Pregnancy Symptoms in the Second Trimester

[BellyBelly]

This thread is for members to discuss what symptoms of pregnancy they experienced during the second trimester. Pregnancy symptoms can vary greatly, from having almost no symptoms at all to the worse end of the scale, being hospitalised for severe morning sickness.

For information regarding common pregnancy ailments and how you can help reduce the symptoms, check out BellyBelly' pregnancy section.

What symptoms did you experience? If you have any different then those listed please post about them. For more information on Pregnancy, don't forget to check out the great articles on the main website here: https://www.bellybelly.com.au/pregnancy

Second Trimester Pregnancy Symptoms

Morning Sickness
Hair Growth - specially on the belly
Rash
Hives
Swollen Ankles
Swollen Hands
Vivid Dreams
Iron Deficiency
Bleeding
Stabbing pains across belly
Tiredness
Lower back pain
Calf Cramps
Itchy Skin
Incredibly Emotional
Not walking as fast
Puffed while walking up stairs
Waking at weird times
Heartburn
Peeing more at night
Feeling baby move
Cravings
Increased Hunger
Gums sore and swollen
Crusty Nipples
Sore Hips
Light Headed
Heart Palpatations
Fast Heartbeat
Clumsiness
Memory Loss
Nose Bleeds
Stuffy Nose
Sharp Pain in lower abdomen when sneezing
Leaking Nipples
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Bad Headaches
Breathlessness
Sore ribs on the right hand side
Trouble Sleeping
Heavy Breasts
Eczema
Heightened sense of smell
Funny Taste Buds
Oily Skin
Belly Button Discomfort
Sciatic nerve pain
Constipation
Sweat alot under boobs

[visitor2]

Swollen Ankles
Swollen Hands
Vivid Dreams
Tiredness
Calf Cramps
Incredibly Emotional
Not walking as fast
Waking at weird times
Peeing more at night
Feeling baby move
Increased Hunger
Light Headed
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Bad Headaches
Breathlessness
Trouble Sleeping
Heightened sense of smell
Sweat alot under boobs

[LeonaAlex]

I had calf cramps with all three pregnancies. I tried everything, including Slow-Mag (slow release magnesium), calcium, I even ate bananas.

Now I am pregnant with my 4th, and I have finally found something that works. Biochemic Tissue Salts, Mag Phos (No 8). It is fantastic, and the cramps are a lot less severe. I wish I had known about it sooner!

[amalie]

Morning Sickness
Hair Growth - specially on the belly
Rash
Swollen Ankles
Swollen Hands
Tiredness
Lower back pain
Calf Cramps
Itchy Skin
Not walking as fast
Puffed while walking up stairs
Waking at weird times
Feeling baby move
Increased Hunger
Crusty Nipples
Light Headed
Memory Loss
Stuffy Nose
Leaking Nipples
Bad Headaches
Breathlessness
Trouble Sleeping
Heavy Breasts
Oily Skin
Sweat alot under boobs

[NatG]

Looking at that list of symptoms was like a revelation that these things have an explanation! Such as seeing "calf cramps" on the list. I jolted awake only a few nights ago with one. So now I learn it could be put down to pregnancy.

Other things I've had are:

Morning Sickness
Tiredness -oh, yes!
Lower back pain
Calf Cramps
Itchy Skin
Not walking as fast - very frustrating, since I am used to going a million miles an hour.
Puffed while walking up stairs - see above.
Increased Hunger
Crusty Nipples
Light Headed
Memory Loss
Stuffy Nose
Heavy Breasts
Oily Skin
Sweat alot under boobs

What a delightful lot!

[*Yvette*]

Morning sickness (ie almost constant nausea) easing at 16 weeks, but still occasional nausea
Getting puffed more easily
Heart palpitations occasionally
Stuffy nose
Increased desire for fruit & desserts, sweet things
Cannot stand tomatoes or balsamic vinegar & smell of curry or pappadams makes me wanna puke (all things I normally like)
Fatigue, relieved by iron supplement
Headaches (don’t have when not pregnant)
Ligament pain in the groin, both sides, resulting in walking slow & funny with varying limp (where's the limpy preggy waddle emoticon?)
Less oily scalp
Dryer skin generally
Increased thirst & hunger :eat:
Increased libido at times :smt057
Increased vaginal acidity & wetness
Feeling babies move
Feel uncomfortable lying on back sometimes, but lying on either side makes that hip ache after a while
Feel hormonally fragile, ie cry easily at sad music etc :-({|=
Falling asleep easily sometimes :sleeping:

[bumpymum]

Indigestion & heartburn
Decreased appetite (probably due to the above)
Pain around ribs
Back ache
Odd-ball dreams
Frustration & irritability
Insomnia
Unable to sleep on my back, yet cramp up when I lie on my side
Feeling dizzy & faint
Headaches
Stitch-like pain in sides of belly
Thinking I have Damien Omen in utero; he's kicking me so hard! :badgrin: :shock:
Feeling fat & unattractive
Excitement, anxiety, fear & warm fuzzy feelings (all at once!) at the thought of becoming a mummy

[julie26]

Hi

Just going into second trimester now and very interesting to read all the symptoms. :-k

Julie

[*Yvette*]

I have some new ones.

Heart palpitations have eased a bit after cutting out caffeine (but not, I repeat not chocolate).
Have been having some bastard headaches, but not seemingly related to anything, and not at consistent times or intervals, although I do often wake up with one.
Thrush. I only seem to get it when I’m pregnant!
Belly button has a ‘bump’ just to the side of it, which can be pushed back in and then it will soon pop back out again, as if it’s a tiny little hernia. I remember this last time I was pg too.
Pains in the tummy which seem to relate to what position the babies are in.
Worse than usual restless legs syndrome, worse if I’m hot, and extending to hands and arms. Not every night thank goodness.


Bumpymum, fully sympathise with the pain when lying on your side. It gets worse as you get bigger (sorry). Hope your sleeping gets better for you. Don’t feel fat & unattractive, enjoy your lovely preggy curves. Get some nice photos of yourself with your bump, b&w works really well. Frustration & irritability could be partly frustrated nesting, if there’s some project hanging around that you can get done it will feel good. Try to do some nice things for yourself. I love to go to bed really early with a glass of milk or sometimes hot milo & watch telly and read. How many weeks are you?

[bumpymum]

Hi..I'm 29 weeks along. I'm fairly short and have always been lean, so I think I'm feeling fat because there's nowhere for the baby to grow but out!

Sleeping has become almost impossible - it feels as though a nerve is being pinched around my right rib area. I hate complaining all the time, but it's so hard to get comfortable! I have my warm bath with lavender oil every evening to try and relax, which seems to help somewhat.

[*Yvette*]

The lavender bath sounds gorgeous!

I'm doing so much whinging on here that hopefully DH will be spared some of it.

[jmxox]

just into my second trimester as well.. it was a bit of a jump cause i thought i was 11 wks when i was already actually 13 wks...

and boy does that list explain a lot of things! just wondering about the hives though.. i'm getting this rash-like thing across my chest and it looks like i've been attacked by ants or mozzies.. does anyone know what causes this and what could i do to ease it? it itches like anything and it looks awful when i'm wearing a singlet... but definitely getting the rest of this:

Hair Growth - specially on the belly, Rash, Hives, Tiredness, Lower back pain, Itchy Skin, Incredibly Emotional, Not walking as fast, Peeing more at night, Cravings, Increased Hunger, Light Headed, Clumsiness, Memory Loss, Stuffy Nose, Sharp Pain in lower abdomen when sneezing, Leaking Nipples, Trouble Sleeping, Heavy Breasts, Belly Button Discomfort !

extras are: craving for coca cola and coffee!, always feeling like crying, moody with everyone! even poor DH, always feeling hungry but can never eat much at all.. does anybody have remedies to any/all of these? [-o<

[Pandora]

hives can be caused by lots of things. A friend of mine gets them from too much vitamin C. However I read one artile that listed pregnancy itself as a cuase of hives.

I've been getting headaches, pretty much since the start of week thirteen. So far they have not been too bad.

Tiredness & emotional outbursts, crying etc

calf cramps, difficulty sleeping (getting to sleep is easy, staying asleep is harder). I usually sleep on my back as I suffer back pain & this is ordinarily the most comfortable sleeping position. Have been trying to sleep on my left side, using pillow between/below my knees. this is OK for 3-4 hours, then I wake up.

[*Yvette*]

Hi Dana. I don't even really know what hives are, but I think it must be a preggy thing to get dry itchy skin. I'm always having to put cream on something at the moment. I get the pain when sneezing/coughing thing too. Remedies? Drink a lot of water, watch the cola & coffee (it makes my heart thing worse), wait 174 days & have your baby, lol.

Hi Rachael. I do the pillow between the knees thing too, & sometimes I'm ok on my back for a bit with a pillow under both knees, or legs turned to one side a bit. Try magnesium for the cramps (I have a Blackmores one, should try it again for the restless legs).

[Custardtart]

Hi Dana,
The rash could be anything from *****ly heat to an allergic reaction. Just try putting something like calomine lotion on it, or if it really bugs you go to the chemist and ask what they can recommend.

My first pregnancy my skin chemistry changed so much that when I sweated, it burned my skin like acid and I ended up with big welts of blisters everywhere my clothing rubbed my skin. The only thing I could do to be able to sleep was apply cortisone cream - nbt really recommended, but I was desperate.

Good luck, and remember that it's only for another few months!

Kerrie

[bertie]

My latest (and, at the moment, only) symptom seems to be pimples!!! Ugh - I'm getting yukky white-head spots everywhere... I've got a ginormous one just to the left of my mouth, and even a couple of little ones on my arms and legs!!! Yuuuuuuukkkkkk!!!

I read that acne is fairly common in the first trimester, but I seem to only just be getting it now early in my 2nd trimester... hope I don't get m/s now, as I didn't have that in my first tri either, but everything seems to be backwards with me!

Bertie

[Kirsty77]

My hips are so sore I think I may need a hip replacement after this pregnancy!I can't lay on my back anymore as my back kills!If I lay on my side to long my hips throb and my shoulder has started to hurt as well, maybe I'm just getting to fat and my body is buckling under the pressure!Oh and DH has said for the last month or so I ahve started to snore like a trucker, though I'm happily oblivious to this!

[Kirsty77]

Oh and my m/s has come back now and then as I did a huge power vomit the other morning..........hmmmm isn't pregnancy glamourous!