Due Jan 2009!!!

Hi all...thanks for all the good wishes. Think my doctor thought I was mental being so paranoid! After I told him I had three positive HPT's and had missed my period he said there was absolutely no reason to have a blood test and that I was definately pregnant. So yay ha! Just had an awful experience tho. Rang up the fabulous midwive I had for my girl only to find out she had passed away 3 weeks ago from breast cancer. Just gutted. She was simply awesome during my hyperemesis and even when they 'took me away' from her and I went under a specialist she still continued to visit me. Only found out from another midwife after I had rung her number and spoken to her husband who only said she wasn't working as a midwife anymore, so feeling awful. Very sad

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Congrats on finding a midwife. Most docs don't do blood tests they leave it up to the midwifes so she will probably have the maternal bloods then. Its not normal to have hcg tests either, i'm only having them this time because I had a miscarriage I didn't have any with Spencer.

Katte, hope you find another midwife that you like as much. I didn't want to go back to mw that I had with Spencer so had to find a new one. This lady seems really nice and was lovely when I had the miscarriage last time. She says it how it is which I like and she is English so we have that in common.

Well saw doc and did another pee test, came up positive, I was starting to think that it would be negative and I had imagined my one at home. Decided not to test hcg levels, won't stop a m/c if its gonna happen so not much point. He took one maternal blood test, not sure what for, he said all the others were still up to date as I only had them done at the end of feb. He has offered to refer me for an early scan if I like to put my mind at ease, so not sure whether I will do that or not but have about 3 weeks to decide.

Thought perhaps we should all introduce ourselves properly and start a due date list.

So I will start, my real name is Marisa (probably guessed that already from the previous messages but hey) i'm 28 and I'm married to Richard who is 30 and we have Spencer who is 10 months. We are originally from the UK but have been in NZ for 4 years. I'm an electrician and I work part time from home (or try to).

Marisa (cuppatea) - 6th Jan

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Got my hCG levels back from the doctor today. They did the blood test last Wednesday, which was right on the 4 week mark. My hCG level at that time was 166, which they said was the normal range. So I have another blood test on Wednesday again to make sure that the hCG levels are increasing at the right rate.

That just put my mind at rest, because even though I peed on numerous HPTs to make sure I was pregnant, the blood test just confirms it. It also confirmed it for DH as well.

The fact that I am pregnant is really sinking in now....

by the way, how do i get my ticker up???

My GP has sent a request for a OB, but i may still be passed back to a midwife. I am not really sure, today has been a bit of a blur to be honest.

It wasnt my usual GP, she was booked today. Just wanted to get that blood test confirmation. I will go through everything with my own GP.

katte, thats my fear with a specialist... id rather see the same person, but will see how things pan out.

Good luck with the extra tests, fingers crossed for you.

i dont i know if its cos i am shattered or because i am having serious burping issues but i CAN NOT figure out how to get my ticker as my signature....

can anyone tell me how?????

Hi everyone - congratulations to all you Jan 09 mums.

*Lurking*

Just popping in to say a big congrats to all you January Mummas to be and here's hoping I get to join you in 10 days or so!