Pregnant - consultant appointment, unsure why

[DanLewFG123]

So I'm around 14 weeks pregnant, had my first scan 2 days ago and they were unsure of my due date so are going to scan again in 2 weeks. It's my 3rd child and I've always had straight forward pregnancies, generally kept in good health etc no concerns. However I've just had an appointment through for next week asking me to go to a consultant appointment and also to bring my partner with (specifically the partner MUST attend it states) so tbh I'm really worried now. Anyone have any idea what this could be about? I thought about phoning but I highly doubt they would tell me. I'm worried its very bad news about the baby and that's why they're saying I must bring my partner.

That's strange. They asked me to bring my partner to an appointment but that was because they had found something in my blood that carried the Sick Cell gene so they wanted to check my partners blood to see if he was also a carrier.

Thinking of you!

Did you have blood taken before or at the time of your dating scan?

Ah OK so it's possibly something to do with hereditary issues etc. Never thought about that! Just thought it was strange they were stating I must bring him. It's probably something of nothing but I'll panic for the next week about it 😔😂 thank you x

No I didnt have blood taken at the scan but I did have bloods taken at my first midwifes appointment probably when I was about 10 weeks pregnant

Maybe Rhesus factor? That's all I can think of

Changed my username btw 😅😅 first time on here.

It'll be something to do with hereditary issues, if it was just bad news and they wanted you to have support. They would say bring your partner or a companion :) I'm also sure if it was very serious they wouldn't make you wait a week to tell you!

Your ten week blood tests will have been the one used for the dating scan. I imagine something has come up there that they want to chat to you both about. You’ll also need to have more blood tests done to be able to complete the combined test as those ones will be too old to use for your next scan.

i'm sure they would have got you in quicker if it was really bad news.

Yeah I suppose so. The consultant appointment is 3 days before my next scan (to find out hopefully once and for all my definitive due date) so maybe it is just for more bloods. I'd have thought they would have sent me to my midwife for those but maybe not then.

I had a similar thing with a consultant appointment booked without them telling me why. Phoned up to ask and they couldn't/didn't say. I had a hunch about it (i was right and it wasn't anything important really) but I did tell the consultant that I had found it a bit annoying being summoned like that without any info. She said she would pass it on to the midwifery team about the importance of communicating such things! So might be worth saying that.

Yeah I might do that, thanks. Its just the fear of the unknown I suppose, never had to see a consultant through either of my other pregnancies so wasn't really sure in what circumstances it would even be necessary. And yeah it does feel a bit like you're being summoned!

When's the appointment? Have you gotten any more details on it?

It's Friday, so not yet 😔😔

How did it go? Xxx

Cut a long story short they wanted my partners bloods 😂 was to do with raised fetal haemoglobin levels in my blood which the consultant completely down played and said not to worry etc there's no issues "we're only checking dads blood because the lab have asked us to, it's not of any relevance". Which at the time we said fine bcos we had a tired and frustrated 18 month old with us but when I've came home and looked into it it's to do with the sickle cell anaemia gene, so I'm a bit peeved she didn't mention that but hopefully that's because she's confident we're not carriers of it.