Community Posts, Tips & Support on Second Trimester

Hi guys! I've been having bad anxiety about this baby not sticking and was wondering if you have any ideas on how I can reassure myself. If you take another pregnancy would the line darkness be an indicator? Doc won't see me until 8 week mark and I'm at 5. I have zero symptoms and this is my first ever pregnancy aft...

Has anyone been tested again after the first time because of sugar in wee well I had a donut before my appointment and sugar in my urine and now they think I’ve got gd can anyone help me Out here to understand x

For the glucose test has anybody did an alternative like jellybeans?

I finally hit my 20 week mark and I been feeling her little movements for a minute , how does eveyone feel I’m anxious to see how she doing everytime is anyone also having high blood pressure during their pregnancy?

hi friends! anyone else experiencing low blood pressure?? i had preeclampsia with my first pregnancy but today i kept feeling like i was gonna pass out when i stood for too long. long story short i went to my OB and she said what i was experiencing was the opposite of preeclampsia and am having low blood pressure ...

Anyone else have sugar in their urine test but not have GD? I redid the GD test last week and results came back normal again but had sugar again at my midwife appt yesterday. The midwife told me it's not to do with what I've eaten recently but then I'm confused. We have been doing house renovations so I've eaten mor...

I'm currently pregnant with my 2nd after trying for nearly 2 years and I'm just constantly filled with dread, thinking is this the right thing! Am I going to ruin our lives doing this and constant guilt for my 4 yr old, is this normal ??

Does everyone get offered a glucose test, or are they only offered to those considered high risk for gestational diabetes? My midwife hasn't mentioned anything to me about this.

Does anyone else struggle to do a urine sample? The pots are so small and I can barely see past my bump!

Does any other moms have this type of placenta I was told it’s normal?

Hi guys, My step dad and I are going to the cinema tomorrow and I am 32 weeks pregnant will it be safe or what? I’m not sure if I’m overthinking it all

Ladies, please tell me I’m not the only one who’s been to triage lots? Feel like an absolute idiot when I go and everything is ok but I’m terrified of something being wrong. I’ve always been honest with why I’m there and if after calling the movements started etc but I’ve had remarks about “oh you’ve been here a l...

32 weeks pregnant on Tuesday and haven’t been offered the glucose test is this normal? Does everyone get it?

Anyone else have low papp-a in this pregnancy or previous pregnancies? Just had the call after having bloods taken last week to be told i have low papp-a. Any advice?

I don’t think I can see a clear nub here. I’m 13w2d. Does anyone know skull theory? Any guesses as to gender? I’m so impatient! 🩵🩷

Hi I’m currently 10 days PP and still feeling tearful, anxious and sometimes I worry I miss my old life or when I was pregnant more rather then now he is her and this scares me. Is this PND or just usual baby blues ? Any tips ?

Just wondering if anyone else has had this ... I feel the midwife is in the wrong here, what do you think? Firstly I don't really believe in BMI, I know it is essentially nonsense and a useless metric so I'm not upset by this, but just pissed off. I was weighed at my booking appointment and all good, BMI normal. I...

I have so much anxiety about being pregnant again this soon. I’m torn between going through with the pregnancy and not😭 , especially because I had a c-section…I have the support around me but Mentally this is a lot for me to take in.. I’m just trying to make peace with it.

I have the glucose test this week. Anyone know what to expect and what happens? Feeling nervous

Hello ladies, I am pregnant with my rainbow baby, 2 months after I lost my first. I found out on Christmas Eve (12/24/24) via home test. I was wondering if anyone else has/had experienced fears or worries while pregnant the 2nd time around after a loss?? Please do not misunderstand me, I am very happy and excited th...