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[MissMaternal]

Congrats to everyone who had great scans today!
Wow - Jox is in hospital?! I hope her and bubs are ok!

So i had my booking-in appointment with the midwife today....let's just say she was urrmm different, lol!
Luckily she was just covering for my actual midwife, the one i had last time. She was off today. The one today was just SO ditzy!! Here's a few examples of the things she said/did which made me think "are you actually qualified?"...
*She kept us waiting for 50 minutes
*She got my name wrong when she came to the waiting room to get me (well, not totally wrong, but she called me by my middle name instead lol)
*When we went in and sat down she said "Right, what can i do for you today then?" So she didn't even know why i was there.
*When she was filling in the forms about my past history, she couldn't even spell "miscarriage"...bit worrying considering she's a midwife...
*When she took my blood, she put the needle in, then went "Ooh, i don't know if it's gone in...it didn't sound right" Luckily it HAD gone in right....
*When working out my due date, she came up with the 14th April. I said oh, we worked it out to be the 12th April..she then had another look on her chart and said "Oh, yes well it is around the 12th I suppose.."
*When discussing what happened in my last pregnancy, she went "Oh you've done very well haven't you" In a REALLY patronising tone!!!
*When she tested my urine sample, she gave the pot (wee still inside) back to me. I said "Should i put this in the bin?" She said "No, NHS are making cutbacks so you'll need to keep the pot to use next time" Nice!
When working out my BMI, she said "Well, you don't fall into the obese category" YES THANKS, I AM AWARE OF THAT. I AM A SIZE 12. "But you are unhealthy."
I think that's about it. She was such a dimwit! I can't wait until next time to see my regular midwife!!

Rant over, lol. xx

 

[tinybutterfly]

EDD: may 15th

just got the phone call...am still shaking...insanely happy i can finally join again

 

[Tulip]

EDD: may 15th

just got the phone call...am still shaking...insanely happy i can finally join again

OMG OMG OMG OMG! Hold on I have to make time to add this one! Congratulations Kim - STICK LITTLE BEAN! xxx

 

[debgreasby]

Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop TB.... so mega happy 4 u xxx

 

[mislaww]

Congrats tiny!

Glad to hear things went well, MissMaternal.

Amy? Back yet? Fingers are crossed very tightly for some good news for you...

 

[roonsma]

Van Dorp! Ha ha ha.. brilliant!
Thanks ladies! I am due my 20w scan on the 27th of Oct- now how long is that
Still I can relax now and watch bumpy grow

Great News Patsy!

I can tell you exactly how long- 6 weeks and 5 days, same as me!! AGES AWAY!!

Hi tulip, could you add me please! I'm finally ready, thanks hun xx

 

[Vickieh1981]

Update from Patsy

We have a heartbeat yay and everything is good with baby so happy she saw the bleed i had and said its getting better should be last of it

That is really superb news.

Great news for all the good scans

I've got midwife again on wed 15th, then on octber 4th as well, should have a scan at EPU next week, and got scan on 26th, I love having appointments gives you something to look forward to

I know - I love having them to look forward to. I have nothing now for 2 weeks.

Glad all the scans went well today x i hope ur right and it's a good news today cuz Jox has been admitted to hospital today so hoping all will be well with her and beanie xxxx

I just saw that. Poor Jo.

Congrats to everyone who had great scans today!
Wow - Jox is in hospital?! I hope her and bubs are ok!

So i had my booking-in appointment with the midwife today....let's just say she was urrmm different, lol!
Luckily she was just covering for my actual midwife, the one i had last time. She was off today. The one today was just SO ditzy!! Here's a few examples of the things she said/did which made me think "are you actually qualified?"...
*She kept us waiting for 50 minutes
*She got my name wrong when she came to the waiting room to get me (well, not totally wrong, but she called me by my middle name instead lol)
*When we went in and sat down she said "Right, what can i do for you today then?" So she didn't even know why i was there.
*When she was filling in the forms about my past history, she couldn't even spell "miscarriage"...bit worrying considering she's a midwife...
*When she took my blood, she put the needle in, then went "Ooh, i don't know if it's gone in...it didn't sound right" Luckily it HAD gone in right....
*When working out my due date, she came up with the 14th April. I said oh, we worked it out to be the 12th April..she then had another look on her chart and said "Oh, yes well it is around the 12th I suppose.."
*When discussing what happened in my last pregnancy, she went "Oh you've done very well haven't you" In a REALLY patronising tone!!!
*When she tested my urine sample, she gave the pot (wee still inside) back to me. I said "Should i put this in the bin?" She said "No, NHS are making cutbacks so you'll need to keep the pot to use next time" Nice!
When working out my BMI, she said "Well, you don't fall into the obese category" YES THANKS, I AM AWARE OF THAT. I AM A SIZE 12. "But you are unhealthy."
I think that's about it. She was such a dimwit! I can't wait until next time to see my regular midwife!!

Rant over, lol. xx

She sounds an idiot. It's true they are reusing urine pots but my midwife empties it and rinses it lol

EDD: may 15th

just got the phone call...am still shaking...insanely happy i can finally join again

YEY Congrats again.

 

[debgreasby]

Lol i get to take my old pee home too

Baby badger is hiding from the doppler Will try again tomorrow.

 

[Vickieh1981]

Have been having a bit of cramping today and had a horrid paranoid moment that baby had gone.

I have only been able to find it about 5 or 6 times on the doppler but thankfully it's always when I needed it the most. I found it tonight AND it kept kicking the doppler as if to say get off lol

 

[mislaww]

Cheeky badger! Don't worry Deb, it's still so early!

You can tell it's kicking, Vickie? Oh that's cool. I can't wait...

Sometimes these dopplers are a bit of a curse...I can't do it in front of my hubby as he gets too worried. I had to sneak it in this morning while he was in the shower....

I cannot believe you're reusing pee cups, ladies. Surely things can't be so bad in the UK?

Lastly, but not least, welcome Roonsma!

 

[Beadette]

Hi ladies,

TB I'm so over the moon for you!

Thank you for all the good luck wishes.

My midwife is not making me use old pee pots - in fact in our surgery they have some new ones which have some powder in the bottom and a red lid and she gave me a new one to bring back next time? Perhaps she isn't a very good recycler!!

Anyway here is my bubs........

https://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu278/ninaranson/scan83.jpg

Hasn't he/she grown!! Love it x x x x x

Well done to all others who had scans today and good luck to those who are still waiting or who have scans in the next couple of days x x x x

 

[Amos2009]

Hi ladies!!!

Fabulous scans ladies!! Did I miss Erin's update??

Jenny- ouchy wouchy!! I hope they get better for you

Patsy- SO happy for you that everything is ok. You know we can't have normal, easy pregnancies!!

Well, I had passed a few gray clot looking things over the past two days so of course I just knew it was bad news. I get into the scan and tell the lady what has been going on so I'm expecting bad news. She looks and says- yeah, here is your uterus and there's where it looks like the sac was- I'm so sorry. There were 2 medical students in there and they held my arm and apologized too. Well, the sonographer kept digging around and then she said- oh wait- your baby is way up to the right- not in the center of the uterus and this is a new one for me. I said- oh yeah- there's the sac. But there's no baby or hearbeat right?? She said OH YES THERE IS- LOOK!!! There he was beating away at 164!!!! (I just assumed she would have known where the baby was based on my last few scans. But bless her heart, she felt so terrible after saying she was sorry.) SO------I have almost made it to my milestone- the furthest I have ever gotten was 8+4 and I am 8+1 today!!!!

Neen- beautiful pic!!! That baby is growing!!!

 

[Beadette]

OMG Amy what an awful but amazing time you had at the scan! This little one is a keeper I'm telling you! How are you feeling now? It must have been such a conflict of emotions!! xxxx

 

[Amos2009]

Well, I already had my breakdown here at the house when I started passing the gray stuff. But I did want to cry at first because they were being so sweet- then I wanted to cry GOOD tears!!! I held it together though!! I still don't feel terrible, but I'm not complaining. Boobs still normal size, but I'm not complaining there either!!!

 

[babysimpson]

Hi girls great news about all the scans and the new additions to the group. I'm doing fine. Still bleeding but that could be for a while still. Just getting on with things but by the end of each day at work I'm shattered. Very draining but I need to keep going.

 

[mislaww]

Yay Amy!

What a terrible start to it, but what a great finish! And 164 is a nice, strong heartbeat, too. I saw this on another thread and thought you (and everyone else) might enjoy:

this is from the miscarriage association's website:

Research has shown that if you see a heartbeat at 6 weeks of pregnancy, the chances of the pregnancy continuing are 78%. A heartbeat at 8 weeks increases the chance of a continuing pregnancy to 98% and at 10 weeks to 99.4%. So things could still go wrong, but as long as there is a heartbeat, the risk of miscarriage decreases as the weeks go by.

Hope it reassures all of us who are worrying. Let's just enjoy our 1st tri!

I wish it were 100%, but 98% is pretty great.

Nice pic, Neens!

 

[Amos2009]

Baby- I'm just so sorry you are going through this I hope the bleeding eases up so you can start to feel better at least physically

 

[Amos2009]

Thanks Mislaww!! I can live with those statistics!

 

[Amos2009]

Here is my little Tweetie!!!

 

[EpdTTC]

Hugs to Jox.

Yay for Patsy!

Glad your appointment went well MissM-aside from her being a dingbat!

Congrats TB!

Great pic Neens. Bubs has grown quite a bit!

Amy-I'm so glad you ended up with good news but geesh I'm so sorry you had to go through that scare! Yikes! Congrats on almost reaching your milestone. that has got to be both wonderful and scary. I think this is your sticky bean.

My scan went well today! Baby was bouncing all around in there. Went from being face down with hind end in the air to facing us to then being on his or her back. Yay! NT test was excellent. Measured at 1.3 or 1.4 I think and they like it to be less than 3 so that was great. They did the quad screen and I should have those results in about a week. Loved my new doc! He and staff were great! It took forever, I was there for hours but when doc came in, he apologized and said that a woman was having some bad things happening. I said it was ok, quietly counted my blessings that it wasn't me and said a prayer for the woman. It's hard to be mad or be impatient about something like that when I know what it feels like to be the woman with bad things happening.

I had to have a pap today because it has been 8 mths and if they waited til after baby was born it would be too long. Hated having a pap because I know I will spot but doc was very reassuring and understanding about that. Said I might spot for a day or two and to try not to worry that it would be directly related to pap and nothing else. My next appointment is in three weeks, September 30th at 10:30am! I doubt I will even have a scan at it but I will ask and see if they will do a quick one as I will be almost 16 weeks and would love to get a sneak peak to see if we can tell the gender. They did peak for me today and said no obvious 12 week male genitalia but that it doesn't mean it can't be a boy.

I will attach a pic!