Pregnant 2012/2013

[norseberry]

Awww Tina! I can see your baby!
Also, glad to know there are others whose husbands are like mine

[vintage moon]

aww tina how lovely!

I am totally stressed out today, I called my local midwives this morning to arrange an appointment, I knew it was quite early to do so but I'm a bit anxious about the prenatal diagnostic test i'll need & wanted to get booked in asap. The midwife who I spoke to was very rude, she said I was too early & to ring in 2 weeks. I explained that I was calling early as I needed genetic testing & she just snapped at me that i wouldn't get that this early anyway (which I know, but I also know how long it takes to organise all the appointments I'd need). She then asked me what disorder so I told her & she said she knew what it was (unlikely as it is seriously rare) but said nothing about it, just told me to take folic acid. If she'd really known about it she'd have realised that I'm anxious about the whole thing.

Im now feeling really stressed about calling again, plus I've worked with one of the other teams in the area & have heard a lot of bad things about the midwife I'll be with. Im really worried that everything will end up being delayed & I know it can take weeks to get results back for genetics. Me & dh obviously both want to know if things are ok as soon as possible as we wont be telling anyone until we know, plus the results may mean we will terminate the pregnancy & we'd much rather that was as early as possible. Totally worrying myself over it now as I like to plan & I can't

[tinabina]

Don't stress vintagemoon! Is there anyway you can see a new midwife? If not then just realize you have to wait until the beginning of the 2nd trimester I believe it is anyways to have any genetic testing done. I'd just call again and see if there is someone else you can speak to and explain you know you can't go now but you have fears and want to at least get your appointment booked for peace of mind and that there is no reason to deny you that. Sometimes we seem to get the "idiot" at the front desk and just need to be pushy. What is the earliest that they will see you?

[thrallamanda89]

Just found out last night that I'm also expecting!!!! Glad I can share it on here because I'm having trouble staying quiet to friends and family.
According to charts, looks like I'm four weeks and due March 26th 2013. Yippee...

Congrats and good luck everyone!!!

[norseberry]

Congrats!!! Are you still having troubles finding a name to match with Pilot and Dexter? (Names I love, btw...)

[rachelleah]

Due February 9th with our first! It's not been fun so far let me tell you. I have hyperemesis and am relying on IV infusions to get the liquids I need. It's no picnic and I detest missing work. Here's hoping it clears up any day/week now.

So great to read about how other ladies are doing. Great thread idea.

[thrallamanda89]

@norseberry- yes I am... I just posted a revised list in the baby name forum.

[vintage moon]

Ugh think I'm getting afternoon sickness instead of morning sickness

[tinabina]

rachelleah and vintagemoon - so sorry you guys aren't feeling great (for your own reasons). Stay strong! VM - I do get a bit nauseated before bed sometimes, but I find the timing of my B6 vitamin helps a lot. It can relieve symptoms you get from increased progesterone. I think it may be the reason I have been feeling so good for the first trimester!

Congrats thrallamanda

I am 9 weeks today yeeee we have our next appt on Monday and hoping we can hear the heartbeat on the doppler! My uterus is coming up from behind the pelvic bone, I can feel it so hopefuly that means we will. It looks like we'll have to announce sooner so I just want to make sure we hear the HB one more time first. I'm really nervous about announcing at 10-10.5 weeks and fear something will go wrong but we have different ppl from my family planning trips with and for us and its just hard and feels dishonest not telling them because it will change some plans so we decided to tell them next week. If it was just my parents I know they could keep it a secret but I don't feel right telling mine and not DH's so we'll tell them both. DH's parents cannot keep a secret so we'll announce on FB right after we tell them.

[vintage moon]

Lucky you Tina. I might look into taking extra B6, I've read that you do need to be careful not to take too much as it an cause nerve damage. Gonna go to the drs tomorrow as I have another urine infection so I'll ask about it then.

Rachelleah - you poor thing, fingers crossed it clears up soon!

Tina - I know what you mean about needing to tell people, it's really hard to hide it, I've had to make excuses this week to avoid going to a theme park as I'd normally go on all the fast rides & obviously I can't now.

Congrats thrallamanda!