I had my first midwife appointment yesterday, I've been left full of worry is this normal?
She came to my house, she was so lovely I do feel lucky to have such a good midwife. The meeting was about an hour and a half.
There was so much information to take in I was very overwhelmed!
She went through all the scans testing etc, I never knew there could be so much 'wrong' with a baby. I have now booked an early scan I am freaking out.
I've been googling statistics all morning
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I had to talk myself out of going on Google and googling everything that could go wrong for this reason! It sucks that your midwife left you feeling worried though, but I guess they have to cover their own backs by saying everything that can happen

Please do not worry and i reccomend to stop googling, i know it can be hard but google does not help, they will let you know whatever concerns they have for your baby during any appointments or scans they will never hold information from you and you will be guided along the way, the first appointments are always the hardest as there is just so much information, if she gave you information sheets/booklets have a read through them but stressing about somthing that may not happen isnt worth it, you can call to make another midwife appointment to go over the information again and explain your worries insted of googling information x

An early scan before the 12/20 weeks won’t show if there’s anything wrong with the baby as they are far too small. A lot of people get them done for reassurance to make sure that baby is in the right place and has a heartbeat.
I definitely wouldn’t google anything as Google just scares people for no reason as every pregnancy is different as well x

All the advice above is really good! However, I was also EXTREMELY anxious when I first found out I was pregnant, and I know first hand it’s not always easy to follow this advice, I personally couldn’t help myself but to worry and google things. In
my experience, the only thing that actually helped me was to have private scans whenever I felt a little uneasy and couldn’t shake it off. It turned out to be very expensive ofc 😅 but it was the only way I could calm down and enjoy my pregnancy x
Congratulations by the way ❤️