Just found out I’m pregnant I must be over 30 weeks I am scared!

Don’t bother with a private scan - they are for bonding and sexing, not for identifying anomalies. If anything is wrong you would just be even more anxious waiting for a nhs scan. I would phone your local maternity unit.

Oh you poor thing. What a shock.

What a shock for you. I hope you get seen ASAP.

You’ve probably already called 111 now, hopefully they send you to the day unit and you can get a scan asap. Hope all is well.

OP I'm so sorry you must be terrified.

Agree with other posters, phone day assessment unit or maternity triage instead of waiting for 111 as you could be waiting hours.

Hope all is ok x

I'd go to maternity triage at the hospital and beg them to do something.

Phoning 111 is probably the correct thing to do though, I fear you'd be left waiting at A&E as you wouldn't be seen as immediately at risk.

This is NOT what a&e is for.

Good luck @Goldflamingo

You must be very worried - hopefully you’re seen soon. You need proper maternity care asap!

Let us know if you can, I hope everything is fine.

Good point from a PP that this pregnancy could be further along than 33 weeks, assuming the OP was having coitus prior to the Nov date.

Also, being bipolar is surely in itself a risk factor, for her MH?

If your pregnancy was planned and registered you would go and be seen at maternity. So go now. Pain needs investigated. They aren't going to tell you off!!

Hi OP. I can imagine your shock. I agree with all PPs saying to call your local maternity triage. They are the best placed to help you as soon as possible. Your GP will only refer you and I imagine 111 will too. Lots of luck and positive thoughts your way.

It means she thinks the op is making this up.

What a shock for you @Goldflamingo I hope you get a call back from 111 asap. Be really pushy and emphasise that you have been experiencing cramps for 3 days and you really feel you need to be seen/scanned as a matter of urgency.

Do you have a family member or friend nearby who you can call for support? Xx

No one should or can advise her at this point - not 111, not her GP, not us - this os a pregnancy full of unknowns with limited to no information to be able to draw any conclusions or give any assurances.

The ONLY information we have is that previous pregnancy was premature birth, that mum is on medication not recommended in pregnancy, that she’s at least 30wks and that she’s now experiencing cramps.

Anyone not advising her to seek midwifery care immediately is an idiot.

Sorry 18 weeks

Wot a shock. I found out I was pregnant when I was 45 and 28 weeks gone. That was a shock so I can only imagine how you must feel. Please keep us posted and best wishes.

OP hope you're OK for the moment. Just to take a little bit of pressure off - in spite of all they say about no safe alcohol limits, I know someone whose mum drank unhealthily throughout pregnancy and she's still OK.

And an Italian friend tells me that a limited quantity of red wine used to be encouraged in pregnancy - b/o iron content I guess? So the bottle of wine on the WE doesn't have to weigh on your mind. It's done.

I hope you get reassuring news soon.

What a shock for you OP. I hope it all works out for you,

A scan now would date the pregnancy.

There’s some terrible advice on here. What does anyone think 111 will advise? They’ll say see a midwife.
A&E will refer ti maternity.
The only thing to do in this situation is to phone maternity triage/DAU or whatever it’s called in your hospital. Tell them you’ve just found out you’re pregnant, over 30 weeks gestation with abdominal pain and history of preterm labour. They will see you, ctg and obs, obstetric review and scan at nearest availability.

An immediate scan doesn't make any difference now as it's too late for an abortion by your dates. Hopefully a midwife will contact you soon, they'll ve able to listen to babies heartbeat and arrange a scan then. Best of luck, there's time to get your head around it all before the birth but it must be a huge shock.

Just call or go to the day assessment unit - don’t waste your trim messing about with 111. You could be being seen in DAU by the time they even call you back.

You have had no antinatal care, high risk pregnancy - they are not going to turn you away - the midwife’s will be as anxious as you to start getting some info in the system and run obs and tests to figure out what’s what, how far along, current status etc and make sure you and baby start getting the right care asap.

just call them or just go - it’s midwives you need now - anyone else is just a delay

Similar happened to me, although I wasn't quite so far along. I called the local maternity assessment unit and they had me go straight in to be checked. It was the number that people use later on in pregnancy for issues. They said not being registered was no problem, they see people all the time who aren't registered with them - e.g. visiting family in another part of the country.

I'm sure if you call them and explain you've just found out and have symptoms of potential early labour they will tell you to come in now.

No, don’t phone… go in! It’s not a regular appointment you need. Triage midwives are available at hospital 24/7. You need to go, now.

111 is a good call for today. They will be able to advise you further. Try to keep as calm as possible. One step at a time. Tomorrow you can get the ball rolling with more help available. Obviously if you feel unwell then go to a and e. Hopefully you have some support IRL.