Hi all
Kooky ? how awful for you to be going through all this when you should be enjoying reaching the second trimester. Hope everything goes OK and we?ll be thinking of you. Let us know what happens, if you feel like it.
It?s great to hear the other more positive stories, especially as more people get their scans and the resulting reassurance. I had mine last week ? my date?s been brought forward a couple of days to 6/9/09. Not a problem unless I go over and they want to induce me sooner than I would agree with. But I?m not going to worry about that at this point!
Also had my midwife?s booking appointment this week, and weirdly that made me more excited than the scan did. Possibly cos she didn?t bat an eyelid when I said I would like a homebirth ? although I know they can?t stop me as such, I thought she might come up with some excuse as to why it?s a bad idea. I reckon I?m going to face enough of that as it is, what with being my first time, so to have real support from my midwife is great. The only concern is that she thought that, should I need to be transferred, I would have to go to the main hospital in town rather than the smaller one where I work and would much rather go. Although it?s a bit further away, it?s down the motorway rather than round the often-busy bypass so I wouldn?t have thought it would take any longer. Oh well, I?ll just have to make sure I?m not transferred! Positive thinking? Mind you, I asked one of the labour ward sisters and she thought it was rubbish so I?ll have to enquire further.
Midwife was very nice all round, actually. Apparently the consultant for my area sees pretty much everyone, even the low risk women (which I am), which I think is pretty ridiculous in these days of midwife-led care. How come it?s the consultant who gets to decide which risk band you fall into? Surely a midwife is capable of that! Sorry, rant over ? I?m a bit of a pro-normality gal as you may be gathering (where appropriate, of course ? I know it?s not possible for everyone and there are lots of bl**dy good reasons to see a doc).
Tigerfeet, that?s a real shame for you about support for your hb. Obviously there are more risks for women with higher BMIs but as long as you are aware of them, the choice should be up to you. Have you looked at the homebirth site? They have loads of info about the reasons women are given as to why they shouldn?t have one www.homebirth.org.uk
You could also try contacting your Supervisor of Midwives
www.mypregnancymatters.org.uk/welcome/som-and-mslc
www.nmc-uk.org/aArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2098
Or see if your area has a midwife with responsibility for promoting normality. We do in my area and she has a clinic for people with ?complications? to identify ways to make their experience as normal as possible.
Re the talk about twins, the received wisdom is that only non-identical twins are hereditary, through the maternal line ? it?s to do with the likelihood of you ovulating twice in one cycle.
Oof, that was a long one. I may not post often but I make it worthwhile when I do!