Hi everyone. I am 9 weeks pregnant, live in London but am originally from Finland. I am finding the UK system with anatal care really confusing and I was wondering if anyone here could help me? I went to see a GP for the first time on Tuesday, 4 days ago, after calling in to say I had discovered I was preggers and needed to book an appt to find out what happens next. The whole thing seemed completely pointless. He basically just weighed me and gave me a pile of leaflets and I was out in ten minutes. He told me a midwife would call me to organise the rest, but I haven't had a phone call. How long am I supposed to wait?
I travelled to Finland two days later, which is where I am now, and went to see a nurse here too (have to do that in order to get the Scandi maternity pay I am entitled to but obviously it isn't convenient for me to travel back and forth for every single scan and test and visit). I sat in her office for nearly 2 hours giving alls sorts of info about illnesses in my family and learnt all about the scans I need to take and up and coming nurse and doctor visits I need to schedule. One thing for example was a blood and urine test they told me needs to be done in week 10.
She also said based on my illness history I needed to do a glucose tolerance test. But the doctor I met in London mentioned none of this to me. Why? Or is it the kind of stuff the midwife usually deals with? Is the midwife from the health centre or from the hospital where I am due to give birth? Who should I contact if I want to start my pregnancy care now? Or should I just wait till they contact me?
The trouble is that I travel so much for work that I have really limited slots when I can do all the necessary scans that this weird indefinite waiting seems really stressful. What should I do? I know this probably seems totally neurotic, but as I am an older mum-to-be I really don't want to miss any of the scans and tests to see the baby is healthy. And today when I saw the Finnish nurse it seemed it is all really important to do it at the right time. Neurosis!!
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Indiana77 · 15/04/2016 21:46
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