The dentist was the first person, other than my husband, who I told I was pregnant. How unromantic! It just happened that I had a checkup appointment on the day I got my BFP.

He told me that there are no problems with having dental work done during pregnancy, but that he prefers to leave things until the 2nd trimester. He said, and I think this is awful, that if you do dental work in the first trimester and then the woman has a miscarriage, you might get blamed and sued even though there is no connection other than timing. And the same in the 3rd trimester if the baby comes early.

Anyway, he told me to come back late in 2nd trimester for the one thing that needs a bit of fixing (filling chipped partly off), but he was definitely sure that if anything urgent came up I should get it fixed not wait (and imagine trying to have a long dentist appointment with a baby in tow, too - that would be hard!).

I was also interested to see that my OB asked me about my teeth on my first visit to her, and she gave me a leaflet about the importance of good dental care in pregnancy. So I'm trying to be extra good with my brushing and so on, as it's evidently something that can impact on me and the baby if I don't take care.