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Salaam everyone! Welcome to episode 7 of the pregnancy diaries, with a little sneak peak into what my MK baby dua looked like, the colours, details and amount of love I was surrounded with on this day is something I'll never forget 🥹 I then talk about my experience of seeing a physiotherapist for #PGP - otherwise known as #pelvicgirdlepain which had left me feeling soooo debilitated for a couple of weeks in the second trimester - I really really hope that this part can be helpful for any of you who are pregnant and dealing with this pain too! I was hoping all my pregnancy content would be posted by June/July, but I had no idea how much travelling we'd be doing with bubba...i'a planning on being home for at least 2 months now and whilst finding time to edit when looking after a baby full time, without a village is next to impossible - I do want to go back to at least 1, if not 2 videos a week. I have also restarted my blog - check out my first proper post in around 5 years here: https://theblushinggiraffe.com/2024/06/its-about-time-i-re-introduce-myself.html #pregnancy #muslimpregnancy #babyshower ♥️ Best life update ever Alhamdulillah 🥹 https://youtu.be/QjaJnEzz3o4?si=mi_BNVtyjjzRZJN0 ♥️ Pregnancy diaries episode 1 - finding out, the tests and how I told Waqaar: https://youtu.be/8RGlRgSRpq8?si=Ay5BqTfd98VtUcsD ♥️ Episode 2: first trimester symptoms and private scan experience - https://youtu.be/kHkfCuD-1pI?si=2qdaBqc2JsflPOdb ♥️ Episode 3: The BEST Islamic videos on Pregnancy that calmed my anxiety - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-TLBNNcTdY ♥️ Episode 4: First blood test in 18 YEARS! Meeting our midwife and the booking appointment experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbQvomKaN7g&t=7s ♥️ Episode 5: vitamins, weight gain, food aversions, cravings & first trimester symptoms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5A5HJ1f3KM&t=34s ♥️ Pregnancy chat with W: ready to be a dad? And how we told our family and friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DYUNPC_Y0M&t=778s ♥️ Pregnancy haul, faves and regrets - best pregnancy pillow! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkX7zyt7IiM ♥️ Episode 6: 2nd trimester catchup, feeling baby move for the first time 🥹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yHCoLRYysE ♥️ Babymoon 1 - gender reveal 🥹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GMVLM1chuE&t=82s ♥️ Babymoon 2 - old istanbul, lots of swelling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J18oyS63MqI ♥️ All the second trimester symptoms! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lltx2HQMrvc&t=16s 🤰🏻Pregnancy links: ✨ Follic acid vitamins: https://fave.co/3OMRl3n 💕 Mummy Vitamins: https://fave.co/4bJxMCT ✨ Pregnancy pillow: https://fave.co/3uEbYrC 💕 Smoothie blender: https://amzn.to/3UHHEqq ✨ Personalised cookies from: https://www.instagram.com/noors.delights?igsh=bzRhbnFscWg5cWJ6
Pregnancy Diaries #7 | Baby Shower/Dua & finally seeing a physiotherapist for my PGP 😫
Salaam everyone, I've put off posting these videos because ALLEYESONRAFAH, so if you are watching this please please do some actionable steps to actually make a difference - we should all be doing our bit in this heartbreaking and infuriating situation. Donate to MAP here: https://www.map.org.uk/?form=FUNFXHDCJPK SIGN NOW: UK MUST STOP SELLING ARMS TO ISRAEL - https://www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-oxfam/sign-now-uk-must-stop-selling-arms-to-israel/ Directly support a family here through operation olive branch: https://www.instagram.com/operationolivebranch/?hl=en Email your MP now! https://palestinecampaign.eaction.online/ceasefireMPdebate If you're reading this, please also read Al-Fatiha for my beloved Nana-abu who have left this temporary world and left a big hole in our hearts. Truly one in a million. May Allah swt grant them Jannat Al-Firdous and forgive all their shortcomings, ameen. 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Week 16, bleeding gums 0:41 - Feeling baby move for the first time 1:39 - Taking Aspirin daily and preclampsia 3:30 - Anxiety finally reducing 4:12 - Lower back pain and moving house 5:50 - Listening to baby's heartbeat 7:55 - Baby turned/movements are difficult to feel 9:40 - ANOTHER unexpected thing about pregnancy 11:21 - PGP - pelvic girdle pain 14:18 - General symtoms and painful acne 15:01 - Sonographer and scan experience #secondtrimester #pregnancy #pregnancydiaries 🛍Check out my Amazon store for my must have tech, teacher and beauty products: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/theblus... 💰💰D I S C O U N T C O D E S💰💰 #KoreanSkincare 😍 - https://www.skin2seoul.co.uk/?ref=wio... Use code: BLUSHINGGIRAFFE for 💰off! Cult beauty £10 off a £50 order: https://share.cultbeauty.co.uk/x/Yzx0EG Goodmolecules (one of the best skincare brands!): https://bit.ly/3o5OqmB NYK1 lash and brow serum: https://nyk1.com/?rfsn=5744034.e48a36 use code: BLUSHINGGIRAFFE for 💸💸💸 The Vitamins I use: https://www.novomins.com/?ref=OzevV7TGuX5Nw5 🧕🏼My Links: 💻 Blog: http://www.theblushinggiraffe.com/ 🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlushingGiraffe 💁🏽Insta: https://www.instagram.com/theblushing... 👋🏽Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBlushingG... Business inquiries Only: theblushinggiraffe@hotmail.com Photography Business: 📹Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCROG... 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ikraphotogr... 💻Website: https://www.ikraphotography.com/ 💍 Hitched: https://www.hitched.co.uk/wedding-pho... 🎶 Background music: Epidemic sound 📹 T E C H: Camera: https://amzn.to/2tnrqYY Vlog camera: https://amzn.to/2Q6uVP9 Lens: https://amzn.to/2YYEQXc or: https://fave.co/3pmZRGU Editing software: https://fave.co/2xkNoKw About me: Hi! I’m Iqra,🧕🏼 a Muslim, British teacher and content creator - I’ve been blogging about makeup for many years and I have a passion for giving you all quality detailed information before making a purchase! I also share the odd vlog 📹 I have recently started an events photography business too, check out my IG here for more: https://www.instagram.com/ikraphotogr... FTC Disclaimer: This is not sponsored and some of the links above are affiliate, if you choose to shop through them, thank-you ^_^
Daily Aspirin, PGP, Back Pain and the Scans! | Lets talk about the second trimester
Salaam everyone! Welcome to part 2 of our babymoon - We went on a last minute trip when I was 21 weeks into my pregnancy - last min because 1. we had just moved house and I had unpacked hardly anything at all and 2. My passport was due for renewal and we didn't know if they'd accept my DIY passport photshoot (Alhamdulillah they did in the end!). This second part of babymoon vlog ja less of the luxury side and more of the old side of istanbul, very sentimental and just such an extra bkessjnf to be here with my family too! We did get less done than we wanted or planned to, but the heat and humidity just didnt allow us to be productivr as a pregnant couple and that was something we had to be okay with. I hope you're enjoying the pregnancy series so far! Hotel 1: https://fave.co/3xvzLuG #pregnancy #babymoon #istanbulvlog #fivestarhotel #saltbae #muslimbabymoon #bluemosque #thegrandbazaar ♥️ Best life update ever Alhamdulillah 🥹 https://youtu.be/QjaJnEzz3o4?si=mi_BNVtyjjzRZJN0 ♥️ Pregnancy diaries episode 1 - finding out, the tests and how I told Waqaar: https://youtu.be/8RGlRgSRpq8?si=Ay5BqTfd98VtUcsD ♥️ Episode 2: first trimester symptoms and private scan experience - https://youtu.be/kHkfCuD-1pI?si=2qdaBqc2JsflPOdb ♥️ Episode 3: The BEST Islamic videos on Pregnancy that calmed my anxiety - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-TLBNNcTdY ♥️ Episode 4: First blood test in 18 YEARS! Meeting our midwife and the booking appointment experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbQvomKaN7g&t=7s ♥️ Episode 5: vitamins, weight gain, food aversions, cravings & first trimester symptoms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5A5HJ1f3KM&t=34s ♥️ Pregnancy chat with W: ready to be a dad? And how we told our family and friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DYUNPC_Y0M&t=778s ♥️ Pregnancy haul, faves and regrets - best pregnancy pillow! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkX7zyt7IiM ♥️ Episode 6: 2nd trimester catchup, feeling baby move for the first time 🥹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yHCoLRYysE ♥️ Babymoon in istanbul part 1! https://youtu.be/2GMVLM1chuE?si=zRA2KtvJnCb5puL8 🛍Check out my Amazon store for my must have tech, teacher and beauty products: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/theblus... 💰💰D I S C O U N T C O D E S💰💰 #KoreanSkincare 😍 - https://www.skin2seoul.co.uk/?ref=wio... Use code: BLUSHINGGIRAFFE for 💰off! Cult beauty £10 off a £50 order: https://share.cultbeauty.co.uk/x/Yzx0EG Goodmolecules (one of the best skincare brands!): https://bit.ly/3o5OqmB NYK1 lash and brow serum: https://nyk1.com/?rfsn=5744034.e48a36 use code: BLUSHINGGIRAFFE for 💸💸💸 The Vitamins I use: https://www.novomins.com/?ref=OzevV7TGuX5Nw5 🧕🏼My Links: 💻 Blog: http://www.theblushinggiraffe.com/ 🐦Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlushingGiraffe 💁🏽Insta: https://www.instagram.com/theblushing... 👋🏽Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBlushingG... Business inquiries Only: theblushinggiraffe@hotmail.com Photography Business: 📹Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCROG... 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ikraphotogr... 💻Website: https://www.ikraphotography.com/ 💍 Hitched: https://www.hitched.co.uk/wedding-pho... 🎶 Background music: Epidemic sound 📹 T E C H: Camera: https://amzn.to/2tnrqYY Vlog camera: https://amzn.to/2Q6uVP9 Lens: https://amzn.to/2YYEQXc or: https://fave.co/3pmZRGU Editing software: https://fave.co/2xkNoKw About me: Hi! I’m Iqra,🧕🏼 a Muslim, British teacher and content creator - I’ve been blogging about makeup for many years and I have a passion for giving you all quality detailed information before making a purchase! I also share the odd vlog 📹 I have recently started an events photography business too, check out my IG here for more: https://www.instagram.com/ikraphotogr... FTC Disclaimer: This is not sponsored and some of the links above are affiliate, if you choose to shop through them, thank-you ^_^
Babymoon in Istanbul vlog pt.2 | Nostalgia, Old Istanbul, Swelling & Gratitude
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