Had my Midwife Appointment today!!

9 +5

Well I had my first midwife appointment this morning. BP was 100/65 which is low for me as am normally 120/80 but I suppose its probably to do with the heat. It was so hot in her room too!! Urine normal.

The midwife seemed nice enough and we chatted whilst she took my medical history. She gave me a bounty pack too so will nip over to Asda later this week to pick it up and see what goodies are in it.

She asked where I would like to have the baby and I said I was considering a homebirth but my husband is not at all keen on the idea. She suggested I have baby in hospital due to me having big babies and I sort of agreed but if later scans show this baby is not any bigger than Josh and everything goes ok with the pregnancy then I think I will fight for my homebirth as long as I didn't go to far overdue as obviously that gives the baby time to put on more weight. I do have quite straight forward labours and fast too - Josh's was 6 hours start to finish including 2 hours of pushing and I was induced with Ellie which was 4 hours including about 30 seconds of pushing as she literally shot out - well she was a full 1 lb lighter than Josh lol!!

She took my bloods and is sending of a form for me to have a dating scan between 11 and 14 weeks so should be in the next 1-4 weeks. She has also referred me to see the consultant after I've had my scan and has put a ?pph (post partum haemorrage) after I had Josh as I ended up having 2 units of blood after collapsing 4 hours after he was born!!

I have to have a Glucose Tolerance Test at 28 weeks too due to me having big babies. I had this with Ellie and it was ok.

I am seeing the midwife again at 16 weeks and will the blood tests for down syndrome and spina bifida. If it came back high risk we would still carry on with the pregnancy as this baby is already so wanted but we would be able to prepare ourselves to deal with any problems they may have at least.

I have just been reading my antenatal notes and I never realised whilst I was with the midwife but there are quite a few errors in them.

The Midwife asked me my height and weight so told her and she has me down as 124cm height and 266kg weight so I am a dwarf the size of a bus according to that lol!! I am actually 168cm and I am not disclosing my weight but it is obviously absolutely no way in a million years anywhere near that figure lol!!

Also she has put that Josh weighed 7.45 kg when he was born!! I know he was big 10lb 7 (4.75kg) but I don't think even I could manage a baby that big lol!!

It's no wonder she ticked consultant led on my notes!! Will be getting that changed asap!! I was midwife led with Ellie with referals to the consultant for growth scans towards the end but that was all.

One thing that has annoyed me is she ticked the box which asks if this baby was conceived with a new partner and she ticked yes but it isn't. Josh & Ellie are both dh's as is the baby. I am a bit upset about that and will be making sure that's changed!!

I don't know if what she has written on my notes are the same as what she has on her notes as she was rushing to write everything down so it was hard to keep track what she was writing.

Oh well. She seemed very nice and approachable so am sure she will be ok about changing them. I think she must be even dippier than me lol!!

Feeling better!!

9 +3

I am feeling so much better today thankfully. I have suffered badly with morning sickness the last few days whilst I was unable to eat so I couldn't stop the nausea and ended up being sick quite a bit. Thankfully managed to drink lots of water so should be ok.

I have my first midwife appointment on Wednesday afternoon so am really looking forward to that. Hope to get a date for my dating scan then too!! I can't wait to see our baby again. I hope they are ok in there!!

Haven't done hardly any housework the last few days as I have felt so lousy. Have managed to change the sheets and stick a load of washing on but am still feeling a bit weak from not eating much so am taking it easy today and will build myself up more as the week goes on!!

Toothache!! Ouch!!

9 +2

The last 3 days I have felt terrible. I had toothache start overnight on Thursday and combined with being sick and feeling so lethargic and not being able to get a good nights sleep I feel like poo!!

I ended up at the emergency dentist yesterday and ended up having a tooth out near the back and I am still in agony with it now as my gum is sooo sore. I have been taking tons of paracetamol which is not touching the sides and I just don't know what to do anymore.

I have been a completely rubbish mum the last few days and let Ellie have Friday off school as I felt too ill to take her. The kids have been great at looking after me though and I don't know what I'd do without them.

Today they have gone to my parents for the day so I can try and get some rest.

I normally find that eating helps stop me feeling sick but I have hardly eaten anything since Thursday night and I think that could be why I have now started being sick. I am trying to drink plenty of water so I don't get too dehydrated. I am trying to decide whether to phone emergency dentist again and go and see if they can do anything about the pain as I really can't cope with it much longer. It's been 24 hours since I had it out and surely I shouldn't still be in as much pain as I am now.

Will update again when I am feeling a bit better.

9 Weeks

You are now nine weeks pregnant (or in your tenth week if that's how you prefer to count it).

You may find yourself riding pregnancy's emotional roller coaster, feeling moody one day and joyful the next. Disturbing as this is to some women who pride themselves on being in control, what you're going through is normal and will probably continue throughout your pregnancy. Up-and-down emotions are partly caused by raging hormones.

Physically you're unlikely to look pregnant unless this pregnancy isn't your first, but you may feel very tired and sick - not necessarily in the mornings - so cosset yourself. Pregnancy hormones can also play havoc in other ways. Many women suffer from painful headaches and back problems such as sciatica and, unfortunately, these hormones also help make the perfect environment for vaginal thrush.

At week's end, your fetus measures approximately 0.9 inches / 2.3 centimetres long. In both shape and size, it resembles a peapod and weighs less than a tenth of an ounce / 2 grams. The eyelids are fused and won't open until week 27. The wrists are more developed, ankles have formed, and the fingers and toes are clearly visible. Arms are growing longer and bend at the elbows. By week's end, the inner workings of the ears are complete. Though you can't yet identify the sex of the fetus by ultrasound, its genitals have begun to form. By now the placenta has developed enough to support most of the critical job of producing hormones.

You will soon need to make decisions about antenatal screening, and we have a complete guide to antenatal tests. If you're over 35 or have a family history of genetic illness, you may want to consider a chorionic villus sampling (CVS), an antenatal test usually carried out between ten and 12 weeks that screens for birth defects and abnormalities.