May 2013 Babies

Morning everyone and welcome to all the newbies!!! Wow I have been busy so not had much chance to get on here and when I do there are so many new 'faces' yay!!

Sorry to hear that your scan didn't go to plan m2o!! I would have been really annoyed about that and I think I would have gone and had another straight away somewhere else! Try not to worry about things too much I'm sure your little bean is tucking away perfectly in there. The accuracy of scans is really not great and they say to allow about 4 days either way that they can be out so it doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong just because it was a bit smaller than expected. I hope you aren't getting too stressed and if you are I would suggest that you just go for another scan ASAP so that you can see that little fluttering heartbeat and have your mind set at ease. Big hugs hun, it's not an easy time, especially when you come across somebody as useless as that doing your scan - gggrrr!

I hope everyone else is doing well, do we have any more scans booked in yet?

I wasn't going to have a MW this time as I will be under the care of the high risk clinic at Auckland hospital but I have now decided to try and get one. The main reason is for the post birth care as I want to feel comfortable with the person coming to do home visits and know them before they just turn up. I have had a community MW visit before and she was not great and seemed like she couldn't be bothered to be there so I don't want that again even if she was a one-off. It is hard to find a MW though as I live in West Auckland and all the MWs out that way only tend to birth at Waitakere or North Shore and I will have to birth in Auckland. I will try a couple more but if I don't have any luck then I have a back up plan with a West Auckland MW who has said she will just do the post-birth care and we can meet a few times before to get to know each other. She was a friend's MW and seems lovely so that will be a good backup plan.

Anyway, enough of my rambling, I hope you all have a good hump day!

I hope everything is okay for you Pepsicle!
I am meeting my MW for the first time on the 24th, she sounds lovely and I hope I like her in person - I don't want to have to hunt around for one.

Just got my results for my HCG test yesterday, (6w 4 days) which was 141,000 - is that way high off the charts for that early?? Ie- could it be twins? Anyone know?
Last week it was 44,900.

I've started the midwife hunt - it is tricky!! I hope yours is good dotty :) your numbers are definitely very high you lucky thing!

My numbers were 55 at 17dpo and 180 at 20dpo, so not very high, but I am stoked that they're doubling nicely. I'm aiming for about 6k by the time I am 6wks.
I post on this big American baby forum where it is this huge race to get the first and highest hcg results - so I've been feeling down about my numbers - some people have bloods back at 8dpo!! You only start producing hcg after implantation, so that is super early. Another girl questioned the viability of someones pregnancy because it rose from 22k to 52k in four days (just over 5wks for the first test). I wish my numbers were that high!

Not really, you are on your first pregnancy, and there is no evidence to suggest that things could turn pear shaped. I get serial bloods because my first pregnancy was ectopic so I am at a higher risk of a second ectopic.

I haven't had bloods and haven't got a MW yet. I'm having trouble finding one, West Auckland doesn't have THAT many when you really look. I'm going in to see my old one (GP) next week and see if she can take me, even though it means travelling to North Shore for the appointments.

peaches21 - contact MAMA Maternity (google them) and they can send you a very comprehensive list of midwives in your area :)

The only reason I am having weekly HCG bloods is because I had a miscarriage in March, but everything seems great this time around :)

Is there any reason some of you ladies are having scans so early? I am 6 weeks tomorrow and I already have a midwife, but I am only having my first scan at 12 weeks? should I be asking for a scan earlier or does that sound right to you ladies?

I have my first MW appointment just after I hit the 8 week mark but she said we would not be having a scan.

I have gone and had my booking bloods done which i guess is a good thing, but thats about it. does this all sound normal to you ladies?

Smurfette unless there is cause for concern or you dont know you last AF then you don't scan til twelve weeks. I've had a m/c and dont know last AF for def so I'm having an early scan.

Hi Ladies, went for my first scan this morning,had to have early scan as I had a Tubal Reversal a couple of years ago and needed to make sure pregnancy isn't ectopic, yey it's in the right place, we only saw the sac and technician thinks im somewhere in my 5th week, I was unsure as to the start of my LMP so thats all good with me :)Having another scan in two weeks so hope to see more then.

That sounds terrible JadeC.. there must be some in your area who come with good recommendations?