help please

ive recently found out im preg, this wil be my first, im only 5.5 weeks and my doct has told me to find a midwife, i didnt think i needed to do this for a month or so, i have rung afew but they are all booked already, can anyone recommend a good midwife in tauranga. also when do most people tel there friends about it? me and my partner have both told our parents, i had to beg my mum not to tel everyone. silly excited mother. she said back in her day they told everyone right away?
any tips i would love thanks

Hi Guest_42457

Congrats on your pregnancy!

I'm sorry I can't help with a midwife recommendation as I'm in Auckland but I've bumped a thread for you below, hopefully that might help and if you do a search for midwife you may also get some other recommendations. They do fill up SUPER fast so it's best to call asap to get the person you want, perhaps also your GP might be able to recommend someone.

Recommend Your Midwife

A lot of people wait until after the 12 week scan before telling people, but it's completely a personal choice. We told close family and a few friends before 12 weeks and then the rest afterward.

All the very best for the next 8-9 months

Edited by MrsEmma

Congratulations!!

And good luck for finding the right midwife for you. I can't help you as I'm in Palmy, but with my first I started ringing around at 6 weeks - and a couple of the recommended ones to me were booked already. But I found a great midwife on my third call, so good that we are using her again for this second pregnancy.

As for telling people, it can be good to tell a couple of close friends/family. I don't know if you are working or not but I found that it was handy to have one or two people at work who knew, just makes life easier if you're feeling unwell. Then tell the rest after 12/13 weeks.

I read somewhere the advice "only tell the people you're happy to un-tell".

All the best!

Congratulations! We didn't tell people (other than our parents) till we had our first scan - then we knew everything was looking good and the most dangerous bit was over. The inportant thing is to do what YOU are comfortable with; it's your baby, not your Mum's, so you can feel comfortable making that clear to her

ditzy is this your first?

oh wait, I see you said it was. My nickname really is who I am hehe

Congrats ladies. Have you checked out the due in December 2011 thread? (If that's when you're due... I'm not sure, too hard to work it out right now. ) There'll be lots of ladies in there due around the same time for you to talk to.

great thanks il head to bay midwifery im just up rd in pyes pa thanks :)

I'm 23 and onto my 2nd :D, congrats on your pregnancy, I was just 1 year younger when my first ( a little surprise) turned up

I was 23 when I had my first too - I kinda felt OLD hahaha

CONGRATS