Currently 13+4 with first pregnancy. Long time trying to conceive, eventually did so with donor egg IVF, from a 28 year old (I'm 40). I was on numerous medications from my treatment abroad, so when I got my BFP I went to see the GP to see if he'd prescribe them. Primarily this was to cut costs given how much we'd already spent, but also I wasn't sure I should be taking steroids and heparin without being under doctor supervision. The GP referred me to a consultant obstetrician at the hospital, and I got the medication. I thought that'd be it, but he asked me to come back (which happened this week), and now he's said he will see me again at 23 weeks, 28 and 32, and is arranging extra scans.
So far baby is fine, 12 week scan the midwife marked as high risk, but explained she was only doing so as it was such a precious pregnancy. Scan therefore was very thorough and sonographer said absolutely nothing worried her at this stage. NT screen has come back extremely low risk, I'm very low BMI, low blood pressure, very healthy in all ways. However the consultant told me my age made me higher risk for pre-eclampsia, GD etc. I think this is why he's seeing me again, and I'm happy to have the extra scans, but don't know what the other implications are. Does consultant-led differ in some way? Would I know if I was officially high risk? Is it likely to preclude a home birth? I'm not set on one, but want to keep my options open. Or are they just being especially thorough because I've had such a slog to get to this stage!
Clearly all a bit new to this! I'm not especially stressed about it, more curious; but it's a bit of a minefield to the uninitiated...
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Am I "consultant led"? And what does it mean?
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MuddyWellyNelly · 24/01/2015 22:08
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