When I was 41 weeks pregnant I had a sweep at my doctors surgery by the midwife. I was already two centimetres dilated, having been in what she called 'slow labour'. When I got home I started to bleed heavily so went into hospital to get checked out. The bleeding was nothing to worry about - she had aggravated the place where I had an eptropian a few years before. However, they monitored by blood pressure and tightenings for half and hour whilst I was there- long story short, they discovered my blood pressure was dangerously high and I had protieninurea. It turned out my bp had been dangerously high for several weeks, but my midwife hadn't acted on it because she took my bp twice - once at the beginning of the appointment, where she dithered about how high it was, at then at the end of the appointment whilst I was lying down. The second measurement showed that it had come down a little bit so she put it down to the fact that I had walked up some steep steps to get to her office and decided that it was nothing to worry about. I was admitted for an induction because the nurses said it was too dangerous for me to wait to go into labour naturally. They gave me medication and the sister on the ward was so cross that I hadn't been sent in earlier she told me she would be making a phone call. I went into labour during the night, before they could induce me, but had to be monitored throughout so I couldn't move around or have a water birth. It was horrible being strapped to the bed and my dd got into distress. A theatre was on standby for an emergency c-section and I was told to have an epidural just in case they needed to get me into theatre fast. Luckily, due to the fantastic care I received from the staff at the hospital, I delivered my dd naturally and she and I were fine. The thing is, I really feel like I have no confidence in the midwife at my GP's surgery now. I am thinking of trying for a second baby, but I really do not want her as my midwife. She is the only one at my surgery. Is there anyway I could have access to a different midwife, or will I have to change surgeries?