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moan about midwife - sorry if any midwives out there reading)

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charlie95 · 15/10/2004 20:01

had appt. with MW on wed. in gp surgery. different one from my 'team' and i was the only one to see her at that time so she has not busy at all. anyway, there was hardly any conversation flowing. sat down and was asked how 'are you ? any bleeding or problems at all'?. no i said. needed a blood test doing. fine. BP fine. didnt ask for wee sample until i mentioned it at the end. had to lie down for her to listen to baby's heartbeat. she was not gentle at all. no jelly-stuff, just pressed into stomach very firmly and said 'no? no ?' moved it down a bit and then said oh yes there it is.' 'nice little size' she said about my bump. little i thought. hardly. feeling huge for weeks. 17.5 wks now. didnt read my book thingy proprelry i took. just said 'oh you've had a CS before' 'yes' i said. but i felt as if the implication all along was 'well you've had a baby before so you know what to do and expect and get on with it. didnt read about the mention of my sons problems after he was born. huh. i hope i see someone else in 5 wks time when i go back. sorry to go no but felt like there wasnt much care or support there.

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Yorkiegirl · 15/10/2004 20:04

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musica · 15/10/2004 20:07

It's tricky isn't it - on the occasions when I saw different midwives from my regular one who in fact even delivered my daughter, they just went through the motions, because my midwife would go through everything else with me.

Sorry you had a bad appointment. Do you have a regular midwife you see, or does it vary from time to time?

Beetlebug · 15/10/2004 20:09

I understand exactly how you feel charlie95. My first appointment with a team mw was dissapointing. First she was 20 minutes late which she didnt apologise for, rushed me through the appointment without asking me if there was anything I wanted to say, refused to call me by my married name because the doctors surgery had'nt updated my file yet and just made me feel as if I was wasting her time. I'm hoping I wont have to see her again at my next appointment cos I want to book under the domino scheme again .

Tipex · 16/10/2004 21:20

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thedame71 · 17/10/2004 19:46

I'm pregnant with my third and in my experience with each pregnancy, if they know its not your first they expect you just to get on with it.

MY booking in appt at Queen Charlottes was awful, deeply uninterested midwife, particularly as I was worried about something, I was just made to feel stupid!

I don't expect anything else from the NHS now....

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