I'm not sure whether I am unusual but.....I'm almost 13 weeks pregnant and haven't seen a midwife let alone been offered one of - what seem to be standard - tests??
In terms of a little more background...luckily (?!) I've been at the RMC at St Mary's, due to a partial molar and other miscarriages. (During which they indentified an inherited Blood disorder, factor five leiden). Which has meant that i have had scans every two weeks to check for a heart beat, which is why I know that I am indeed 13 weeks tomorrow and that the baby is alive. They have now discharged me.
However, despite two referrals from my GP (the second one after I mentioned I had heard nothing from St Mary's) and now two (the second only this week) from the RMC to the antenatal clinic at Paddington all I have had is a letter asking me to attend at midwife appointment which arrived at the end of last week requesting that I attend in Shepherds Bush, this Wednesday (I would have been 12wks5). It was for the same day and time that I had a long standing final scan at the RMC. I called daily and wrote emails but never got through to the right department on the phone to request a different date (the admin department can't change bookings) and the emails were never answered. I am due to go away for two weeks from next week and will miss the window for a nuchal scan as a result. I have still heard nothing about a first midwife meeting.
Is this normal? In a way it's quite relaxing having no intervention what so ever, other than to know the baby is alive, but mainly it is terrifying to have had no guidance or testing. this is a first pregnancy and I am an older mother (37) with the complications/history above..