Pregnancy #53

How far along are you?

  • Under 12 weeks

    Votes: 46 26.7%

  • 12-18 weeks

    Votes: 21 12.2%

  • 19-26 weeks

    Votes: 26 15.1%

  • 27-32 weeks

    Votes: 12 7.0%

  • 33-38 weeks

    Votes: 22 12.8%

  • Full term / over due

    Votes: 8 4.7%

  • Just had my baby

    Votes: 14 8.1%

  • Just here for the nosey

    Votes: 23 13.4%
  • Total voters
    172
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Just had my 25 week midwife appointment, basically got my whooping cough vaccine, heard heartbeat, she felt my tummy but never asked how I was, no safeguarding questions how is everything at home etc, any symptoms. I know it's routine, and tbh I prefer a tough love approach with medical stuff haha, I was just quite suprised!!

Luckily I'm sailing through my pregnancy now and everything is spot on, but does make me worry for people who daren't speak up about issues!
 
Seeemm said:
I literally just came into this thread to ask the same. Pregnancy was confirmed by urine test in the doctors yesterday but I was hoping they’d take bloods too to confirm but they didn’t.

I don’t really have much symptoms and I’m such an over thinker, this wait is gonna be painful. I think I’m gonna go for a private scan at 8-10 weeks for peace of mind. Fingers crossed nothing happens in the mean time
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As far as I saw/see it, as long as I'm not bleeding or anything, I'm all good. When I found out, I took 5 Boots own brand tests over the course of a week (but only because they came as a pack of 5 and I couldn't quite believe my eyes). I think buying more tests would be a waste of time and money, so that's all I did until the 12 week scan. As far as I'm aware, false positives aren't a thing so don't worry about it! Def go for the private scan if it'll put your mind at rest tho 😊 congratulations!
 
judgingyourlife said:
As far as I saw/see it, as long as I'm not bleeding or anything, I'm all good. When I found out, I took 5 Boots own brand tests over the course of a week (but only because they came as a pack of 5 and I couldn't quite believe my eyes). I think buying more tests would be a waste of time and money, so that's all I did until the 12 week scan. As far as I'm aware, false positives aren't a thing so don't worry about it! Def go for the private scan if it'll put your mind at rest tho 😊 congratulations!
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Thank you x

I’m just paranoid ill get to 12 week scan and there won’t be anything. Trying to keep distracted but this is my first ever pregnancy so my head is all over the place.

I have about 30 strip tests left so might as well use them up 😂
 
amyy said:
Just had my 25 week midwife appointment, basically got my whooping cough vaccine, heard heartbeat, she felt my tummy but never asked how I was, no safeguarding questions how is everything at home etc, any symptoms. I know it's routine, and tbh I prefer a tough love approach with medical stuff haha, I was just quite suprised!!

Luckily I'm sailing through my pregnancy now and everything is spot on, but does make me worry for people who daren't speak up about issues!
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They are still supposed to ask how you are etc at every appointment. I ended up requesting all my notes after birth and it’s interesting the things they input without checking first (my trust uses an electronic system which prompts them what to ask and they have to put something in certain boxes in order to continue)
So for every appt there was a section for her to ask me about partner/things at home and she always put good/fine despite not always asking me
On my 5 day check after having baby the midwife put that my mood was fine and my appetite was normal despite being a crumbling mess and barely having eaten since he was born. The day 10 midwife got a shock when she actually asked me the questions and I had a breakdown 😆
 
Seeemm said:
I literally just came into this thread to ask the same. Pregnancy was confirmed by urine test in the doctors yesterday but I was hoping they’d take bloods too to confirm but they didn’t.

I don’t really have much symptoms and I’m such an over thinker, this wait is gonna be painful. I think I’m gonna go for a private scan at 8-10 weeks for peace of mind. Fingers crossed nothing happens in the mean time
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Sorry to hear you’re going through the same thing. The wait is so difficult. I was also shocked that it apparently isn’t common practice to do blood tests in the U.K. to test hcg levels rising, I asked in my last pregnancy too and was refused. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you too, you’re not alone xx
 
Seeemm said:
Thank you x

I’m just paranoid ill get to 12 week scan and there won’t be anything. Trying to keep distracted but this is my first ever pregnancy so my head is all over the place.

I have about 30 strip tests left so might as well use them up 😂
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Aw this is my first too (and a happy surprise 🤣) and I'm 20 weeks now! It's so weird isn't it, I felt the exact same way, like I was faking it or something. Was convinced I'd go to the 12 week scan and as you say be nothing there hahah WHY do our brains do this! Guess it's because you more or less feel the same as before and there's nothing external to show for it yet. But if the tests are positive, you're pregnant x
 
Almost at 30 weeks and the hip pain at night is waking me up from being on my side all the time. Any recommendations to ease it please? Already sleeping with a pregnancy pillow and it doesn’t seem to be helping much.
 
Hinchhater1442 said:
They are still supposed to ask how you are etc at every appointment. I ended up requesting all my notes after birth and it’s interesting the things they input without checking first (my trust uses an electronic system which prompts them what to ask and they have to put something in certain boxes in order to continue)
So for every appt there was a section for her to ask me about partner/things at home and she always put good/fine despite not always asking me
On my 5 day check after having baby the midwife put that my mood was fine and my appetite was normal despite being a crumbling mess and barely having eaten since he was born. The day 10 midwife got a shock when she actually asked me the questions and I had a breakdown 😆
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Oh bless you. You maybe needed someone to ask for you to let it all out! They shouldn't assume even if you seem in a good mood or happy on that day! It's not just me and my midwife either cos I've heard a few similar stories about other GP's in my area, defo a slight flaw in the system but hey at least we get free healthcare and regular check ups !!
 
I had my 38 week midwife appt today. She was talking to me about booking in for a sweep next week at 39+4 but I’ve decided to just go to my 2 week appt and see how things are at 40+4 if I get there.
measured me and baby is approx 7lbs 7 atm.

in regard to the chat about scans and tests. I did one strip test when I was late for my period and the line came up dark straight away. Then I did a Clear Blue digital the same day and that said pregnant 2-3 and that’s the last time I tested.
I also didn’t pay for any early scans. I had my booking in appointment at about 10/11 weeks and then my 12 weeks scan was about 13 weeks for them but I was actually 14 weeks. I then had my 20 week scan where we found out I was having a girl. We decided to have a 4D scan At 31 weeks and then ended up having a growth scan the day after as I was admitted with a bleed 😳

I personally felt that having early scans if there was bad news I would rather have been in a real medical environment. And I just wanted to try and relax as much as I could. However everyone works in different ways and feels better from different things.
 
wishiniwasskinny said:
I personally felt that having early scans if there was bad news I would rather have been in a real medical environment. And I just wanted to try and relax as much as I could. However everyone works in different ways and feels better from different things.
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I have to say the environment at Window to the womb was very in your face. All gender reveal cannons, photo frames and bears to put the heat beat in. Blaring music too. I can’t imagine walking out of there with bad news. If I have more private scans, I’ll go somewhere more “medical”.
 
littlepup said:
I have to say the environment at Window to the womb was very in your face. All gender reveal cannons, photo frames and bears to put the heat beat in. Blaring music too. I can’t imagine walking out of there with bad news. If I have more private scans, I’ll go somewhere more “medical”.
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Agree I didn’t find them the best in my area either. I used them though first time as I was desperate due to having a slight bleed and they were the only place with a scan available that day.
 
littlepup said:
I have to say the environment at Window to the womb was very in your face. All gender reveal cannons, photo frames and bears to put the heat beat in. Blaring music too. I can’t imagine walking out of there with bad news. If I have more private scans, I’ll go somewhere more “medical”.
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I agree that I would have wanted to be somewhere more medical if it was bad news.

However, I found waiting at the EPU was horrible. The receptionists were on the phone to someone having a miscarriage and I was in a room with folders on miscarriage, ectopic etc. I also think the people before me may have had bad news, coupled with the fact I was there for a reason I felt really anxious. My private scan felt a lot more relaxing for that reason and luckily everything has been fine so far.

I think there’s this massive thing with “influencers” at the moment with the whole come along with me to my x week scan as if it’s fun time to meet the baby rather than a medical check. I had my 12 week scan yesterday and was still super nervous having already had 2 scans - luckily all looks fine and just waiting for the results of my screening.
 
I had a private scan at an independent place in my town and the woman was brilliant. All was well of course but I broke down anyway because of my previous miscarriages anyway and she was amazing. She really reassured me and told me about different charities for women who are pregnant after loss, and told me women who are going through the same really suffer with their mental health and anxiety and they get overlooked. She was so supportive and everything she said really resonated with how I felt. And she remembered me when I went back for my gender reveal and asked me how I was getting on, and if my mental health is doing ok. Honestly she was amazing, I can’t speak about them all of course but she really knew what she was talking about regarding pregnancy loss and the place weren’t too OTT like i’ve heard window to the womb is
 
Jasminexx02 said:
Did anyone use ultrasound direct?
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I’ve used these about 6 times now (paranoid over here!) and they’ve always been amazing. I had a big bleed last week and the nhs refused to scan me so I emailed Ultrasound Direct to ask if there was any kind of scan they could do and the sonographer who’s done most of my scans phoned me from home on Friday evening to say there’s not technically a scan they offer but if I went to see her on monday she would give me a thorough check over and she did and gave me so much reassurance which I just didn’t get from the hospital. Would recommend them so much, especially over window to the womb who were useless for me 😂
 
Jasminexx02 said:
Did anyone use ultrasound direct?
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Yes that's who I used last week. The scan pics are abit more grainy then other early scan places I've used but non the less can see what's needed. Don't be alarmed if your womb looks empty at first she couldn't see baby for ages looked like there was just an empty sac and at last minute she found baby tucked in the corner. Me and my fella was singing 'that's me in the corner that's me in the spotlight' bet they was thinking ffs hope these riff raffs don't come back.
 
raspberryjuice said:
I’ve used these about 6 times now (paranoid over here!) and they’ve always been amazing. I had a big bleed last week and the nhs refused to scan me so I emailed Ultrasound Direct to ask if there was any kind of scan they could do and the sonographer who’s done most of my scans phoned me from home on Friday evening to say there’s not technically a scan they offer but if I went to see her on monday she would give me a thorough check over and she did and gave me so much reassurance which I just didn’t get from the hospital. Would recommend them so much, especially over window to the womb who were useless for me 😂
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Aww wow, that’s amazing, so lovely of them ❤️ xx
 
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