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Pregnancy

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Pregnant - 2nd time around

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Marie12 · 21/05/2007 16:05

Have just found out I am pregnant - good news but I have been feeling movement a lot(which prompted me to do a test). Thing is, I had a period last month! Saw doctor today and he was really rude to me. Said I couldn't possibly be feeling the baby this soon - I said that I must be a lot further on than 4 weeks and he said no - unlikely to have a period while pregnant.

Does anyone else have experience of this? I have defo felt the baby moving on several occasions (having already got a 2 year old, I remember what this feels like) and I feel as though the doctor has just ridiculed me.

I am waiting to be appointed a midwife then for an appt for a dating scan, but if I am feeling movement then shouldn't I have a scan asap?

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Hopeitwontbebig · 21/05/2007 16:09

at your doctor

mother2b · 21/05/2007 16:10

i am 10 wks tomorrow, and have been feeling movement, i told my dr i had had two very light monthlys but, and i also told this to the person i made the scan appt with but they still wouldnt let me have a scan until 12 weeks by my first missed period, i also felt movement before i done a test(or three) @ '5 weeks'
they think because they have a degree in whatever they have a degree in, that everybody elso is stupid!

Glimmer · 21/05/2007 16:12

You are absolutely right about everything you say. Some women have periods although they are pregnant. Your GP is utterly incompetent and you should look for another one. I would ring the EPU or MW and ask them about advice.

Oh and congratulations -- it's great that you feel already movements! I am eagerly awaiting them myself

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Marie12 · 21/05/2007 16:23

Thanks for your support I was beginning to think I don't know my own body!

So how do you know how far gone you are if you have been having periods? I came off the pill in March and have had 2 periods since then - March and April. Doctor is gong by my last period in April so the midwife will look at it, think I am only 4 weeks and won't rush to book me in. In the meantime, I could be waiting 2 months for a scan and be much further on than 12 weeks by then!

Surgery won't give me phone number for midwife becasue I haven't been assigned to her yet!

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mother2b · 21/05/2007 16:39

This also annoys me because i was told you get a scan at 3months 4month and 5months! what if they got it wrong and im say 4months, i miss out on a scan! i was trying to convince the person that booked the scan that i was further on but it fell on deaf (or stupid) ears.
Dr said that that i may have thought i felt movement psychologically, but i felt that before i did a test, and before then didnt have a clue i was pregnant(until i finally skipped my period)
but what do i know? i dont have a degree, i must be stupid!

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Marie12 · 21/05/2007 16:47

I felt movement b4 I did the test 2! I had no idea I was pregnant so it can't be psychological! What does a man know about it anyway!

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mother2b · 21/05/2007 16:49

mine was a woman, you'd expect her to be more sympathetic, but no, she ids probably just bitter cos she old nad all dried up, where as me im 20

Chirpygirl · 21/05/2007 16:50

I know of at least 3 people who had periods while pregnant (they were not amused)

You're doctor is talking shite. Wanker.

How would he have coped with me, I didn't have a period before this pregnancy as I was breastfeeding, so they had to send me for a dating scan as no-one had a clue how far gone I was!

If you are feeling movement then they won't rush you for a scan though, as 'non-scheduled' scans are for emergencies/bleeding. I only found out how far gone I was when I started bleeding 6 weeks in.

EmilyandLola · 21/05/2007 21:42

my sister didn't find out she was pregnant until she was 25 weeks, we thought she had IBS - as that was what she was told by her GP - distended abdomen, and it was the gassy stomach contents that was kicking her.

If i was you, Id just call your local hospital and get put through to the local EPAU and completely bypass your doctor.

The midwives are mostly lovely in EPAU's - very understanding. If you think you are further along than your doc is agreeing with, then disregard him and find out for yourself.

You may be very pleasantly surprised.

beansprout · 21/05/2007 21:45

at 25 weeks! That must have been a real shock for her.

Marie - please find a GP who know more about these things than your average MNer, and congratulations on your pregnancy!

EmilyandLola · 21/05/2007 22:06

i know, she's put the vomiting and dizziness down to a stomach bug that lasted a few weeks, at the time, i had my head permanently down the loo too - as our babies were due 2 weeks apart. The penny never dropped!

PregnantGrrrl · 22/05/2007 08:36

i've also had very strange movement feelings, from about 7-12wks (am 18wks now) The scan showed i def wasn't further along that i thought, but the feelings have stopped for a while now. They were quite strong too- DS is only 11mths, i don't know whether because i had him not long ago, my tummy muscles are being strange

whatever it was, nice to know i'm not the only one!

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Marie12 · 22/05/2007 22:45

Sorry for my ignorance but what is an EPAU? Thanx for all your messages too by the way!

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Hopeitwontbebig · 23/05/2007 12:20

Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit
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