I took my 11 week old for a routine weigh in at the clinic and the health visitor on duty noticed a little (very tiny blue mark on her arm) As she is mixed race and she's got a blue spot on her bottom, I knew this was Mongolian blue spot and I told her this and explained it was like a birth mark only sometimes these don't appear at birth, they can take a few weeks before they come through.
Anyway the HV on duty didn't believe me and said it looked like a bruise and it was protocol to inform social services. The same day social services came round and looked at her arm and looked at all her toys and where she sleeps etc and couldn't see how she would have got a bruise so high up on her arm. I am so protective of my child and it really upset me to think that they were thinking that I've harmed my child. The next day they accompanied me to see a GP at the hospital who instantly confirmed it was Mongolian blue spot and there was nothing to worry about.
I'm so angry that I had to go through all this stress, no one listened to or believed me. I know it's protocol but I really think it would be beneficial if HV's were medically trained so that they could tell bruises apart from birth marks especially on ethnic skin.
It's put me off going to take my child to see HV's to be weighed. I called my GP and they don't weigh babies at the surgery. Does anyone know where else I can take my baby, somewhere where they have a bit of medical knowledge and don't worry parents unnecessarily?