Community Posts, Tips & Support on Second Trimester

Did your midwife/OB swab you or did they ask you to swab yourself?

So FTM here baby is 4/5 engaged how long do you reckon I have till labour ?? I know everyone is different but google doesn’t help telling me 80% first time mums have about 2 weeks before labour from beginning of engagement of engagement help!! I know I shouldn’t use google but we all do it 😂😂

What is your favorite test for early detection?? Besides FR

Anyone having nausea return at all? I had bad nausea and food aversion from the beginning of pregnancy up until I would say around 24 weeks. Then all of a sudden it had went away and I wanted to eat everything. However entering week 32 I feel like my nausea is coming back. It’s definitely not as bad but I don’t find...

Any guesses on this one? 💙💕

I’ve just got my induction date for next week and after they told me I cried the whole way to my NST appointment. I feel like I have been suppressing my nerves. I don’t have my mom or any family close and my husband hasn’t been the most understanding about how worried I am. I think I’m just generally nervous with me...

Hello! Has anyone here dealt with a low-lying placenta? I was referred to a specialist, and they want to do a cervix check, but I feel like it might be too early for that. Would love to hear about others’ experiences!

Hey mummas! I have a posterior placenta and only really feel my baby kick below my belly button. Is that normal? I’m 22weeks now and started feeling the baby around 17weeks so lucky cause it was early but I’m suffering really bad with pelvic pain and wondering if it’s cause the baby is so low!

So I'm 4 weeks 2 days today and I have an almost 1 year old , can I have a misscarige if I'm bending down or leaning over to much ....

I know lots of people are concerned about this so I’m not alone, but it feels as though everyone around me is feeling movements and I’m not feeling a thing 🥹 I’m 19 weeks 4 days, and have a posterior placenta (at my back) so thought I would have felt something by now. struggling to do anything or leave the house…

Has anyone dropped early, but carried to term? I’m 33 weeks and everyone at work is saying I have dropped and I am worried it means labour is coming 🤣 I’m first time mum to be and I just would like him to stay in there till at least 37 weeks 🤣😩

Hi there has anyone done the amniocentesis? I’m 36 yo and with my second pregnancy. First one I was 32 and the procedure was to pay for so I opted for not doing it but this time around considering my age the procedure is free but I am now very concerned and worry about it. The risks that come with it. Can anyone tel...

I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and prescribed 200mg Lebatol at my 28-week appointment. I'm now 30 weeks and BP is being checked twice a week, in a much better place. But F me do I feel like a mess :( I hate getting out of the house, even if I stay in most of the day, I start feeling unsafe/dreadful if I am...

Basically what the title says! Im currently 15+2 pregnant with a 13 month old and for the past week and a half she’s been sooooo clingy. She’s already been a super mama’s girl since I’m a sahm and we spend all day every day together but dang were back in a stage of if i walk out of the room she starts screaming and ...

39 weeks + 1 and I’m feeling so much pressure in my pelvis. I know that baby’s head is very low right now but I’m not sure if it should be this painful & uncomfortable. Any advice?

Before my birth I was not scared of anything medical. I’ve had a couple of vaginal examinations in the past and I had a sweep before my birth and it never bothered me. I had a traumatic birth, I was in labour for 2 days and had 2 failed epidurals, emergency section (where I felt a lot of it), I had to be put under...

Hey ladies, I didn’t pass my first test, and I was given a chance to retake it last Tuesday. Unfortunately, I got a stomach bug that same day and ended up going to the ER. I was really sick and threw up my drink, so I couldn’t take the test. Now I’m scheduled to go tomorrow, and I’m feeling anxious. My doctor presc...

I'm aware that IVF due dates are calculated different. However there's a question going around among so people we know and wondered if anyone else had any opinions. Our IVF transfer date etc meant we would be 21 weeks 5 days pregnant, however at 12 weeks we were measured a few days ahead so our date changed to 15th...

Hi, hope everyone is ok!!! I have my diabetes glucose test tomorrow morning and i’m feeling so anxious because of people’s horror stories! how did everyone feel while at the hospital after the drink? Thanks

I’m currently 16wks+1 with my first and not thinking about buying anything for baby until after my 20 week scan but just wondering when other people started buying things just out of curiosity ☺️