Dating Scan?

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Tallulah1978 · 21/08/2007 11:33

I'm approx 12 wks with my first baby and after waiting 4 weeks after my first visit to the midwife and checking the post frantically everyday for a letter confirming my scan date - it just never arrived so I thought I'd better chase it. I contacted the ante-natal scan unit who had never heard of me. I contacted my midwife who said they must have lost my records and we had to start again with me giving brief details to my midwife over the phone. I finally received a letter a week after that confirming my scan date for another 3 weeks! When i first went to see the midwife she was concerned that i was further along than I thought, and was also concerned as BMI was only 17 and I am a stone and a half underweight. She said I may have to go for more scnas than normal. So now I may even be more than 12 weeks, poss over 14 wks. If I now have to wait another 3 weeks that takes me to 17 weeks gone before I even have my first scan. This is all making me very anxious, I still haven't quite accepted that I'm pregnant and I keep having nightmares that I all I have is an empty belly and they send me away like a silly girl. I know I'm more emotional at the minute - i just need to make sure my baby is okay and that his heart is beating and nothing is wrong. It seems a long time to wait for a first scan. Am I just being silly? Please reassure me.

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MerlinsBeard · 21/08/2007 11:36

tallulah, i haven;t even seen the MW yet and i am 9/10 weeks.
Also, with both ds1 nd ds2 i was under weight and its not extra scans you need its that you need extra meetings and check ups. also means that you maynot be able have MW led care and will be under a consultant instead. With ds1 my bmi was also 17 but mine was due to previous ED which i asked for helpwith while i was pg.

also, with you being sothin it may look like you are further along but actually you are just showing earlier if that makes sense?

scorpio1 · 21/08/2007 11:38

my BMI is 17-you just a need a couple of extra check ups a bit later on, maybe a growth scan at 30 weeks ish, maybe.

many women dont get scanned until 20 weeks-you could get a private dating scan.

DITDOT · 21/08/2007 11:42

I felt like I needed reassurance that there was something there!! I put it down to hormones. You are right to chase everything up as there are so many people and dpts involved that for piece of mind you need to keep on top of them.

With regard to the scans where I am you have to pay for a 12 week scan and only get a free one at 20-22 weeks!!!

I also had to have lots of scans due to another problem and found it quite nice to watch my baby grow and had fabulous range of pictures to share with her when she grows up.

Everyone worries about scans but you are just normal. Enjoy.

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Tallulah1978 · 21/08/2007 11:44

I feel better already - even with just your reply mumofmonsters. When you've never been pregnant before it's all very scary and unfamiliar. I knew I was probably just panicking for nothing - but being reasonable and rational at the minute seems to have gone straight out the window! Am so looking forward ro my pregnancy and intend to enjoy it, hopefully with you all you lovely mum's on here I can stop worrying about the things that don't matter and concentrate on the things that do. Sigh. Really, feeling much better. Thanks

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Gemy · 21/08/2007 11:52

When I had my first there was no free scan til 20 weeks so not everyone even has the option of a 12 week scan so don't worry too much about that. Also, I have a lower BMI (can't remember what it was 19?) and the midwife said I may get referred to a consultant but I haven't been and had not been asked to go in for any extra checks.

I know it is hard at this stage to believe there is a baby in there and I felt the same way so I went private for a nuchal scan each time for the reassurance if nothing else. But, of you still have your sore boobs and no bleeding etc then more than likely there is a baby in there! Why not do another test just to put your mind at rest? If you do book a private scan, they are very often for the next day (as in you hardly have to wait for an appt at all) so maybe that's another option?

Your hormones are really going overboard now anyway, so what you are feeling is totally normal.

Cazzybaby · 21/08/2007 11:58

Just think about how much more you will get to see having the scan a bit later!!

Better photos! xx

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