Community Posts, Tips & Support on Second Trimester

Just had my baby boy eight months again and now Im eight weeks pregnant. I'm absolutely panicking and scared but over joyed at the same time. Has this happened to anyone else? I feel guilty my oldest will lose that attention

Hi, i am 16 weeks and just gaining weight at most 1kg since, i am bit worried, eating has been very difficult, my appetite still not improving, fruits the only thing i can eat and urine test showed my glucose very high so midwife now tell me i need to cut back eating fruits as well, i am very stressed, i tried crack...

Hi! First baby and I don’t know what is normal and what is considered normal every woman is different. Today during work my legs hurt so bad (I work retail aka walking, standing and bringing stuff out) and I feel a lot of pressure however I haven’t felt baby in a little bit and I am super constipated. Should I worry?

Does anyone know how the 3 hour glucose test works as far as what’s passing and what’s failing? I missed the call from my doctor and now they’re closed until Tuesday. I’m trying to understand my lab results but I’m confused and I feel like I failed.

I am 34+4 hoping baby comes in the between week 37-38. What week did yall go into labor w your first baby and what were the signs few days prior. Im just so excited to meet my girl

12 weeks and 2 days! Any thoughts?

11+5 days more pics in comments

Decided to take a test early couldn’t wait any longer lol can someone invert it?

With my first labour I had what I thought was braxton hicks for a full day, they came every 10 mins, I never knew I was in labour as they didn’t hurt at all. I ended up going into full blown labour the next day I’m 31 weeks today and have been having braxton hicks all day but haven’t thought anything of it as I’ve ...

Has anybody ever gotten an iron infusion while pregnant? I just got a message from the hospital that my dr requested it but I was not aware of needing one and I’ve never had it done before I don’t know what to expect. I’m almost 35 weeks pregnant

Hiya everyone! I hope you’re doing good I had an emergency c section 2 weeks ago, and I was staying with my mum afterwards. 4 days ago I started getting intense pains - they initially thought it was to do with the c section, but they later discovered it was appendicitis. So I had surgery yesterday. They said that ...

Hello, I had my 38 week midwife app yesterday and had protein ++ in my urine, they’ve requested I go back today for more bloods and urine samples. Anyone know what may happen if my protein is still high today this late into pregnancy?

Hello everyone, I am almost 38 weeks pregnant and I am so annoyed at everything and uncomfortable.I am so ready to have this baby.Any good tips for this for this type of frustration?

i’m 18w,5d pregnant, is this safe to take ?

Anybody had amoxicillin prescribed during pregnancy? Any experiences? Not sure if I should take it x

how do i figure out the date my baby was conceived . last period was aug 14 and ultrasound on 10/7 stated i was 6weeks 5days. when was baby conceived

Baby #1 was not planned. Surprise situation! We were wanting a baby in the near future of when we conceived so was excited anyways! Baby Number 2 we’ve thought through literally everything. And seems like everything is good to go to start trying this month. But from never trying I feel more anxious of the journey...

I had my glucose test today but they didn’t offer me the drink? They just took my bloods. My appointment was literally in and out for one round of bloods. I asked about the drink and told the midwife I was expecting to be here for 2hrs and she said we haven’t done that since Covid… Anyone else experienced this? 😖

Heyia so iv just found out I'm 3 weeks pregnant and my lb had only just turned 1 and he was a c section I'm just so worried that this pregnancy will go bad 😢 anyone had pregnancy this close to c section? What are the risks ect xx

Hey! Im flying to New York for a week in December i’ll be 26 weeks when i fly out and 27 weeks when i fly back. I’ve looked everywhere and it says I can fly up to 36 weeks but I had a midwife appointment yesterday and she said I can’t fly past 25 weeks as British airways won’t let me! I’m healthy and have no pregnan...