Hello there,
Just wanted a rant about my midwife. She's perfectly compentent but she doesn't seem to realise that mums-to-be have feelings.
It started when I called her about the results of my 12 week scan (suggestive of a bicornuate uterus) and OVER THE PHONE in a 6 minute chat she breezily told me, without having seen the scan or the notes, that I probably wouldn't carry the baby to term, it would probably be breech and I would probably have to have a C-section.
Today, when I asked her tentatively about options for birth, she said "well of course you can't have a home birth" and when I mentioned a birthing centre, just to check, she looked at me like I was an idiot and said "they are for low risk women. You're high risk and might bleed a lot so you can't go to one of those."
Erm, ok, thanks, that's nice. I find her manner really upsetting, actually. A few neighbours have the same midwife and similar experiences. Sigh. Why did I hold 'The Midwife' up as this mythical, kind figure who would be a support in every way...!
Rant over. Emotional today.
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My midwife lacks basic people skills
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LittleMsH · 04/11/2010 15:19
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