16 week midwife appointment

I had my 16 week midwife appointment when i was 18 weeks. I just felt like it was a waste of time, she checked my BP and that was it. Said she’ll next see me at around 24 weeks. We didn’t get to listen to the heartbeat or anything

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I’ve had 3 children, pregnant with my 4th and never listened to the heartbeat at a midwife appointment

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I'm 16 weeks now and still not had my appointment through, despite chasing it up. Yet to meet my assigned midwife.

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Im 16 weeks now, got my appointment tomorrow. Been struggling a bit with headaches 😩 so gunna bring that up tomorrow

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Had my 16 week this week and my midwife said that they’ve stopped doing the heartbeat at 16 weeks as the baby is still so small so found it was causing more distress. so first time they’ll do it is 25 weeks x

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I had my 16 week appointment two weeks ago. We ran through more questions they had, listened to baby’s heartbeat and did all the checks again for me eg bp etc etc

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I had mine last week, second pregnancy and she checked everything and did all my bloods as I was struggling with headaches and dizziness. Turns out I have anaemia and deficient in vitamin D. Also listened to baby’s heart. I would ask next time!

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I’ve moved away from home to a new location, and wow it has been different with the second and me being high risk this time. I’m only just meeting my midwife tomorrow at 17weeks! When I was pregnant with my first, I saw my midwife the following week after! I also don’t like how they don’t do the yellow book anymore and you don’t get to see any notes - it’s all an app but none of your notes show up - changed so much in the last 2.5years 🤣

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Same at mine, she just did my bp and checked my urine. After that told me she would see me at 25 weeks and what to expect then. I wouldn’t stress, it’s Normal and it’s part of just getting to know your midwife etc x

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My 16 week appointment was a waste of time tbh - i was there for so little time I said to my midwife it took me longer to do my urine sample. But then this is my third pregnancy and I didn’t have anything I wanted to discuss. My two previous pregnancies they let me listen to the heartbeat but she told me at this appointment it’s 25 weeks (I knew this was the norm anyway I think I just had nice midwives before).
Nothing really updates on my badger notes app either, my test results from my screening say that I’ve had the test but doesn’t show the results (I think she said they don’t get uploaded) but I got the letter anyway. One of my friends said she downloaded the NHS app as that is good at showing your results from your blood tests etc

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I got a letter and the results were on the badger app too. X

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