So on Friday my husband and I went to our consultant appointment to find out what extra precautions were going to be taken after giving birth at 31w 3 days last time. I don't feel like I've come away knowing any more than I did before, which could be why I found it hard to find any information online about it.
We arrived at our appointment and first saw a midwife who did the usual checks, urine, blood pressure, felt my bump and listened to the heartbeat all were normal. Then the consultant came asked me how I was etc. She had a look at my notes from my last pregnancy and found that the reason why I hadn't been given a reason for my premature labour last time is that there wasn't really a reason. The reason for the premature labour was the bleeding but there was no way of finding out why I had the bleeding. She prescribed me to take 75mg of aspirin a day (aka baby aspirin) as that can help blood flow to the placenta. Aspirin can cause no harm to the baby so I will be taking it but I wonder if it will actually help. I have read online about people who have had high blood pressure or preeclampsia being prescribed it, as often the two are linked and as aspirin thins the blood it can help lower blood pressure. I had neither of those things so I hope it does something but I guess there's no way of knowing. I was also given dates for two more scans one at 28 weeks and one at 34 with follow up appointments with her after. I spoke to her about having increased amounts of Braxton hicks after working long hours on my feet but she said its normal and not to worry but if I felt I was struggling with the long hours to talk to work about changing them. I'll be doing that tomorrow as in the last week I've really struggled.
So all in all I feel that I haven't really learnt anything new and I'll just have to carry on being stressed and vigilant about any concerns I have.
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