Community Posts, Tips & Support on Second Trimester

i’m SO over being pregnant. i’ll be 38 weeks tomorrow and there have been no signs of labor. my doctor is doing a membrane sweep on wednesday so let’s hope that kick starts SOMETHING, i just want to feel like myself again

I have constant anxiety that the baby is ok? Questioning everything what i have eaten, what I have drank? Anyone else feeling like this? I’m 17 weeks and 4 days and not felt anything either 🥲 I just feel so down about it all

Has anyone taken apetamin while pregnant???

I'm a bit nervous just found out I'm pregnant but realised I've drank alcohol loads in the weeks before. Could that have caused an affect on baby 🙁

Whew so my son I did all natural no meds but I didn’t plan to😭 my epidural failed , they didn’t have the gas and couldn’t find a vein in time for the iv meds. I honestly almost passed out just out of fear alone! People say its not that bad which to me it was🙂‍↕️ but I also know this time around that I will likely…

I’ve been getting lots of pelvic pain and constant period-like cramps. Doc says I’m 3 cm dilated. He encouraged me to be induced with epidural, and honestly I’m more afraid to do that than naturally. On the other hand, every night I just want to get it over with. I’ve always dealt with eczema my whole life, so my ho...

I am 33 weeks pregnant today with my 2nd baby and I had a natural birth with my first baby but had shoulder distocia as she was 9lb14 and so wasn’t sure whether I wanted to go natural or c section this time around. However new update I have come out in an extremely itchy rash from 30 weeks and so wondering how early...

9 weeks pregnant and struggling with morning sickness and looking after a toddler! Anyone else in the same boat? Any tips to share?

Hello all, I am feeling very overwhelmed with how my birth went with my little one. It did not go the way I had planned for, but it took a turn that really scared me and don't know if I am ever going to forget about it. I ended up being rushed into an emergency c-section because I wasn't progressing, and my baby...

today i have felt intense pressure down below i can barely walk, can this mean baby is engaged? it’s so sore!! anything i can do to help this? x

Hi all, not sure if anyone can relate but I'm a FTM and still super anxious when I take my baby outside at 1 month old. I'm a bit of a worrier anyway so I knew this would happen but find I'm checking him to see is he breathing, is he overheating etc. I live in a big city too so it makes it worse as its all walking e...

Omg I completely forgot about sensitive teeth in pregnancy! When I was pregnant with my first I remember my tooth crumbled and I went dentist & they sorted it. Completely forgot about it though & just now as I’ve ate a SOFT sandwich it made my back tooth crumble off on the side! I’m 5weeks +5 ….. has anyone else ex...

Hi! The past couple of nights my belly has gone hard and had a weird feeling in it. Iv started feeling baby move like little pops and flutters but this feels like a wooosh then the bottom of my belly below my belly button goes hard? 19 weeks 5 days I’m seeing the midwife in a couple of days so I will ask her but won...

This week gone fast. I didn't realise until yesterday that I would be turning 17 weeks today anyone the same?

6 weeks pp and the period is perioding!! Forgot how bad that first period was… I feel like my uterus is on fire! 😖🔥

For about 4 days, I have had a horrible headache. 2 days ago, I started checking my blood pressure. The whole day, it was around 148/86. That night, I went to sleep and woke up to my head hurting bad, so I went to the hospital. My blood pressure was 170/90 when I got there. It went down over 4 hours. I was there to ...

I'm starting to get worried about my period's, I had my daughter in August & I was told I should get my period straight away pretty much after but it's been nearly 2 month since I had her (via c section). 1 don't know if I'm sounding paranoid for nothing or what but l'm getting anxious waiting for it

I've been on a tough journey to diagnose a possible autoimmune disease (I think i have lupus or something that causes similar symptoms) and recently found out i was pregnant even though we were using protection. It's been a huge shock and I'm terrified about how I'll manage the pregnancy when I'm trying to figure ou...

I had a C-section and baby is now 5 days old. I was given dihydracodine for 3 days and then I had some cocodamol as the pain was still really bad and I've been taking that for 2. I've now just seen that your not meant to when breast feeding and I am exclusively breast feeding! Baby showing no concerns and midwife co...

Does dihydrocodeine have the same effect on the baby in the womb as it does on us? FYI I’m on these for PGP pain and I’m 24 weeks pregnant. I only take one on a night and use paracetamol through the day as the dihydrocodeine make me drowsy/lightheaded/sleepy etc… I’m wondering if it does the same to my baby?