Called up yesterday to try and get my booking in appointment sorted. They usually do them at 8-10 weeks at our surgery and you can't make an appointment more than 4 weeks in advance (marvelous if the dr. says "I'd like to see you again in 6 weeks!). Anyhow, she told me the MW would ring me to make an appointment sometime - but in the meantime which hospital did I want to give birth in.......... I told her I wasn't sure yet (we've got two pretty equal distance).
Her reponse "well you HAVE to decide now so we can get your scan date sorted." Fair enough I thought, and told her I'd use Kettering (the one I used for DS2) for now - but might change my mind later in the pg". stupid woman then told me that "once you're registered with that hospital you HAVE to stay with them, no changing"!. How I stopped myself telling her that I was perfectly entitled to change my mind - and that anyhow I was hoping for a homebirth and the hospital I chose as my backup would be decided later on I don't know.