Hello Mumsnet users! This thread is aimed mainly at Women using the British NHS.
How do you find a good GP and midwife?
So far, my experience with my current healthcare professionals has been nothing but dire. My local medical centre failed to provide me with the correct information I needed to proceed with arranging a midwife, and the receptionists have been particularly frosty and sarcastic when I have tried to arrange to see a doctor. The one doctor I have managed to speak to (over the phone) was really snooty with me, rushed me whilst I was trying to discuss the details of my pregnancy and didn't inform me about any of the processes I would need go through in order to get a midwife. They said that they would follow up the phone call, but didn't. Nothing has arrived through the post, no leaflets or medical advice...
To be honest with you all, I was thoroughly underwhelmed by the whole shambles. I pay my taxes, I don't smoke, have a drug problem or abuse alcohol. I haven't been hospitalised for anything. Other then the injections we had to have as kids, the most I have ever asked for from the NHS is treatment for tonsillitis. Now, I'm at a point in my life where I'm vulnerable and really do need the support of the NHS, and I feel as if it's staff are failing me. I'm worried that I'm not going to find a suitable bunch of healthcare professionals, who will really care about mine and the childs health. It's quite stressful.
8 weeks LMP this Monday, with 21/09/15 being the first day LMP. Two positive pregnancy tests, and I still don't have a midwife. This is my first pregnancy, and other then the practical advice my online research and books are offering me, I am very much in the dark. I don't want to inform my family until I have a scan to show them. Other then the support from my SO, I'm very much alone in this - which is probably why I feel so let down by my local team.
Can anybody suggest anything? Or should I knuckle down and accept that my experience of the NHS during pregnancy will lack humanity and empathy?
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Finding a good GP and midwife on the NHS.
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KeyboardMum · 18/11/2015 16:12
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