My first midwife appointment

I had my first midwife appointment on the 22nd February I was so worried about it that I took my partner along with me. I have been reading many horror stories on the internet about midwives being horrible towards overweight women and I don't want anyone to ruin this experience for me so I took my partner along because I know I can be sensitive and didn't want to blow things out of proportion. I didn't need to worry my midwife was lovely, she asked lots of different questions the ones I can remember are:

• Last menstrual period
• Any operations and were they under general anesthetic 
• Any family member with diabetes
• About my diet
• Where did I want to have the baby

From my last period she has my due date as my birthday! I think it will change to a few days after that as she didn't ask about the length of my cycle which is all over the place due to PCOS. 

My Mum has diabetes so I will need to have a Glucose Tolerance Test which I was expecting anyways due to my weight. 

The question about my diet was a chance to tell her I had lost 5 stone  on Slimming World, she said I could continue this but recommended I go to a class as I currently do it at home, she must have seen me pull my face so she said just go get the information you don't need to go again, she also gave me the information for the local health trainers. She said that now isn't the time to be losing weight but I do need to keep anything gained as low as possible. 

The question about where to have my baby really threw me as I didn't even think about it, she gave me a choice of three hospitals Bolton Infirmary, St Marys Manchester and Warrington. I chose Warrington because it just seems like a nicer hospital, I've not heard good things about Bolton even though it is closest and Manchester would be a pain to get to in rush hour.

I left the midwife appointment with a prescription exemption form, my healthy eating information and a copy of Emma's Diary which is full of information and vouchers, my partner said my face lit up at the thought of vouchers and free stuff!

Now all I have to do is wait for the scan appointment to come, I am thinking it is probably going to be the first week of April.