Why do midwives lie on your notes?

[banana87]

Saturday night I went to hospital because I was having contractions, 7 min apart and had a huge wet patch in my underwear. Nothing came of it and I was sent home.

I've just read my notes and MW wrote:

Fundal height 42cm (she never measured me!!)
Mild contractions (my ass)
Fluid size of 50p in underwear (ummm...so most of my underwear is the size of a 50p??)

Then tonight I saw my consultant. He wrote:

Fundal height 39cm (never measured)
No contractions ( I specifically said I've been having contractions on and off)

WHY???!!!

When my DS was born, MW told me he was 8lb4oz.

When we had his heel pricks done, they lady said "Oh wow, that's unusual your son must be feeding very well, he's put on weight rather than lost." I asked how much he weighed she said 7lb12 so i sad he had lost then, no his notes said he was born weighing 7lb8oz.
So non of us knew his actual birth weight! We only guess what she wrote down was wrong and what she said was true as it would have been unusual to gain weight. I was very annoyed.

I've since had my DSs medical records requested and they are... AWFUL. unproffessional to say the least "Teen mother just about coping" cheers then I think I did damn well breastfeeding a baby that woke every hour thanks!! Nothing to do with my age.

My first experience was like this! I knew I got to 9cm before my body gave up in my notes it says I got to 7cm, the night before I was induced I was on the ward started having little contractions midwife felt my stomach son was sideways head down looking across me, she asked if I had had a scan recemtly I said no she shrugged and said never mind then he subsequently got stuck sideways coming out, also didnt get drugs for pain relief for 72hrs after c section, although they said they did, my birth notes were left on the side and never looked at the drip was turned up on full for 14 hours although I was having strong contractions in my back for 14hours was told to stay still as my movements made it difficult to monitor contractions, roz love it hurts! Oh and never got antibiotics after c section although it was said I got tablets for 5 days afterwards! Only thing I got was volterol once. I told one midwife I wanted to go home as id get better care at home.

I did not get weighed on my book appointment at 8 weeks pregnant as the midwife just said I didn't look over weight. They then weighed me at my 12 week scan and my bmi was 28 indicating I'm over weight. When they added my height, weight and BMI to my notes they wrote that it was recorded at my booking appointment which is a lie! No doubt covering there own backs.