HV process in Haringey/with North Middlesex Hospital

[PerpetualStudent]

Just wondering if anyone has experience of ante/postnatal health visitor process in this area?

I know asking midwife is best source of info, but I'm currently 29 weeks with my first, next appointment is with my GP at 31 weeks, where I will ask but can fully imagine they won't have details. Then not seeing midwife again until 34 weeks, so any interim insight much appreciated!

Other ladies on my antenatal thread are talking about this & it seems like support varies massively by area - should I expect an antenatal visit? How many postnatal visits & when? How easy did you find it to access extra support if needed? Many thanks

[Zahrah5]

Im with north middlesex hosp, having all my appts at their clinic and what I heard so far is that you will get visit on next day after baby is born or you are discharged and that will be by your local hospital not hospital where you gave birth, if like me you live out of area.
We were told this at antenatal class. Other than that no one mentioned anything. I am having my 36 w appt next week and will ask more.

[PerpetualStudent]

Thanks Zaharah, good to know! How did you find the antenatal class? Im booking mine in soon, hoping it's going to be useful!

[Zahrah5]

The breastfeeding class was excellent. I highly recommend it.

The regular antenatal class not so as there was a mess-up. The person who usually runs it got sick and they had some community midwife to cover, who never did the class before and didnt even get an outline about what topics to cover.
It was totally disorganized, we had to wait for 1.5 hr until she came and then they didnt have room, after they got room there were no chairs.

In total the actual class took only 1 hr. She was great and very experienced but only about birth at birth center. She covered practicalities when to go to hospital, when your water goes, when your show goes, what to do in early labour etc but no any demonstartions of breathing or positions, nothing like that. And she was not really familiar with labour ward, i was specifically interested to know about mobile epidurals.

Then we went to see the birth center, but we have seen it previously already.

So migh be just my experience this one time but not really worth it.

Im wondering if I should go this month again when the regular person will teach as I feel we got cut short.