Midwives now cancelling appts, now only by phone - 36weeks & having growth scans

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I am really really struggling to cope

I have today received a text message from the gp surgery to say all midwife appts will now be done over the phone and to not attend clinic .....

I am 36 weeks and have my appt next week and have been told not to attend

So I ring the midwife team to check this is the case as I am having regular measuring (2x growth scans already + 2 weekly fundal measurements) and she said errr yes that is the case but she will get my named midwife to call me ?!!!

Surely they can't keep pushing pregnant ladies like this ?! I am already dealing with mental health issues coupled with ptsd from last birth, and everything that's been months in progress to get me prepared is going out the window and I don't know how to cope. I had just got my head around the fact that Coronavirus is going to impact everything and more and more things keep getting taken from us

Surely it's not safe to not be measuring ?!

Has anyone else experienced this ?

To be honest they dont do much at your 36 week appointment any way other than check urine and blood pressure they would t measure ypu cause you are having growth scans so you will be fine to have phone appointments x

Well I hope they don’t cancel my 36 week appointment next week as it’s pretty important for me. I’m due to have my 2nd injection of anti d!. My midwife said at my last appointment that they’d be going ahead for as long as the doctors surgery allowed them access to the building.

But my last growth scan this week said that I need to see my midwife next week to be measured ?! So they can monitor that baby is growing - she has slowed right down and has dropped down 2 lines on the centile in the last 4 weeks so surely it's pretty important for me to be measured again ?

Best thing to do is call your midwife and ask the question.
My 36 week midwife appt got cancelled and is being done over the phone but I’m still having my growth scan (separate appt) as, like you say, it’s really important to not miss these.
Were you due to have an actual growth scan at the cancelled appt or just a bump measurement (which is less accurate)?
Either way, definitely call and check as it may be the gp surgery was unaware of the importance of the appt and was just doing a blanket cancellation of all appts. Not helpful but your midwife will be able to advise x