September 2011

OMIGOSH!! Congrats Bex!! How freaking awesome!!!

Hehe thanks Bex!!!! Yea I thought it was pretty cool as we found out almost the same time last time as well, and not much further apart this time...... Go the Jan 2010 mums. Hope the wedding went well. The pics look great.

jano1 wrote: Welcome wimble, whereabouts do you live?

Thanks for the welcomes!  I live in Dunedin :)

I've got my first taste of MS this morning, felt fine until I got in the truck to come to work and it hit me, just a bit of nausea so far...yuck!  Thank goodness I can hide in my office for the rest of the week since I'm pretty much the only one back at work.

I have my first midwife appointment on the 19th, I chose her as one of my friends used her with her second baby and raved about her.  I don't think I'm having a dating scan as I knew when my LMP was, gutted :(  I'll try and convince her that I need reassurance that there is actually something in there, plus I'd like to tell my Mum on her birthday but I'll only be 11 weeks then and I'd feel better about telling her once I've actually seen the proof on a scan!  plus have a pic to show her of course :)

How did everyone chose their midwives for their first baby? 

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I think I picked my midwife last time because I'd heard her name on here. I really had no idea how to pick one though.   I think I went for one nice and close and she seemed nice enough at the appointment! I actually had an appointment with a 2nd one too and went to see her but she was at a birth and so only met her backup. Her backup was actually lovely and I was tempted to book her instead, in the end I decided the first one was fine (and she was) so just went with her. It's a hard one as it's not like you can ask to see their portfolio!

I'm not seeing my midwife till 10 weeks, so beginning of February. She sent me a whole lot of stuff in the mail though like blood test, scan thing, prescription and some pamphlets.

Scan is next Friday

I totally know what you mean about not wanting to tell before the scan, I worry I'm imagining it and maybe the pregnancy test was a mistake (but then I guess where is AF otherwise).   I'm such a worrywart, it was really once I started feeling heaps of kicks that I felt better otherwise after a scan I'd then worry till the next one!

*lurker* hey wimble...i'm due 28 august with our first child, and am in dunedin too. who did you end up chosing for your midwife -haven't found one yet!

karenmary wrote: *lurker* hey wimble...i'm due 28 august with our first child, and am in dunedin too. who did you end up chosing for your midwife -haven't found one yet!

Hi karenmary, I'm going with Toni McCallum - I haven't met her yet but my freind said she was great when she had #2 back in February.  My two sisters-in-law had Prue Thompson but she was going to be on holiday when I'm due.  My doctor suggested Sally McNeill as a third option in case neither Toni or Prue were available.

Good luck choosing!  Is this your first bubba too?

hi again wimble - nope haven't phoned anyone yet - still confused, but becoming slightly clearer. have had prue recommended by a few people, also sally but haven't heard of toni. seems like a tough decision, as i'm not one of those people who likes to say "no" to someone and try and change if i don't like the midwife. would like to make the best decision to start with!

I don't like saying "no" either, but I'm hoping that since I have a similar personality to the particular friend, I'll get along with Toni too - only time will tell I guess! :)  Both of my sisters-in-law love Prue but when I called her she said she'd still be on holiday (maybe she'll be on holiday when you're due too in which case you'd end up with Sally anyway, since she's her back up partner, if she accepted you that is) and was quite rude & abrupt about it, so in a way I was pleased she wasn't available!  Maybe I just caught her at a bad moment, who knows...but first impressions really do matter in my opinion!

Good luck with your decision and don't leave it too long - one of my other friends tried to find a MW when she was 9 weeks and really struggled.  She ended up with Jenny Crawshaw (?) and liked her a lot too if that helps.

Let me know how you get on :)

Rung my MW today and have an appt on 17th Jan. She asked if I wanted at Downs Syndrome Screening test done, I said yes? Is everyone else doing the same? Is that the norm?
DH is friends with MW's son, and I have met her a couple of times, have heard good things about her also.
I'm really struggling with the food thing, can't even go to the bakery to get a filled roll!! Not sure what I'm going to do next week when I'm back at work. Anyone got any suggestions on healthy food that can be made before work, as we don't really have much of a kitchen at work.

I'm not having a dating scan as I was charting so know my dates. Is everyone else having a scan in a couple of weeks?

Lunch- pasta is good, I also take leftovers (vegetarian to reheat) or take food from home to make a salad at lunchtime or sandwiches. It gets pretty boring but it's worse ot having anything and trying to scramble for something to eat at lunchtime.