May 2013 - roll on 12 weeks!

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Thread n2 for those due in May 2013

Lovely pear :)

little I have my booking in at 10+6... IIRC I actually had my scan before my booking in with DS... might have been the same day even? They weren't interlinked as such, one appt came from my MWs and the other from the hosp. I am going to see my Dr on Mon and will ask her when to expect my scan and will let you know what she says if you like? otherwise just ring the MWs on the number from your booking-in letter and ask them :)

dizzi weekend appts? Oooh er that's reet fancy are your work trying to stop having you go to appts in work time cause that is utterly illegal :)

hey milk and congrats!

haven't heard owt about vaccines here, will see what is what when I do.

lolly I hated bigger boobs too! Am very happy with my A cups and did not know what to do with D/Es when I was BFing - all my tops looked ridiculous and I hated having cleavage! funny eh.

Thank you berri

wild that intresting did you have an appointment before with a Dr, was just wondering how they knew you were pregnant?
I've just joined this surgery today so technically other than the midwife appointment no one actually knows officially in the surgery that I'm pregnant or how far along I am.
By the time I get my appointment it will have been 7 weeks since I first made contact with the surgery.

6+3

hey little, yes we are referred to the MW team via the GP here; I had my GP appt when I was 4 weeks and the MW appt and scan at 9 weeks. have you self-referred then? If so i can see why you are concerned. I would give the team a ring just to check when you can expect the scan, especially if you want the nuchal malarky. I do remember that our scan appts would come through really close to the actual date so was just dying to know by the time the appt actually came through. might reassure you to have a vague idea from the MW team?

7+0

x posted earlier - congrats on your scan pear! how wonderful for you :)

scooby don't fret if you don't see a HB at this stage, all it takes is the dates to be out by a couple of days or the bubs to be waiting a lovely growth spurt for it to seem smaller than you expect. They'll ask you to come back in a week if that is the case and so many times there it is :)

and little you should get some bumf in the post from your MW soon saying what appts you get when. otherwise do just call them, they are usually very helpful.

wild yes the system here appears that you self refer to the midwives with the Dr not being part of the process. I think your right I need to speak to the midwife team will try and follow that up.
I think I've fallen into a weird no mans land due to just joining the surgery.

The odd thing is each time I've been in the surgery (3 times different time each visit) its been completely empty no one in the waiting room, drs office silent. It's so odd I've never been in a surgery like it not forgetting the over population problem vs few Drs in the area.

I've just read the forms (totally forgot I got given them ) your supposed to have your booking in appointment at 6 weeks were they arranged scans at between 13-15 weeks. I thought 15 weeks was to late for the Nuchal fold scan?

The good thing is that I can choose any hospital I like and will be choosing one in the city that's further away but got a much much better reputation.
I would only go into hospital if concerned about our health, I know this place has excellent neo natal care and excellent birthing room facilities.

That said he other hospital only does ante natal appointments on Monday which suits me better for work.

LittleB - nuchal has to be between 11+3 and 13+6. Maybe they don't do nuchal in your area? I know not all areas offer it. We are going brocade for our nuchal and paying £170 (some places are cheaper than that though).

RT I assumed that all areas offered Nuchal but it's looking like this area might not, will look online to see if they have an policies on it.
I think the anomaly scans in this area around £150 so affordable for us seems like it is probably worth having them done privately cutting out all the hassle.

private scans do they send the info onto your Drs surgery or do they give you the paper work?

I didn't have the choice of a nuchal scan last time, it was more a hospital policy than an area thing as others under different hospitals in the area did. had viability scan at 10 wks and the hospital did a different test (blood) for trisomy abnormalities which I actually decided against having in the end anyway.

desperately looks up what Nuchal Fold is

Thank god for this place or I think I'd a bit clueless for my mw appointment next week. Anyone craving things they shouldn't eat??? I am DESPERATE for a soft yolk egg or three with bacon and fried bread (which I normally hate!). My usual meusli and smoothie just aren't cutting it! Bring on the fat-soaked bread and runny yolk!!!

And i'd really appreciate a glass of red! (Am i supposed to admit that????) Isn't nature supposed to make our appetites turn off these things! Virtual cheers to all us ladies due in May ....fingers crossed for us all.

pickle I am pretty sure you can have soft eggs now; that rule is from the olde Days of salmonella which no one has caught in this country from eggs in decades... up to you though of course! I don't drink even tho I know you can so... Just saying :)

little if it helps any you can always say you want to birth at one hosp and then change your mind to the other one at the last minute so you get the good appt times? i want a home birth but am saying i want to go to a hospital near me for now because I like it for scans and appts. I don't like the default hospital for my home birth for scans. However, my MW team are the same for all options so... i don't know if you would then have a whole new MW team for a different hospital?

wilderumpus YES! Someone else just told me this, can't wait for the morning! I haven't drunk since TTC so it'll be years until i have one....still, I can enjoy the virtual glass or pretend with a glass of grape/prune juice!

wild I'm planning a homebirth too. Lol yes the system of midwives, drs surgeries and hospital appointments is really confusing.
The reason I want the further away hospital is because I will only go to hospital if suspected complications or if I need a C section. The hospital locally would possibily send the baby to the City hospital because they don't have special baby care facilities but also because if I need a C section it's possible due to my Ulcer and stomach issues that I will be completely put under and i wouldnt want to be in separate hospitals. So it makes sense just to deal with the city hospital.

Spoke to DH and our new plan is we will have all scans done privately and I will look for a doula who is very knowledgable and experienced. I will look into what's offered in our area by midwifes and see how much contact I will have with them and if the monitoring/ tests can be offered privately. Ideally I only really want to use the NHS for the birth.

wild oh interesting about the eggs might just have a soft egg in the morning too. Does the same go with raw eggs too in things like mayo?

littleb I think the raw eggs are still no. never knew runny egg yolk was a problem
Unless the eggs are pasteurised eg shop bought mayonnaise.

I'm going to ask my mw the egg question at my booking appt on Tues as this has been bugging me. I've been told by several people that runny eggs are ok as long as they are stamped with the lions mark as these chickens have been vaccinated against samonella so no chance of the eggs being contaminated but you need to avoid fresh mayo etc unless you can be certain what eggs have been used when it was made!! I will feedback on Tues post mw appt

frustrated ah ok so I can have a jar of Hellmanns but not fresh mayo in a restaurant? I can live with that, easy enough compromise.
I must admit to not following most of the food 'rules' except the ones concerning dairy. The fish rules don't worry me either because I've always been aware of mercury poisoning so I'm already careful of what I eat.

The only one I can't decide on is Pâté. I haven't eaten pâté in years but would love some now. I was thinking of compromising and just having vegetarian mushroom Pâté.

I've got 6 hens and I'm really missing their delicious eggs, perhaps I will stick to shop immunised-hen-eggs for now. The neighbours are loving the extra eggs!

Oh your so lucky Pickle I'd love my own hens but I'm terrified of rodents and worried they will attract them.

littleB i love them! They keep us very entertained. we haven't had any real issues with rodents, our main concern is foxes and we are out in the countryside, so lots about, but the girls have a pretty high tech set-up with electric fence and timed coop door. The dogs also help keep the foxes out. The only thing is cleaning out which is normally fine but battling nausea makes it a little more tricky at the moment!

just came back from a night out (wish I could have a ) and had some clear discharge. I cannot remember whether I had something like this when pg on DD1. Is it because my body still thinks that I would be ovulating normally?

also I read that if you've had SPD on your first pregnancy you're probably going to get it again on ur second one (earlier and even more painful). any feedback from 'experienced' mums? :):)

witch thanks for adding me to the list -details are correct
pickle I'm of ur chickens. my grandmother used to have a few and I loved them. Cleaning though can be tricky esp with MS, true...

tweaty don't worry it's meant to be normal, even an increase in it. I've been worried I've barely had any since I ovulated.

Seriously am I the only one who has managed to get insomnia in pregnacy?!