So it's my due date today and I expected to be offered a sweep, given that the NHS website says first time mums should be offered sweeps at 40 and 41 weeks.
I'm not entirely clear about the reasons why it wasn't offered as the midwife had a strong accent and I couldn't catch everything she was saying. What I think she said was that midwives can only do sweeps once the 40th week has started, and she couldn't do one because I was exactly 40 weeks today?
If that's the case, I'll be really annoyed. My appointments are normally on a Monday (week + 2), so had I stuck to my normal schedule, I'd have been seen on Monday at 40+2 and presumably could have got a sweep. Howrverat my last appointment, my midwife specifically wanted it bang on my due date so it got bought forward to a Saturday. I don't understand why she would do this if I meant I wouldn't be able to be offered a sweep?
So now I won't be offered a sweep until next Saturday, when I'll be exactly 41 weeks. They also want to talk about induction next week, when I haven't even had a sweep yet. Feeling cheated and miserable 