Due January 2024 🎉

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I can see one for this so in my excitement thought I’d start one. Due date is 1st Jan for me 😊

I’m 37 and pregnant with no. 2. We tried for 4 months so lucky not too long.

@Salamander91 I’ve got my scan tomorrow at 6+2. Did you get to see a heartbeat? DH wants to push it back to our original date in case we don’t see a heartbeat but I also want to know it’s in the right place so keen to have it sooner rather than later.

@buckingmad we did yeh. 6+2 could go either way if your dates are even a couple of days off. Good luck. I hope you get to see the heartbeat.

Glad to see everyones scans are going well!

I have mine tomorrow and I will be 6+3, potentially a little further as I have irregular periods so hard to tell but been 3 weeks since my positive test and they say to leave it 2 🤞🏻

Hi everyone hoping I can join!
I'm 5+1 today and just wondering when everyone self referred to the midwives?
I've been keeping track of line progression because I've had a few chemicals in the past year so I'm afraid of referring and something happening

I’m 5+1 as well and have the booking appointment on 1st June. I’m in Leeds and here they aim to have booking appointments between 6 and 8 weeks. The recommended timeframe will vary by area though

Thanks @Salamander91 and @ThomasinaLivesHere. I suspected round ligament pain, but google seemed to suggest they come later on. I had SPD in my pregancy - so likely prone. Good to hear others have had it early on. Thanks

I'm in Northern Ireland and they don't tend to see you before 12 weeks (at least it was that way with my other two pregnancys).
Maybe I should just self refer now

I'm only 4+3 and I've just had a small jelly like bit of discharge is this a bad sign
So anxious especially now I don't no what I should do x

@stressshead was it clear? I reckon that’s fine.

So glad people’s scans have gone well! And good luck to those having a scan this week! Can’t wait to hear all about the little heart beats 😍

@confused6789 I referred quite soon, 4 weeks ish. My first baby so I think I was just keen to kick it all off!

@stressshead is the discharge white/clear? If so, completely normal 👍

@sashastuck @RootsHere I'd say in the middle not clear but not white like a cloudy colour sorry I'm just proper freaking out.

Thank you both for replying so quickly xx

@RootsHere I'm leeds too! I'm 5+2 today and have my booking appointment I'm for 9th june so will be just over 8 weeks.

@confused6789 I contacted my gp at 4 weeks, was the Monday after testing positive on the Saturday. Wanted to get things started and with having underactive thyroid wanted to get a blood test sorted!

@confused6789 hi I'm in Northern Ireland too 🖐I'm always seen early because of a health condition so I'm not sure what it's like normally.

Thanks everyone, I've just filled in the self referral form there now! Suppose I may as well get the ball rolling
Hey @Salamander91 N.I seems so slow 🙈 I tend to have complicated pregnancies which I've mentioned on the form so 🤞 I get seen a bit earlier too!

@RootsHere @Whoisdis I’m in York so not far! I self referred 2 weeks back but not heard anything yet. Going to chase them end of next week as they like to see before 8 weeks and I’ll be 7 by then.

@buckingmad maybe see if you can find a number to contact them? I got directed to the mypregnancynotes website to book on and that states to contact if you haven't heard from them in 2 weeks? I had an appointment come through on the website within a few days.

I've had to fight to get my thyroid levels checked as was told ot wasn't needed so following a private gp consultation they've requested a blood test but was still reluctant. The private gp did advise upping my dosage until results back anyway. I'm a little worried as I will be 6 weeks by the time I get checked and another few days for results.

@buckingmad we went for a scan at what I thought was 6+1 but sonographer thinks I was a bit earlier than that-more like 5+4. Regardless, we still saw a heartbeat and a tiny little bean! Good luck for today, hope it all goes well xx

Those who had scans around 6 weeks, were they able to see abdominally or were they transvaginal?

I've booked for next Saturday at 6+2 but it's just occurred to me that it might need to be TV and I'd rather wait I think (I've had dozens of TV scans but I had lots of invasive gyne investigations last year and I'd really rather avoid unless medically necessary).

@PartRadish it depends on the people doing the scan but last time around we struggled to see an 8 week baby from outside for me... the tv is so much clearer

This time round I've booked the place that does tv and ta as I want the option to see better!

Most places say tv up to 8-9 weeks for that reason but I know some places do do abdominal and see fine...

I'd say for 6 weeks the tv is going to be the main option but see what others say

@PartRadish my scan was at 7+3 and they could see abdominally but not clearly so they did transvaginal too. I'm a size 20 with a c section overhang so might be easier if you're slim.

@PartRadish mine was transvaginally, they didn’t even bother trying abdominally and I doubt they’d have been able to see anything as it was so small.

We had fertility treatment so I’ve had a lot of invasive tests too, including a pretty horrendous HSG. The scan didn’t last as long as my previous TV scans-I guess because they’re just focused on the baby rather than checking out everything like they do in normal TV scans.

@PartRadish i had a scan at 8 weeks last time and it was TV

I'm going this afternoon to my scan, I will be 6+3. They recommend transvaginal if below 10 weeks but you can choose abdominal. You just potentially will get an inconclusive result. Will let you know how it goes this afternoon ☺️

Good luck @RG9895 ❤️

@RG9895 should've written hope the scan is great rather than good luck! Morning brain! 😂😂