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Pregnant & don't have a clue....
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10-11-2009 7:15pm#1OMG am 5 weeks pregnant with my first baby!!!!Delighted, but know v little
.....have soooo many q's
Live in Monaghan area, would cavan or daisyhill be best to go to??? have hear bad reports about cavan maternity????
Can you only go private to daisyhill do you know????
When should i make my first appointment to see my doctor & what should i expect on this visit??? will he take blood??
Am taking folic acid is there anything else i should be taking??0
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Congratulations!!
you should make an appointment with your gp as soon as possible. your gp won't do anything other than confirm that you're pregnant so bring a urine sample and then he'll discuss with you what happens next.and whether you want to do the combined care which is to alternate gp and hospital visits..he'll send a letter to which ever hospital you choose and it's actually nothing until the hospital send you out your appoinment ususally at about week 16, for your blood tests and scan and take all your information and this is when you dicide whether you want to go public private or semi private.. this is quite a long appointment... so much depends on you though.. i'm pregnant with my 3rd and i'm going public with drogheda hospital but because i'm 35 i had to have my hospital appointment and scan done at 9 weeks!!! i was so insulted they class me as an older mother but on my last i didn't go for the hospital appt until i was 16 weeks and it was 12 on my first.. so i think it's just a matter of how busy they are and if you have any health issues that would need you to be seen earlier.
for now though it's just the folic acid and you may have to take iron at 12 weeks your doctor will tell you if you need it..can't tell you anything about the hospitals as i'm not in that area ...
hope it's some help though..0 -
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Congrats to you both - such an exciting time
I'm not sure how it works re Cavan/Daisyhill hospitals but the Dublin ones get booked up very fast and my GP didn't write to the hospital I had to contact them myself to make my booking. This can be an issue if you plan on going private as the consultant can be booked up incredibly early and you might not get your choice of consultant.
Once that's done the next thing to do is put your feet up and enjoy the 35 weeks or so
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that bloody jab...!!! :eek:i have a gammy right hip so i can't sleep on that side i got the jab in my left arm last week..flipping feck.. the injection site swelled up like a little golf ball and it was bloody sore!!! so i couldn't sleep on that side...i can't lie on my back...my husband is so fed up listening to me moaning:D
anyway they're advising women over 14 weeks to get it as we're high risk... not to scaremonger but you can be 4 times more likely to go into premature labour or develop severe pneumonia.. the only side effect i had was a very sore arm for a few days.. and as well as that baby is now passively protected cos they can't get it til they're 6 months old.. you're higher risk cos the immune system is supressed... but there's lots of info out there but i bet if you ask your doc he'll recommend you get it. you might be lucky and by the time you can get it the scare might be over.. there's lots of debate over it on some of the threads.. if you don't come into a lot of contact with people your risk is lower i'm a men's hairdresser and some men are so messy when they cough or sneeze..:) but it's completely your own decision.. just make sure you inform yourself fully before you say no that's all..
on the morning sickness i hope you don't get it... about weeks 7 or 8 it can kick in .. fingers crossed you won't get it!! i had it for 4 months from week 8 til week 25 it was the best diet i never went on!!! lol i can fit into jeans i haven't worn for years!!! there's a really good morning sickness thread too!!!
this is my third baby and yet with all the info i picked up here in the last few weeks i'm raging i didn't find this place sooner... like years ago!! and it's great for an auld rant too...!! it's so hard not to stress and worry that everything's going to be ok..but you're in a good place for asking all the questions that you only think of when you've left the docs or the hosp..!! 0 -
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OMG am 5 weeks pregnant with my first baby!!!!Delighted, but know v little.....have soooo many q's
Live in Monaghan area, would cavan or daisyhill be best to go to??? have hear bad reports about cavan maternity????
Can you only go private to daisyhill do you know????
When should i make my first appointment to see my doctor & what should i expect on this visit??? will he take blood??
Am taking folic acid is there anything else i should be taking??
Hi Snowy1234.
I'm a first timer too. I'm about a week ahead of you. I am orig from Cavan and if I still lived there I would be more than delighted to go there. They are fantastic. They have no airs or graces and are only want the best for you and your baby. My sister went through such a hard labour and they were so good to her. One even stayed on after her shift just so she could meet the baby before she went home!
Daisyhill will cost you about 3k. I am sure its a fantastic place but that 3k will go a long way else where in like nappies and formula and bibs and stuff.
I will def get the swine flu jab. I do flu very well at the best of times!
Good Luck and Congrats:D0 -
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& nerve wrecking
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