Community Posts, Tips & Support on Second Trimester

Anyone experiencing a shift in your mood now deeper into 3rd trimester? I’m a FTM and I’m trying to control the swings but it’s hard and feeling sad or irritable is so random now, I don’t like it. Do you think this is how it’ll feel postpartum too?

This may be a dumb question, I’m probably overthinking it tbh but idk 🤷‍♀️ My baby was born on New Year’s Eve 2024.. would that make today 1 month old? It’s 4 weeks from the birth date so I’m not sure 😂 & do I have to keep counting by weeks to be accurate or is there a simpler way to go about this? I think it’s…

Baby girl or baby boy?🩷🩵 12w4d

Going in next week for my 3 hour test. What’s it like having gestational diabetes? Mostly checking blood sugars and changing diet? Just want to mentally prepare for it being positive. Thank you. Kind words only please, anxious mama here…

Hi all, had my first ever glucose tolerance test today, just wondering f how long everybody’s results took to come back? 🥰

I’m 34 weeks pregnant and just been to see the midwife and had my first ever high blood pressure reading of 140/83 then a second at 136/78 I don’t see anyone for another two weeks but I can test at home When should I be concerned and what will happen if I have consistently high readings

First trimester has been kicking my butt. I work full time from home, I’m enrolled in school and have a toddler! These past few days I’m puking up everything. I can’t eat anything and am barely holding fluids down. I feel miserable

Hello! I’m new here! Just found out this past weekend at the ER I’m about 6 weeks pregnant. I am 30 years old this is my first pregnancy. I am very very nervous. My first prenatal appointment isn’t until March 11th and that has not helped my anxiety. It seems so far away. I’m always nauseous/ having morning sickness...

Will the initial pain come back in the beginning once I start with baby no 2?

I’m currently 7 months pregnant with my first baby and really struggling with not being able to plan the exact time, date and location that I’ll go into labour 🙈 We normally lead a pretty busy life, often needing to travel 90 mins from home for family, work and volunteering commitments. At what point should I be…

TW: still birth and miscarriage mentioned I am having super bad anxiety about giving birth, I have worried this whole pregnancy but the closer to my due date I get the more worried and anxious I get. I’m so scared about still birth. I don’t know why this has been on my mind but the whole pregnancy I have been worr...

Got this done just out for fun they are supposed to be pretty accurate with there readings. 85% seems like high odds what do you think ladies

Has anyone been sent for a Glucose test this late on? Il be 35+6 on Friday when I have it. Midwife doesn't think I have it but has to refer me due to accelerated growth on my chart. (Had a growth scan on Friday and she is measuring on the 50th centile) but was previously on the 13th. She says I don't have to have th...

How long did it take for your results to come back?

Good Morning, I am 12 weeks 3 days with my 4th pregnancy and today found out I have low Papp-A at 0.31. I have never had this before I am freaking out, I have looked on google and they say baby could miscarry in the second trimester which the hospital letter does not say! I’m terrified of something bad happening. ...

Hi all - does anyone know the current waiting time on the nhs for investigative tests following recurrent miscarriages? I had an initial consultation with a private clinic and they recommended we do karyotyping, emma/alice tests and sperm dna fragmentation test. I believe the nhs does offer these tests too but wonde...

My 1st trimester was not fun as I felt nauseous the whole time. Now I’m into the 2nd trimester I’d hoped to feel a lot better. The sickness has definitely improved but I still get days where I feel a bit rough and also low on mood. Anyone else not had a new lease of life yet in the 2nd trimester?

Sooooo my due date is almost here 2/16 and even though I’ve had 2 children and this isn’t my first roller coaster when it comes to labor. I’m extremely nervous about giving birth. My other 2 children are teenagers and I haven’t had to push a baby out in 13 years….i was 20 when I had my last kid….needless to say……I’...

I've just found out I'm pregnant with our second (yay, very happy and excited). But the early oregnancy symptoms (extreme tiredness, mild nausea, emotional) are hitting hard and already I'm starting to freak out how hard this is going to be with a toddler and holding down a really busy full time job. Any advice? Or ...

So, I’m 38weeks and still don’t think I’ve had any Braxton hicks! It’s stressing me out that my body isn’t getting ready for this baby! Anyone else?