In the UK, your Antenatal Care is handled by your Hospital. To get a referral to the Hospital, you start with the GP. The Hospital will then post you an appointment.
Well, it was going on two weeks from my referral appointment with the GP and I hadn't heard anything so I took matters into my own hands and called the hospital directly. The Antenatal Ward at Chelsea Westminster Hospital was super nice and booked me my Dating and Screening Scan for December 5th. They also informed me that because I had miscarried in the past (plus being unsure of how far along I was) I was entitled to an early scan at the Early Pregnancy Unit. This was made for 11/11/11.
Andrew ducked out in between meetings to come with me. When we walked into the room, the same doctor from before saw me and said, "Wow! That was fast. You guys are really fertile!"
There was a new doctor starting at the clinic and I'm pretty sure I was his first scan as the Doc I had met before kept saying thing like, "OK, what do you do now..." and "What else should you be looking for.." But the second he started scanning, they turned the screen towards me to show me my baby and it's little heart was beating!! And beating strongly! Everything looked good.
They also told me at this time, I was 7 weeks and 4 days... about two weeks further along than I thought! That puts me currently at a June 25th Due Date, well, to be confirmed on December 5th!
We're SOOOOO Happy with this news!
A good sign of a pregnancy moving along? Morning sickness! I have horrible, horrible nausea. I have to eat all the time to keep it at bay. I'm not really complaining because I definitely seem to always be hungry. It's at its worse from about 10 AM until 4 PM.
I think I'm probably almost 5 weeks along. This time around, I can't even wear my normal jeans if they don't have any stretch in them. I think I am going to have to break down and buy the Belly Belt that allows you to keep wearing your normal pants, just not buttoned. I don't know if I'm bloated or starting to show already, but the pants aren't happening and I've only gained about a pound and a half with all the extra food I've been eating.
I'm trying my best to stay calm and healthy and not to worry that I may miscarry again. I've started going to church regularly and that has really helped me to stay grounded. I prayed for this baby and I feel like God has answered my prayers and that He will help keep everyone safe and healthy.
I also joined the Fitness First gym by work because everything I'm reading (plus talking to my GP) says that exercise is really good for your pregnancy - shorter deliveries and helping your body bounce back. I had a lovely trainer Andrew who kicked my butt!
I have all these really good signs around me... I feel really good about this pregnancy :)
Surpise! Today I found out I am pregnant. According to the wonderful Clear Blue Easy digital pregnancy test, I am allegedly 2-3 weeks along.
I am keeping this blog private at the moment because unfortunately, this is not the first time I have had a positive pregnancy test in the last few months.
I had first found out that I was pregnant back in August, the Tuesday before my best friend Steph's wedding, and our trip to the States. I was beyond pumped about it. I even kept it a secret from my bestest until the Sunday after all of Steph's wedding festivities. They say you aren't supposed to tell people until you are at least three months along, but come on, Steph is my best friend!
Of course my mom knew too and a couple friends figured us out along the way because we didn't have our "excuses" down yet. Apparently me not drinking raised alarm bells with several of my friends... I feel like I should be embarrassed of my wino rep!
Anyway, to make a long story short, I had a little scare that led to an early scan that showed I had two gestational sacs in my uterus...twins! The little scare got worse the day after the scan and I ended up losing the babies a few days later. I lost them the day I would've been 8 weeks.
It was the second hardest thing I've gone through thus far in my life. There isn't too much out there (at least in London) in terms of support after a miscarriage. I'm lucky to have really amazing family and friends that kept checking on me. The next few weeks were dark and emotional, but eventually you realize that, as usual, life goes on.
After 6 weeks of waiting, I was a little annoyed that my body was quite back to normal. These last two days I just really felt like something was off so I took a pregnancy test before I broke down and made an appointment with a doctor for tests. And there you have it... preggers again!
Please pray for me that this one sticks.
