12-24 weeks pregnant (part2)

neverdespairgirl

I'm under consultant-lead care for two reasons - the hyperemesis, and Isaac being born by emergency c-section after failed induction and prolonged labour. Still, not actually seen a consultant yet, just a junior doctor, once.

sunshine81

Dropping in speedily after work, uni and before sleep.... right hormonal pregnant wreck right now! I'm sorry I haven't commented to everyone, but I am thinking of you all!

Check your green notes I'd say... I had my booking in at 11 weeks, then had to make my own next appointment which it at 18 weeks instead of 16 weeks (next week for me!) the rest of my appointments look the same though.

Can you be put under a consultant just because of your weight? My BMI is high and I have to see one after my 20 week scan, but surely if everything is going well they can't keep you under a consultant? I don't want my weight to limit my birthing choices if it isn't actually causing any problems apart from looking like an ugly number on a piece of paper.

PS Mrs TM loving the bump photos! I was thinking I'm not very big and getting a bit worried, currently 17+1, but actually my bump is similar size to yours :-)

moonbabe58

Lots to catch up on! Have had a break from technology over Christmas!

A quick and possibly stupid question, what does indigestion feel like?! I keep feeling very full and bloated after eating a meal, feeling sick and burping a lot and getting pains in the top of my bump. Is that indigestion!?

marywooyeah

becsxxx wrote: »

I'm really aching today after doing my "lean and toned" (Lol) pregnancy workout DVD for the first time yesterday! I am soooooooooo unfit!!!! What is everyone else doing about exercise?

becsxxx wrote: »

no aqua natal classes in Nottingham at a sensible time (ie not in the working day) it seems!

will have to keep going with the DVD and maybe just go for a normal swim. I also bought a yoga DVD, but it appears to be 90% practising breathing, and that just makes me SOOOOO bored!!!

Becs I fancy aquanatal but have the same problem with the times due to work, I'm planning to do it when I go on maternity instead. For now I try to walk to and from the school to work each day and I'm telling myself that walking tomthe printer and back or to court and back is counting, but the court is literally five minutes from my office lol!

Mrs TM you look really good, I was thinking we could start doing selfies to compare our "chub to bub" ratios! I've ballooned in the last week I look so pregnant now its unreal! My supervisor comment on it today and said loudly "well if you will insist on having sex alll the time!", I didnt know what to say!

And ndg, hyperemesis sounds horrid! Have you had it this time, or just with Isaac? X

TeamLowe

Sunshine I'm under consultant care due purely to weight but at anomaly scan they were happy with it being shared care with midwives so haven't seen consultant again until tomorrow (36 weeks) when they'll assess my weight and baby's position/size. All that's been said so far about birthing choices is that I'll have to have blood thinning injections afterward as a precaution against DVT, which I've had before after an operation so seems to be standard if you're not going to be very mobile for a while and they'll have to do a manual handling assessment! Which made me feel lovely as you can imagine lol

When I discussed it with the midwife last time I saw her, and in the context of me wanting a hospital birth anyway, she said that as I've not other complications the only thing my weight may effect is how they can monitor baby, on a practical level of my chub getting in the way lol worse case scenario is I end up strapped up to a monitor so they can get a good trace but she said even then you can move around a bit so don't have to Labour on your back which is the only thing I really don't want to do lol

Oh and I know some people were discharged completely at 20 weeks as their BMIs were borderline, depends on your own circumstances I think

claire16c

Mrs_T_M wrote: »

Oops then. I'm 17 weeks today.

Claire - I will be under consultant care due to my weight. Bah.

Maybe your appt tomorrow will kind of count as your 16 week one?

I guess if you are consultant you'd still have the same appt schedule it might just be you see consultant for some of them? Or have extras? I'm sure someone else can confirm.

My friend was consultant care due to bmi being low but after a few seeing the consultant she got told to go back to midwife led care as it was a waste of time as there was nothing wrong with her or the baby.

So it may well change!

fireyfirenze

I'm under a consultant and all it seems as if you get extra appointments alongside your normal midwife ones. obviously I can't say yet though! I just know my next appointments are - midwife next weeks for 16 weeks (I'll be nearly 18 though ha) and February I have my anomaly scan and consultant appointment on the same day, then in March an appointment with anaesthetics, phew! my midwife said the same though; after iv had my first consultant appointment I might just be discharged back into the midwives care, depends what they say.

mysecretalias

Thanks all for the congrats and also the fees advice, I'm glad we seem to have over budgeted on those!! We are sitting down with our mortgage broker friend on Sunday to get everything rolling, just want it done now and to be in our own place so I can start being homely and decorating!!

Robotsindisguise hope you're feeling a bit better now you've seen your counsellor!

Mrstm I was given the number for my local midwife centre at my booking in appointment, it was then my responsibility to phone them and get allocated a local centre and book a date. If you've not got a phone number on the front of your green file I would phone the midwife part of your hospital and ask for the midwife details local to you.

My bump is blooming huge now!! It's grown literally double over the last week and my belly button is almost level with my belly now, reckon it'll start poking out in a week or two! Can't believe how much I've grown! I weighed myself the other day and I've actually only put on just under a stone in weight so that's not too bad I don't think, it's all gone on my boobs/baby belly/bum anyway

MrsMuffin

Hi all,

I was told my by midwife at booking in that i would be consultant led due to my bmi (35). At my 12 week scan they told me that the guidelines had changed and it was only for a bmi of 40 or over that had to be consultant led so i was discharged without ever seeing a consultant!

MrsMuffin xx

mysecretalias

Sophiasmum just wanted to say good luck for your scan on Wednesday in case I don't end up coming on here tomorrow