Hi there,

I've been hearing some stories from friends that have got me a bit freaked out. A friend was telling me about her friend who had an emergency caesarian the other day (because labour wasnt progressing) and the cord had been wrapped around the baby's neck two times.

Secondly, I've got two friends pregnant at the moment - one is due the same day as me and she has been told by her OB that her baby is too small and may need to be delivered early. Her bump has always been bigger than mine throughout the whole pregnancy. The second friend is only 22 weeks and her bump is not much smaller than mine (i'm 36 wks). I've only gained 4.2kgs in total so far and now that my friend has been told her baby is too small i'm worried about mine!

As i'm a public patient I dont have routine ultrasound after 20 wks and I'm worried about how they pick up on these type of problems if they don't do ultrasounds? I dont mind paying to have a scan done privately if I can get a referral but I previously discussed scans (or lack thereof) to my midwife (in a general sense) and she said there's no need after 20 wks.

I dont have another appointment at the hospital for 2 weeks and I don't want to be getting more and more worried!

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Kitz