Second Trimester

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14 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as a kiwi!

Tassia Agatowski

15 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as an apple!

Tassia Agatowski

16 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as an avocado!

Tassia Agatowski

17 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as a pomegranate!

Tassia Agatowski

18 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as an bell pepper!

Tassia Agatowski

19 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as a beef tomato!

Tassia Agatowski

20 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as a banana!

Tassia Agatowski

21 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as an carrot!

Tassia O'Callaghan

22 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as a sweet potato!

Tassia Agatowski

23 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as a large mango!

Tassia Agatowski

24 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as a corn-on-the-cob!

Tassia Agatowski

25 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as a cauliflower!

Tassia Agatowski

26 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as a head of broccoli!

Tassia Agatowski

27 Weeks Pregnant: Baby is as big as a cauliflower!

Tassia Agatowski

From the community

Recent discussions

Stressed and worried.

I’m 9 months post partum and a couple weeks ago I found out I’m pregnant with my second. I’m 6 weeks pregnant and have had high blood pressure since I’ve been checking the last 4 days. I had preeclampsia at the very end of my first pregnancy and for a few months after had dangerously high blood pressure and was put on medication. I guess I’m just worried about this pregnancy already cause I’m so early with very high blood pressure constantly. Im sure stressing about it isn’t helping. But there’s not much else I can do besides try to talk to my OB about it. Just worried I’ll be dismissed and told I’m fine.

9 more weeks?

Seriously feeling so big 🫠🫠 how is there only 9 more weeks? When can we be done?

Nub Theory guesses 🩷💙

Hi ladies, anyone got any idea on the nub theory? This is our 12 week scan - and will be officially finding out gender at the end of October. So excited to find out if we will be adding another boy or girly to our rapidly growing family ✨

First Trimester Nausea

Did anyone else find their nausea and aversions worse in the evenings? I still feel a bit unwell throughout the day but once I get home from work everything just makes me feel sick - looking at food, smells, starting to eat dinner

How’d you know you were close to labor?

I’m a little over 32 weeks but baby has been measuring a lot bigger at every scan for a while now. I get scans every week because the doctor suspects I have mild preeclampsia. She said with how big he has been measuring she wouldn’t be surprised if he came early even though I’m due December 1st. She is thinking maybe as early as mid November. I’m worried and overthinking everything hoping he doesn’t come earlier than that (though trust me I want him out 😅). I’ve been having cramping and Braxton hicks among other things. But no steady contractions and my water hasn’t broke or anything yet. I was curious what “non typical” signs of labor anyone has experienced? Did you get more or less emotional, were you more or less constipated, did you have any specific pains, etc? It’s my first baby so I have no clue what labor will look like for me and I know it’s different for everyone but I just need some reassurance that I’ll be able to recognize it when the time is close or here

Pregnant with my first

Any tips (while pregnant and new born age) Please and thank you xxx

Going from 1 to 2

I have a little girl and I’m currently 5/6weeks pregnant. I’ve had two chemicals so this pregnancy so far has had me on edge. Although we did want another, I’m now scared.
My girl will be 3/4ish weeks off turning 2 when the next one is due.

I’m now starting to think about how it’ll realistically work… having to get out with a toddler and a baby. How am I going to get them both up and ready, meals, nappy changes solo trips etc. like I was shopping earlier and thought ‘how could I do this with 2?!’ When my toddler was climbing out the trolley and not letting me get her in the car seat etc.
panicking..

Eustachian tube dysfunction/muffled heading

Hi, anyone else had experience of blocked ears during pregnancy? Feels like I'm underwater when I talk. It's intermittent. I'm 27 weeks but had it for a couple of months now. It's driving me nuts. Gp said I don't have wax and that it's eustachian tube dysfunction. Anyone had this and did it go after birth? Any tips of managing in the meantime? Thanks so much x

Postpartum

Ugh! I cannot stress it enough! The brain fog is insane and not something I can’t control 😟 I left my phone in Starbucks bathroom and thought I left it in the Ross changing rooms. Whole time I didn’t notice until I was asked about my phone!! Luckily it was still in the Starbucks bathroom but UGH! How do you make this stop??? I swear one day I might forget I have a baby! My son! Like I don’t know. This isn’t predictable and it just happens when it happens and I don’t notice until asked. Do any other mom’s experience this? What do you take or do?

Elective cesarean date?

Hi! I have a few medical issues and the general advice from practitioners is to opt for a caesarean.

I’m just wondering how many weeks in advance I might know my date? I have an obstetrician appointment eight weeks before my due date, is it likely I might get my date signed off then?

Due date is currently 25th of December.
Thank you!

Fear of giving birth

Hello everyone. This may sound extremely silly as I’m 35 weeks and it’s too late now but all of a sudden I have an overwhelming fear of giving birth , my mum laboured fast with me and my brother ( 3 hours from the first contraction to having him & 1 hour from the first contraction to having me )
I am utterly terrified I am 100% set on an epidural but if I labour fast like her by the time we get to hospital sit and wait to be assessed, wait for labour ward , wait for the doctor to be free ect ect . There mayyy boy be time . I’m utterly terrified it’s all I have been able to think about for days I go to sleep thinking about it I wake up thinking about it I’m even dreaming about it now .

I don’t really know what to do . I was offered an induction at 39 weeks for pgp and when I asked to talk to my midwife about it at my 34 week appointment( that another midwife made to discuss it ) she said no we will talk about it at ur next one wich is at 37 weeks 😩

Csection day

Potentially having my 2nd little boy today and I am so nervous. Any tips for recovery with a toddler. My partner is having 3 weeks off but I am quite worried about the initial 6 weeks period.

Fasting time Gestational diabetes test

Whats the fasting time before the test i wasn’t told a range

increased anxiety

Hi all! this is my second pregnancy but I am extremely anxious this time round. I’m in a different job where i’m constantly on my feet and working in an environment i could get hurt and I am constantly worried something is wrong with baby. I’m 16 weeks and just don’t really know what to do with myself i’m a mess!!

Ramzi theory

Ramzi theory opinions🩷💙
8 week abdominal scan

Anyone else have a long gap between postpartum periods?

I had my baby at the end of July, had a really heavy period in September, but nothing since then. It’s making me anxious—has anyone else experienced a long gap between periods after giving birth?

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