Today i had my 15/16 week midwife appointment.
This past week i have been nosing up online looking up "what to expect" etc. And within these posts i have found MANY people who have been disappointed by their experiences with there midwife.
Many peoples complaints being:
Rudeness
NOT listening to fetal heart beat ( although as far as i am aware it is not routine at this many weeks for numerous reasons)
Lack of interest or offering advice and decent care.
Now i have to say after reading all these i was rather apprehensive! Worried that i would receive similar attention... And i feel this is generally giving midwifes a bad press!
But i would gladly like to say my midwife today was FANTASTIC!!!
I ASKED to listen to the heartbeat she kindly explained that we might not here it and not to be upset/worry if we didn't but that she was MORE than happy to give it a go to reassure me ( this was lovely) She was also very attentive answering all my questions with confidence and wasn't rude,patronising nor did she say anything to upset, offend or burst my happiness bubble!
Basically i wanted to make this post for those like me who are looking up "what to expect" for their appointment and to shed some like that not all midwives are horrible ogres haha, so please share away with your positive experiences as surely mine can't have been a fluke!
As they say if something bad happens you tell everyone, but if it's something good you tell no one.. well i would like to change this!
love
HAPPY FTM
xx
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Fabulous midwives!!
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ziggletttwiglett · 05/02/2014 11:31
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