So me and OH just had the booking in appointment with the midwife
She was really LOVELY, I think I'll get on well with her! She was APPALLED at the way I had been treated during and after my previous birth, so my next appointment will be double the usual length, so I can talk it over properly with her and perhaps finally get some closure and reassurance. I'll also get to visit the labour ward to familiarise myself with it. Due to the outcome of my last birth, I'll be classed as high risk during this labour, but she's made me feel OK about that too
AND, she was OK with me not wanting to be weighed (long history of issues with regards to food and weight - I don't want to completely undo the last few years' hard work which has given me a normal relationship with food for the first time ever) - I was expecting her to kick up a fuss about it, but she agreed it would do more harm than good in my case.
It's way too early to listen for the heartbeat, and my next appointment isn't until week 24 - with the scan inbetween around week 18. So it just dawned on me that I won't actually get to hear the heartbeat until week 18! I do have a doppler at home, but would prefer to have the MW find the heartbeat first. So OH and I have pretty much decided to go ahead and book a private scan for week 13 (wanted week 12 but that's Easter)
My dates were spot on according to the Norwegian way of counting (duration of pregnancy is 40+2 here, for some reason), so have edited my date here to the 15th now.
So that's it - it feels official now we're "in the system"
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