hi i am 34 weeks pregnant and my funtal height is at 36 already and when ever i see the midwife's at my doctors they always ask what is the plan with my delivey and if i am going full term i have not had a doctor talk to me about this and i am very cncered as i have been told the baby will grow alot faster in the lat 5 weeks if it grow at the rate it is now i will be having a 11.5 lb baby as i am only 5ft and small built would like some advice please

hi... i am filling out the antenatal booking history questionnaire and there is a section on previous pregnancies, is it compulsary to inform of a previous termination as i would rather keep this confidential information. thanks

im 29 weeks pregnant and have been told my baby isnt thriving. they are hoping i can go to 36 weeks. does this mean i could go in to early labour or will b induced? is it safe for a baby to be delivered at 36 weeks? help!!

Wonder if anyone has advice???
My friend is pregnant and she calculated her due date to be the 27th March from her last period and conception date. She has had 2 scans and her midwife has told her that her due date is the 20th April which is over 3 weeks later than normal calculations.
Should we be worried about her and her baby as there is a possibility that they let her have a pregnancy of 45 weeks.
We keep saying she has her period and conception date wrong but she said that its impossible.
{shock} a very worried friend

I am a midwife too

thanks for that upagumtree they arnt regular so i think you might be right

Another midwife here, but just like ellasmum tend to stay clear of the advice threads. Holly, sounds like a UTI (urine infection)you should get that checked out and also lins it could be braxton hicks you're feling, but like I always say, "if in doubt get checked out"!

Good luck girls x

hi can anyone help i am 31 weeks pregnant and have been gettin period pains all morning is this normal or should i phone my midwife

hi. can any body help me please. i am 38 weeks 3 days pregnant. for the past few weeks i have had constant lower back pain. the past couple of nites i have been woken up with the pain and it seems to spread from my back round to my lower stomach to the point where i cant breathe. i try to change position but nothing works.i also sometimes can feelmy stomach tightening. this lasts about 10minutes then just goes away. also baby is still quite active and when she moves it feels like she is pressing on something down below and it is very painful. this morning i have woken up to back ache yet again follwed by the constant feeling of needing to go the toilet but i cant push anything out and also feel quite sick. can any body tell me if this is just really bad braxton hicks or the real thing? also baby has dropped alot!! thanks

I have just found this thread, I am so pleased other midwives are using mumsnet, I joined as a mum of three. I will try to help with advice and support if I can.

my lmp began 9th Aug. If i had sex on the 15th Aug then again on the 20th Aug again on the 6th Sept and on the 15th Sept still no period. i tested on the 14th Sept and again on the 17th Sept could i be pregnant from any of the 2 times in aug or would it more likely be the 6thSpt or maybe even the 15th Sept? sorry so many dates flying around.

Pse help G26

WM26
Any health professional should not treat you any differently. It is your choice when you choose to try again. Having had 6 miscarriages I think your risk is only higher once you have over 3 miscarriages. Many people get pregnant straightaway after miscarriage and go on to have perfectly healthy pregnancies. Congrats and I wish you the best of luck.
Ps I am a nurse not a midwife

hiya, im new here was wondering if someone could help me. Im nearly 9 weeks pregnant but i suffered a miscariage nine weeks ago. Do the midwives treat you differently after a miscarriage due to me not having a period inbetween getting pregnant again. DO i have a incresed chance of miscarrying again.

PLease help me

Thanks

Worried Mum 26

Just wondered if anyone could help me....i am 25 weeks pregnant, with my second child (first was a girl and this time i am having a boy)...i have had one miscarriage at 13 weeks before my first child, and i have been put on the sick by my doctor for 6 weeks, although he doesn't think i will be going back to work this side of me having the baby, as i was having aching in my lower tummy and back, so he made me lie on the bed and he felt my tummy and listened to the baby, which everything was fine, and he said it was probably the baby lying funny, so i mentioned it to my midwife to be sure, as she might know a bit more, but she just agreed, and said also it could be that my little girl was less than a year old when i concieved this time, and that my body didn't have the chance to recover from my first pregnancy. but now, i am still having the pains, and also now in my back passage, sometimes the pains are sharp sometimes they are dull like an ache, paracetamol work for a while, but i seem to be living on them, i amhaving sleepless nights because of the pain, and am worried something is wrong with me....and hoping i am just being paranoid, (which i have a tendancy of being anyway) and that i just have piles, trapped wind and my ligaments are stretching, as i cannot walk anywhere for long periods of time(by long i mean 20 minutes) as i get aches and pains in my side.....please can someone advise me and put my mind at rest as it's really getting me down and depressed....thanks all for reading my boring complaints.....

i am 33 weeks and i am getting really bad pivils pain and i am spotting can u help

Don't worry Lulumama
I'm not well known as a midwife on here because I rarely post advice/go near the pregnancy threads etc. Someone else usually gets in there first(like Mears, she seems great!). And like I said, I (selfishly) use mumsnet for my own needs as a parent to one glorious dd!

Nice talking to you both. Have to sign out now MSLC meeting to attend...a midwives' work is never done ha ha

sorry to miss you out ellasmum1 !

God no! I work for a caseload community based team. I registered out of professional interest. I think it's really important for midwives to know what women are saying to each other and what they think of the service although that can be a bit depressing...

Mumsnet is THE best site in the world! I use it mostly as a mum and over the last 3 years have had unbelievable advice and support every time I have had a question/worry etc.
I recommend it to the new mums I care for too!
Love being a midwife myself- I work on a low risk birth unit at the moment and its lovely. Have worked on an awful understaffed postnatal ward before though and it really got me down. Are you a hospital midwife then?

Had a look at Midwivesonline- Think its better to ask us questions free on mumsnet rather than "pay a small fee" per question!

Hi! It's a facinating site isn't it...

And me! I am a registered Midwife. Nice to meet you!

Go for it, it's a wonderful job! Thanks for your help...

yes, am in merseyside , just done my first two births....was inspired to start having had a VBAC almost 2 years ago.. didn;t know such a thing existed , until i started researching how to help have a better birth experience.. have not stopped reading and learning since! my goal is to train as a midwife, when my children are older ....

So are you a doula? Which area do you work in?

think there are others...but those are the ones i can remember off the top of my head

Thanks, I am also a midwife...It's good for us to know what information women are getting and who they are getting it from! A very interesting site!

yes birthball...there are a number of midwives on here...Mears, mintpurple, stripeyknickersspottysocks, helenshismadwife ...and plenty of doulas and other knowledgeable women !

Just to clarify by this site I mean mumsnet not midwives online!

I am curious, is anyone out there who is giving advice on this site a registered midwife?

Am i pregnant?

my period is 5 days late, i took a test and it came up with a really fate pink line so i did another one with a different test but nothing came up, does this mean i am pregnant but my hCG is weak?

They've just been talking about PND on This morning and mentioned midwivesonline. It's a site online with midwives!

I'll try to put a link on this thread for anyone who may be interested.