hands up if you saw a consultant during pregnancy or birth or if you know any proper stats on this

[hatwoman]

I'm interested to know what proportion of women see consultants so can I do an utterly unscientific poll - what kind did you see? how many times? or did you not see one at all nb I include anaesthetists - so anyone who had an epidural is going to have to say yes.

me dd1: obstetrician at 20 weeks just to check all was ok with a pre-existing condition; anaesthetist to give me an epidural; obstetrician armed with a ventouse

dd2: none

And if anyone knows where i can access slightly more scientific stats I'd be very grateful I've tried NCT, Mational College (?) of Midwives, and a couple of other sites on safe childbirth but can't see anything

Saw consultant with both pregnancies at 20 week scan because of high risk of spina bifida.
I saw consultant again in week 34 after falling downstairs with DD and then had a consultant and anaesthetist at birth of dd.

Didn't see another consultant with DS after anomaly scan.

funnypeculiar - you;re dead right - the thread title is horrifically biased. I'll never make a social scientist...

I think there is a reproductive health journal floating on the net

Seen one with all four of my pregnancies.

Dd1 consultant during pg, plus several registrars. Registrar and anaesthetist during birth. Consultant paed afterwards.

Dd2 consultant and registrars during pg and birth, plus anaesthetist.

Ds the same.