Thats really insensitive of your GP to worry you like that!! I wouldve freaked out if he said that to me! I worry about everything too. If i dont feel baby moving for a while i get the doppler out to check heartbeat.. it isnt always easy to find but i usually can. Have you thought about getting one for piece of mind? x x

Thanks for your replies ladies. I'm feeling a lot calmer today. I did want to get a doppler when i first found out I was pregnant but oh said no way as i'd be using it all the time and if i couldn't find heartbeat i'd totally panic. Now midwife appointments are more frequent its not so bad so think i'll try to resist. xx

Hi i cant beileve what a horrible experience you have had!! That was not right for ur GP to just send u home like that as it would have made anybody hysterical!! im very shocked u had to go through that and not at all surprised u had high bp!! Anyway, if u can, i would try to avoid this GP and c somebody else and tell ur midwife why when u see her. I have been worried all through my pg so far im now 36+5 but Its a constant worry for pregnant women anyway and then when something like that happens it makes the whole experience even more unsettling but im glad u r ok now and i think ur hubby is prob right about the doppler!! anyway Take care and try not to get stressed out now that ones over with!!
Hannah xx

Hi Karlie, i hope you are much better now. Im not going to say stay positive, take it easy and so on.. Im quite angry with my appointments with my midwife, cos she is always so busy and she makes just the most important things to be able to write down something to my green book and thats it. I don't even saw her eyes looking at me.. im just another pregnant woman in her responsibility. To be honest, my gp in my country told me years ago, that i will have probably big problem to get pregnant and when it happend now with my husband almost suddenly, i couldnt believe it. This is reason why I'm so sensitive and I wish everything is ok with my baby. I thought that my midwife doesn't care about me cos I'm not English, but now I can see, that not only me is in situation when our gp or midwifes are so busy. Unfortunately it seems that there is shortage of staff and finaly you, me and it seems like many others mum-to-be go through experiences like you. Now I'm 35 weeks pregnant and i have learnt just one thing... don't think too much! Do your best, be careful, take care of yourself and nature will sort it out. All you can do is just enjoy every day of your pregnancy. Imagine.. you will be pregnant maximum 2-3 times in your life, so try to get the best from it. Don't let you gp spoil the most beautiful moments in your life. Everything will be all right. I wish all of us mum-to-be all the best

Hi everyone,

I'm not having a good week. My sickness finally stopped about 3 weeks ago and I had been feeling brilliant since then. That was until Tuesday when i had routine appointment with GP. He was running 40mins late, when i finally got to see him he told me that he couldn't detect the baby's heartbeat but he'd not got time to deal with it then so i should go home and he would get a midwife to contact me.

I was pretty hysterical but went home and called my husband who came home from work. After an hour with no word from the doctor my hubbie called the emergency midwife who arranged for me to go to another surgery and see a midwife there. She found the heartbeat on the third atempt. The baby was in an awkward position! My blood pressure was really high so i was told to rest for a few days.

3 and a half hours later the gp called me to say sorry but he was still trying to contact a midwife!

I'm so relieved everything is ok but i just can't seem to relax. I keep worrying that something is going to go wrong and I just want my baby here safely. It seems like i've got a long time to wait. This experience has really unsettled me and made me feel totally insecure when i'd been doing so well. Anyone else feel like this?

I'm 26 weeks.

Thanks for reading hope you can reassure me! :\)

sometimes if lo is in odd position it can b diff 2 find heartbeat,i had a couple times when it was diff and when detected couldnt hear it 2 clear,its sooo hard not 2 worry but do try,if mw was not happy im sure she woulda refered u 2 hosp 2 check, its normal 2 spend a whole 9m with worry i did! hope the rest of ur pregnancy goes well. xx