Less than 12 weeks pregnant club! 2

2ba3c

Ohhh and I treated myself to a little reflexology - although it was more like a gentle foot and leg massage! Feeling very sleepy now though and ready for my bed, not an afternoon at work!!

Millie2008_2

Oooh, just got scan date of 9th august and I need to see the midwife straight after for bloods, etc.

I've also got my maternity excemption card thing It all feels all the more real now (as if the previous scan didn't convince me it was really happening )

I was a bit naughty earlier and bought some little vests. They were v. cute though. Oh and some scratch mits and muslins...

savageHK

Millie2008 wrote: »

I've also got my maternity excemption card thing

I still don't have mine (must remember to ask midwife when I see her at 25 weeks!) and I never got the first Bounty pack either! I think it's because my GP doesn't have a midwife attached...

Sequeena

Does no-ones midwife come to their home for the first appointment then? They do in my area. With T I had it at 6 weeks. We filled in the maternity book that you carry everywhere. It has yours and your partners family history, information on scans, bloods etc, a section for your midwife and/or consultant or any other medical professional to fill each time you have an appointment (blood pressure, gestation, urine results, what was discussed at the appointment) then at the back are a few blank pages if you wish to write a birth plan.

My first scan with T I was 11+2 by lmp but they put me back to 10+6. I did a sample of urine at every appointment. After my first scan I was also weighed, had bloods done, blood pressure, spoke to one of the midwives (she gives you extra info on whatever) and I think that was it.

For anyone interested my appointments were 6 weeks, 10 weeks (scan), 12 weeks, 15 weeks emergency scan, 17 weeks scan, 18 weeks scan at fetal medicine (gender confirmed), 19 weeks scan, 20 weeks anomaly scan at fetal medicine, 24 weeks scan and consultant, 25 weeks midwife, 28 weeks scan and consultant, 28 weeks midwife, 30 weeks midwife, 32 weeks scan and consultant, 33 weeks scan and consultant, 34 weeks scan and consultant, 34 weeks midwife, 36 weeks scan and consultant, 36 weeks midwife, 38 weeks consultant, 38 weeks midwife, 40 weeks midwife.

I had a complicated pregnancy. Usually you're seen between 10 and 12 weeks, 16 weeks, 20 weeks, 2 weekly midwife apps from 28 weeks onwards.

Millie2008_2

Squeena, my community midwife called today and is coming to the house on friday (I'm 10 weeks on Saturday) but I've already had my first antenatal appt with the GP, as that's the arrangement at our surgery.

After the scan, I'll see the hospital midwife for bloods, etc.

I think it works differently in different areas, as my friend's experience
was quite different from what's been offered to me

Thanks for sharing, I find it really useful hearing about others experiences

Sequeena

I went to my gp first too who said he didn't deal with ante natal stuff. Fair enough, 1 less medical professional for me to see :rotfl:

findingmyownway

Hi to all the newbies!

I saw midwife at gp surgery at 7 weeks (although I got an appt without telling them how far I was so I think this would have occurred whenever I called). Now had letters from hospital for an app to "book in" at 11 weeks (with a huge med history form to complete in advance) and then a scan app at 12 weeks.

2ba3c

First scan tomorrow morning, feeling incredibly nervous, especially since my boobs stopped hurting today and I've been feeling symptomless.

countrybum

Good luck for the scan today 2ba3c - let us know how you get on

welshgirl78

Good luck 2ba3c