Hi everyone, very excited to be joining you on here. First test the other day came out as positive and estimates are coming out about 5 1/2 weeks.
Just me and my husband know, as way too early, I don't think I'll believe it until I speak to the midwife team. I am a little bit nervous as I live in a very remote place in Scotland and right now all our papers have been full with how bad the maternity services are. Our closest proper hospital (with a maternity unit) is a 2.5h drive away
However no point worrying about something I can't change. I can't wait to tell my friends as one is a obs and gynae doctor. She's going to be sick of me messaging her lol.
I am a little bit worried as I have a bit of cramping and (tmi) brown spotting. However as it's so early I doubt there would be anything they can do. I keep doing tests to feel better and the spotting has calmed down. Looking to call the GP tomorrow and get booked in for an appointment.
Obviously I have loads of trips planned and events that I will be "not drinking for lent" at. However that excuse only lasts so long lol!
Just me and my husband know, as way too early, I don't think I'll believe it until I speak to the midwife team. I am a little bit nervous as I live in a very remote place in Scotland and right now all our papers have been full with how bad the maternity services are. Our closest proper hospital (with a maternity unit) is a 2.5h drive away
However no point worrying about something I can't change. I can't wait to tell my friends as one is a obs and gynae doctor. She's going to be sick of me messaging her lol.
I am a little bit worried as I have a bit of cramping and (tmi) brown spotting. However as it's so early I doubt there would be anything they can do. I keep doing tests to feel better and the spotting has calmed down. Looking to call the GP tomorrow and get booked in for an appointment.
Obviously I have loads of trips planned and events that I will be "not drinking for lent" at. However that excuse only lasts so long lol!
. Midway through my pregnancy my Scottish hospital that I gave birth in was all over the news for how ‘awful’ maternity care was and how Health Improvement Scotland had been in twice and it was crap twice etc. Not what I wanted to hear at all. I read the report and yes, there were places where there was room for improvement but it wasn’t as the local rags would have you believe. I also spoke to someone I trust who works in SG in Health and has worked in NHS Scotland and she explained that these reports don’t come out instantly so they are a snapshot of a point in time. In the end, when it really mattered, I got the care I needed. I had an unexpected complication at 36 weeks and everything moved really quickly and smoothly for me and everyone was reassuring. There was then a small birth complication and, again, everything sprang into place exactly as you’d want it to to make it all ok. It wasn’t perfect and it was a bit chaotic and messy and people in the NHS are under a tonne of pressure, but they are really good at what they do and the stuff that mattered went ok, better than ok. I think the remote areas have their own protocols in place, if you are an islander you’re encouraged to come to the mainland ahead of your due date, for example.
hope all goes well for next week ahh!
it’s like full blown lava in my chest
