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Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / April 2008Heart/Doctor's appt
Thank you for all the replies in the other thred - I have read them, but haven't replied, Got that general early pg 'bleh' feeling :) I went to the GP yesterday for my first pg appointment. I'm 6 weeks gone now. I mentioned my heart and he said it was fairly common at this stage, apparently it's the body shifting extra oxygen to the baby. He told me to come back though if it got worse or if I was still concerned. I asked about the midwifre referral, as we don't have midwives at our practice. Basically, I just gave the receptionist my name, phone number and LMP date, and the midwife will contact me - you never know, she might do it before the baby's born ;-) Otherwise, symptoms-wise, I'm not to bad. Whilst nauseous, I've not actually had morning sickness yet. I've gone a bit picky with my food. For a week, the only meat I could stand was fish, but I've gone right off that now, and I can now just about only manage to eat duck - the opposite of Jessie, as I craved meat with her! I'm also still eating chocolate and marmite - the two things I really hated when I was pg last time! I'm getting a lot of headaches though and I'm very tired, and I told Rob that this time it's either a boy or twins as it's making feel just generally rotten lol. Hope you're all well Lucy x > Thank you for all the replies in the other thred - I have read them, but > haven't replied, Got that general early pg 'bleh' feeling :) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > apparently it's the body shifting extra oxygen to the baby. He told me to > come back though if it got worse or if I was still concerned. Glad to hear all is well. > I asked about the midwifre referral, as we don't have midwives at our > practice. Basically, I just gave the receptionist my name, phone number and > LMP date, and the midwife will contact me - you never know, she might do it > before the baby's born ;-) How odd. Have I missed something or is it someone else who will do the checks, talk about the birth plan etc? > Otherwise, symptoms-wise, I'm not to bad. Whilst nauseous, I've not actually > had morning sickness yet. I've gone a bit picky with my food. For a week, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > headaches though and I'm very tired, and I told Rob that this time it's > either a boy or twins as it's making feel just generally rotten lol. Glad you aren't feeling too bad and the MS stays away. I never vomited but the nausea was bad enough. Roll on the mid trimester and you'll feel better. Jeni > > I asked about the midwifre referral, as we don't have midwives at our > > practice. Basically, I just gave the receptionist my name, phone number and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > How odd. Have I missed something or is it someone else who will do the > checks, talk about the birth plan etc? Yeah, in the UK, we don't see the doctor (GP) much during the pregnancy as a rule. On avereage, you get an appointment with a midwife every month or so, and she does all the heartbeats, measurements, blood pressures and birthplans etc. You get booked at the local hospital for ultrasounds etc. When I was expecting DD, I was also under a consultant at the hospital too, and saw them about once a mont or so too. I'm not sure where I'll have to go to see the midwife, as last time she worked at the practice where I lived. This time, I think, there's a different center that you go to. But yeah, the doctor here doesn't do the referral, the receptionist does. > > Otherwise, symptoms-wise, I'm not to bad. Whilst nauseous, I've not actually > > had morning sickness yet. I've gone a bit picky with my food. For a week, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Jeni With DD, I had MS from 8 weeks til 4 months, and then from 7 months until 9 months! I'm hoping that this time it'll be as different as the rest of the pregnancy has been so far! :) Lucy x > I went to the GP yesterday for my first pg appointment. I'm 6 weeks gone > now. I mentioned my heart and he said it was fairly common at this stage, > apparently it's the body shifting extra oxygen to the baby. He told me to > come back though if it got worse or if I was still concerned. Please tell me he listened to it and asked a few more questions.... It is normal for your baseline heart rate to rise in pregnancy, but we're talking 10 beats, not palpatations. If you feel it racing again, do take your pulse so you've got some data to give to the doctor. Cheers Anne > Thank you for all the replies in the other thred - I have read them, but > haven't replied, Got that general early pg 'bleh' feeling :) [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > headaches though and I'm very tired, and I told Rob that this time it's > either a boy or twins as it's making feel just generally rotten lol. I think you're meant to have access to a midwife from a certain time after you've told them you're pregnant. Having got a "normal" child and had a "normal" pregnancy, you'll be on the low risk (unless something comes up) so you won't see the midwife as often as you did with #1. After being high risk for #2 it was really nice to be on low risk for #3. I got headaches with #2 and #3. With #3 they were real killers, I was on full stretch of painkillers I could take for 24 hours before it would completely go, and if I didn't take the painkillers through that length of time the headache would return. Craving meat is meant to be a boy thing (I think it's dairy for a girl). I definitely felt worse with the girls than with my boy. Debbie > I think you're meant to have access to a midwife from a certain time after > you've told them you're pregnant. I'm not sure there is any time frame on it, I think every women is supposed to have a named midwife, whatever their risk or situation is, though this doesn't universally happen, either because one is not named and you see different ones in clinic, or you slip though a loop hole somewhere - I had a friend who had an IVF twin pregnancy, so she missed the whole going to the doctor to say you are pregnant thing and also being handed over from the fertility people as a normal pregnancy after the first scan because it wasn't normal anymore. You'd think with nationalised health care, there would be one simple system for how you got linked up, but every trust and even every surgery does it differently. Hopefully what you want to avoid is a delay in midwife contact when it's her that's expected to book a scan, then end up with a dating scan that's too late to be accurate but have people attempt to work from it! But then some areas only book you with a midwife once you've had the first scan! If in doubt, pick up the phone call the local maternity unit and ask to speak to whoever is in charge of community midwifery and tell them you ain't got one! Anne > > I think you're meant to have access to a midwife from a certain time after > > you've told them you're pregnant. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Anne I'm going to be chasing up my midwife soon. Still not had a call or anything, don't want my details to have been written on a piece of paper, and then used as a coster.... Seen worse, but either way it means I drop out of the system! :) Lucy x > I'm going to be chasing up my midwife soon. Still not had a call or > anything, don't want my details to have been written on a piece of paper, > and then used as a coster.... Seen worse, but either way it means I drop out > of the system! :) > > Lucy x Ah, as it happens, she just called me. I've to go to the local community hospital for an appointment with her on April 24th (I'll be 8w1d). Lucy x > Ah, as it happens, she just called me. I've to go to the local community > hospital for an appointment with her on April 24th (I'll be 8w1d). Great, that's a good time for a first appointment. I've noticed in some places it's drifting later, though earlier doesn't usually mean extra, I preferred seeing the midwife early, having time to think and call and ask questions if I needed, rather than seeing them at 12 weeks and suddenly having all this information thrown at you and tests being really soon. Cheers Anne |
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