Re the docs, different ones work different ways, some will want to re-test, some won't, you'll more than likely get some tips and advice, like take folic acid etc. You should be given a number to call for the mw to book in for your first appointment.
Another lttc graduate- yay!! Congratulations you must be over the moon!!
When I went to the Doctors I just got given a list of do's and dont's in pregnancy, was asked if I was taking folic acid and then sent me away to make an appointment with the midwife at approx 10 weeks.
I was in there for like 2 mins!! Bit of an anti-climax really, perhaps I was expecting a congrats banner, a few party poppers and a cake lol. When you're a lttc graduate especially I think you expect it to be as big a deal to everyone else as it is to you lol- it's really not!!
Home tests are so good nowadays I don't think many docs still actually confirm your pregnancy.
It makes the 12 week scan so special though as you're like, wow, it's real- not my imagination!!
They will give you a rough due date at midwife appointment (or on phone when they make it for you) based on the first day of your last period and on a 28 day cycle. Even if you know yours are longer or shorther than that. At the dating scan (12 weeks) they'll give you a more accurate one based on baby's size and the may move your date forward or back. I was moved forward by a week as I thought I would (short cycles).
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Love MrsH and little pud 21+1 xxx
Re the docs, different ones work different ways, some will want to re-test, some won't, you'll more than likely get some tips and advice, like take folic acid etc. You should be given a number to call for the mw to book in for your first appointment.
Enjoy the next 9 months!
some docs tend to check a sample and refer
you to a midwife
kirsty 39+2
Congratulations wanna bump!!
Do they take your due date as 9 months from date of your last period? If so it will be April!!
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I use exclamation marks alot too and know how excited you are!!
When will you start telling people, I just cant keep this to myself!! xxx
Another lttc graduate- yay!! Congratulations you must be over the moon!!
When I went to the Doctors I just got given a list of do's and dont's in pregnancy, was asked if I was taking folic acid and then sent me away to make an appointment with the midwife at approx 10 weeks.
I was in there for like 2 mins!! Bit of an anti-climax really, perhaps I was expecting a congrats banner, a few party poppers and a cake lol. When you're a lttc graduate especially I think you expect it to be as big a deal to everyone else as it is to you lol- it's really not!!
Home tests are so good nowadays I don't think many docs still actually confirm your pregnancy.
It makes the 12 week scan so special though as you're like, wow, it's real- not my imagination!!
They will give you a rough due date at midwife appointment (or on phone when they make it for you) based on the first day of your last period and on a 28 day cycle. Even if you know yours are longer or shorther than that. At the dating scan (12 weeks) they'll give you a more accurate one based on baby's size and the may move your date forward or back. I was moved forward by a week as I thought I would (short cycles).
Good luck and enjoy!!
OP xx
Huni, were you on YAYB?
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