This early scan will be for a dating thing certainly. They also look at some 'markers' that say all is well. Take Thomas along for the early scan - that's when you get the best view. At my first scan, what, about 12/16 weeks? Can't remember now, the first scan anyway, Lucy could clearly be seen to be a girl and she was shaking her head and sucking her thumb! So cute. At the later scan she was too big to be seen clearly and I flew into a rage because the radiographer said she couldn't find any legs - silly cow. Don't trust the scan for determining sex though, it isn't always easy to tell. In my case I needed amniocentesis so sex was confirmed that way. Please, don't have a home birth, not for a first baby anyway. Pethidine is shite for pain relief go for epidural. Don't worry about midwife deliveries - they do a lot more of them than doctors in this country and a doctor is present for complications.
yes Thomas is really keen on the whole process, and I think he'll be with me at all of the appointments. I told him your story about Lucy's scan. I hope he doesn't have his hopes up now of being able to know everything right away! :D
I've no worries about the midwives. I've got just as much confidence, if not more, in a midwife for a healthy delivery as I would in a doctor. We aren't going to do the home birth, now that we know there's a birthing centre option. I was just trying to avoid the hospital in Leicester, as they really sound busy and unable to give you much attention.
The drawback with the birthing centre is that I believe they don't offer epidurals. I know that if there are complications or things are taking too long, you can/will be moved to the hospital where you can have one.
I can, of course, also change my mind and decide to go to the hospital, since I've got to be registered at a hospital anyway in order to use the birthing centre...
hey lady, was just reading through your posts. i was talking to... i think it was john pfieffer. he said that Kathy had home births for both Jack and Polly. originally i thought it was just Polly... in any case, i know that Laurie gave birth to Rachel without the epidural. by the time she was ready to take it, Rachel popped out! every story i hear is different. the birthing center sounds interesting, a halfway point between hospital and at-home birth. have either your mom or dad or thomas' parents talked about coming out for the birth? not sure that would makes things easier or more complicated, but it might give some peace of mind as well. :)
on another interesting note, Mr. Pfieffer is dating a woman he met on match.com. she has 5 kids and is also a widower. she seems like a nice lady as i sat next to her at my dad's wedding. and she told me Lucy is pregnant again and due in january! :)
yeah to be honest, I was mainly considering the home birth because the hospital choices didn't sound so great. The health care system here is fine but local hospitals can vary widely, and the options I have in Leicester are both extremely busy hospitals. The (admittedly few) people I know here with children who gave birth in Leicester weren't impressed at all with the amount of care they had. This is backed up in the news with stories on there being 10 women assigned to every midwife in the hospital, or so. By comparison, the lady I know who had the home births had two midwives, in her home, both times. Plus the same pain relief options she had at the hospital (gas is popular here) but no epidural of course
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Don't trust the scan for determining sex though, it isn't always easy to tell. In my case I needed amniocentesis so sex was confirmed that way.
Please, don't have a home birth, not for a first baby anyway. Pethidine is shite for pain relief go for epidural. Don't worry about midwife deliveries - they do a lot more of them than doctors in this country and a doctor is present for complications.
I loved being pregnant and now I'm all broody!
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I've no worries about the midwives. I've got just as much confidence, if not more, in a midwife for a healthy delivery as I would in a doctor. We aren't going to do the home birth, now that we know there's a birthing centre option. I was just trying to avoid the hospital in Leicester, as they really sound busy and unable to give you much attention.
The drawback with the birthing centre is that I believe they don't offer epidurals. I know that if there are complications or things are taking too long, you can/will be moved to the hospital where you can have one.
I can, of course, also change my mind and decide to go to the hospital, since I've got to be registered at a hospital anyway in order to use the birthing centre...
I could ramble on for ages really ;) *hugs*
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on another interesting note, Mr. Pfieffer is dating a woman he met on match.com. she has 5 kids and is also a widower. she seems like a nice lady as i sat next to her at my dad's wedding. and she told me Lucy is pregnant again and due in january! :)
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