form, they take the first bloods, then give you the sugary drink and you wait around for a couple of hours before having another blood test? I booked the ...

I'm heavier now than when I was pregnant. I'm up at least 2 to 3 stone heavier than pre pregnancy. I just feel so fat and can't seem to make the right food choices. I knooooow what to eat but have zero discipline with food. I'm so tired and just going for easy quick snacks rather than nutrition. I am tracking my cal...

What is the normal range for the glucose 1 hour test?

Anyone else’s hormones hitting them now they’ve just entered the third trimester? I feel like a shell of a person. I’m so sad and teary feels awful

Hey - just wondering if anyone has had any similar experiences. I’m 27+2 and went into triage this morning after falling on the ice, all was fine with baby, but while they were doing all their tests they picked up that my blood pressure is borderline high (has been creeping up and up since booking) and I had 1+ prot...

Anyone have any ideas boy or girl I was 7+5 day of scan but baby was measuring 8 weeks 💙🩷💙🩷

Just got my NIPT results (had appointment on Tuesday afternoon) All healthy and it’s a boy 💙 so strange to know already the gender! Am 11 weeks now

Hey mamas🫶 , silly question apologies in advance , so my baby was born on the 2nd of September which technically makes him 2months and 3 something weeks… but he turns 12 weeks on Monday does this mean his 3 months from Monday or from the 2nd of December ? I’m confused lol. Thank you xx

So I’m due 12/13 but as yall know I could go into labor at any point now. I’m having anxiety about delivering during this RSV season. My 6 year old is just getting over walking pneumonia and now I’m having some pain in my chest. I just don’t want to bring my newborn home to sickness but it’s like it can’t be avoided.

I’m 23 weeks pregnant and I have an anterior placenta. I started feeling regular flutters/movements low down around a week or so ago, every evening I will feel her move. Yesterday evening I didn’t feel anything and I still haven’t. Should I be concerned or am I too early in the pregnancy to worry?

Hi twin mamas, I know that aspirin is a standard recommendation starting from 12 weeks to prevent pre-eclampsia. For me, I originally have low blood pressure and generally healthy. However, my heart rate this entire pregnancy seems to be high (usually in the 104’s) and otherwise low BP. I am 15 weeks pregnant, but s...

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 ...

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 ...

Does anyone have any experience with this or going through it at the moment? Went in for bloods today after calling triage re excessive itching and have just received blood results back with raised Liver Function readings. I called them straight away and they have explained they are still waiting for bile readings ...

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...

Today I've had the worst braxton hicks ever I'm really struggling also walking I don't no how much more I can take of all this my back my hips.. My legs and ankles are so swollen it's getting me down. This is my 5th pregnancy but I never suffered like this with any of the others. I've been referred to physio but by ...