I’m thinking it probably is, but I thought it was worth asking what people thought!
In my area we get allotted a midwife that we see throughout the pregnancy for all our antenatal appointments and who, assuming she isn’t tied up at the time, accompanies us to hospital when labour begins or a c section or induction is scheduled.
I’ve never taken to mine - she’s not done anything egregious, but she’s made a few errors I found mildly concerning and I have found her to be, on the whole, a bit dismissive and sometimes a bit rude. Certainly quite in reassuring in general.
Had to see another midwife today because mine was away, and she was lovely - attentive, warm, practical, immediately picked up on things that other midwife has never asked about, etc.
I don’t know enough about how it all works to know whether there is any realistic prospect of being able to “swap” over to her list. If I were eg 4 months gone I’d probably chance my arm at asking to be swapped over onto her list, but in due in a fortnight. I know it would probably be a bit silly to request a swap this late in the game (and I take full responsibility for not having asked about it earlier, I just didn’t want to end up doing it “blind” and ending up with someone worse!), but I felt so much more at ease with the lady I saw today and in honesty feel a bit antsy at the idea of a labour in the presence of original midwife. Am I being daft?