Long post- sorry!!
Hi, I am coming up to 32 weeks pregnant and moved to a new house in different NHS trust area 3 weeks ago, I registered with local GP on the day of the move to arrange a midwife appointment and explained I am receiving consultant lead care and x4 weekly growth scans for low Papp-A in previous NHS trust. Midwives were great and ended up seeing me exactly a week after I moved.
Ahead of that appointment they tried to book me for a growth scan at local hospital and referred to local consultant. Unfortunately local hospital scanning department refused to book me a scan without my Papp-A reading which isn’t in my notes and wasn’t given to me when I asked previous consultant as it was “on another system”.
New midwife advised I travel back to previous hospital for growth scan they had already booked which was last Saturday. Unfortunately it wasnt great news at that scan and consultant appointment, the growth has dropped 25 centiles and I now need 2 weekly growth scans, was also told I can expect to be induced before my due date, which I was half anticipating anyway. I’ve been booked for another scan and consultant appointment at old hospital in 11 days time.
I have chased consultant referral with my new midwife today and I’m unhappy at outcome and upset with the way I was spoken to. I’ve been told that the referral is with the new consultants for triage and that I’ll receive a letter in 2 weeks time about a consultant appointment and scans at my new hospital and that in the meantime I should travel to my old hospital for care. It’s an hour trip down the motorway (if absolutely no traffic) and last Saturday I was at the hospital for 6hrs on my own because of Covid restrictions before having to drive back, and it was too much for me when heavily pregnant and anxious.
I’ve explained I don’t feel it’s good enough for me to be travelling an hour away for my maternity care at 34 weeks pregnant when there is a hospital 10mins away from my home who can provide the same care and was made to feel I’m being unreasonable for saying this by the midwife. She kept talking over me and saying it’s just the way the triage system works. I’ve asked for someone dealing with the referral to call me to discuss but I’m not confident this is going to happen. Am I being too uptight?? Should I just sit back and wait or is there anything else I can be doing? It just doesn’t feel right not to be under the care of the hospital I am planning to give birth at, at this stage of pregnancy with the growth issues I am having :-(