Screening for Down's Syndrome? - Page 2

blake12336 · Apr 12th, 2012, 14:48 PM

Is this at the 12wk scan? I have that 30th April im sooooo excited

But yeah wish my midwife was a little more helpful, she was lovely but the visit seemed quite rushed!

ClairAye · Apr 12th, 2012, 14:51 PM

Yeah

Ooh how exciting!

Aww is she your midwife? We don't have set midwives up here, you see just about everyone

blake12336 · Apr 12th, 2012, 14:55 PM

Im not sure if shes my midwife, as she said she'd be part of a group who would be looking after me, but then she's booked my in for my 16wk appt with her so i presume she's the main one? Do you not see a regular midwife by you then?

ClairAye · Apr 12th, 2012, 14:57 PM

Hmm, maybe then..
No, I live on a small island and there's a small group of midwives, very rare is there more than two people delivering at a time lol, so you see them all but it's fine because there's only a few of them you can 'bond' so to say with them all

blake12336 · Apr 12th, 2012, 14:59 PM

Ooh thats quite nice! When are you due? Do you know what you're having? Where I live there's so many people pregnant at the moment, must be a shortage of midwives!

Miss_Quirky · Apr 12th, 2012, 15:03 PM

My midwife is part of a "team", too. I have an OB I see regularly, but I see the same nurse-midwife every time, too. It's mostly because there is only one OB on call in the hospital per shift, but a handful of midwives, so the chances of my midwife being there when I go into labour is decent

Sometimes appointments can feel rushed, always ask any questions though

sometimes my OB rushes in and out and my MW sits with me and answers questions if she has to, or vice versa.

blake12336 · Apr 12th, 2012, 15:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss_Quirky

My midwife is part of a "team", too. I have an OB I see regularly, but I see the same nurse-midwife every time, too. It's mostly because there is only one OB on call in the hospital per shift, but a handful of midwives, so the chances of my midwife being there when I go into labour is decent

Sometimes appointments can feel rushed, always ask any questions though

sometimes my OB rushes in and out and my MW sits with me and answers questions if she has to, or vice versa.

I'd like to have the same midwife with me at birth, I think i'd feel more comfortable. Got ages to worry about that yet though!

MarissaFaith · Apr 12th, 2012, 15:12 PM

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Originally Posted by blake12336

What does the test involve? Is it just a blood test?

Just a blood test!

ClairAye · Apr 12th, 2012, 15:29 PM

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Originally Posted by blake12336

Ooh thats quite nice! When are you due? Do you know what you're having? Where I live there's so many people pregnant at the moment, must be a shortage of midwives!

I'm due on the 26th May

6 weeks!

No, they don't tell you up here

haha same here! It's crazy how many folk are pregnant!

lola_90 · Apr 12th, 2012, 15:31 PM

I got it done and it was really easy, they just take an extra next measurement at the scan and then they weigh you and take bloods afterwards. These are then put together to establish a risk. i got a letter in the post a few days later with my results which were like 1 in a couple of hundred thousand for one. can't remember the others.

But I would do it regardless so that if there was anything then you could prepare youself

Apr 12th, 2012, 14:48 PM	#11
blake12336 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Midlands Posts: 640	Is this at the 12wk scan? I have that 30th April im sooooo excited But yeah wish my midwife was a little more helpful, she was lovely but the visit seemed quite rushed!

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ClairAye Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 6,274	Yeah Ooh how exciting! Aww is she your midwife? We don't have set midwives up here, you see just about everyone

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blake12336 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Midlands Posts: 640	Im not sure if shes my midwife, as she said she'd be part of a group who would be looking after me, but then she's booked my in for my 16wk appt with her so i presume she's the main one? Do you not see a regular midwife by you then?

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Apr 12th, 2012, 14:57 PM	#14
ClairAye Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 6,274	Hmm, maybe then.. No, I live on a small island and there's a small group of midwives, very rare is there more than two people delivering at a time lol, so you see them all but it's fine because there's only a few of them you can 'bond' so to say with them all

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blake12336 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Midlands Posts: 640	Ooh thats quite nice! When are you due? Do you know what you're having? Where I live there's so many people pregnant at the moment, must be a shortage of midwives!

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Miss_Quirky Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: California Posts: 1,216	My midwife is part of a "team", too. I have an OB I see regularly, but I see the same nurse-midwife every time, too. It's mostly because there is only one OB on call in the hospital per shift, but a handful of midwives, so the chances of my midwife being there when I go into labour is decent Sometimes appointments can feel rushed, always ask any questions though sometimes my OB rushes in and out and my MW sits with me and answers questions if she has to, or vice versa.

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lola_90 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Brighton Posts: 2,920	I got it done and it was really easy, they just take an extra next measurement at the scan and then they weigh you and take bloods afterwards. These are then put together to establish a risk. i got a letter in the post a few days later with my results which were like 1 in a couple of hundred thousand for one. can't remember the others. But I would do it regardless so that if there was anything then you could prepare youself

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