Not sure if I’m BU but I feel like my community midwife is just totally disinterested and can’t wait for appointment to finish.
This is my second pregnancy, the first was in lockdown, and the midwives I saw then were very reassuring, explained things through well and seemed kind and interested.
this midwife hasn’t not done anything she should have afaik - but it feels like she just wants to get things done, and I’m not sure if it’s fair to feel miffed about it. she is older and has gone down to 2 days a week. For example I often have her last appointment of the day at lunch time and whenever I ask how she is she says ‘good I can go home after this’ I always feel like I’m annoying her by asking questions if I have any
I ended up going into the maternity unit yesterday as I went blind temporarily and happened to run into her there in the waiting room. She asked if I was ok, and then told me she was drowning in paperwork. After being triaged the midwife at the unit found I have a very low iron count and said I should have an injection as tablets weren’t cutting it. She said I could either wait there for at least 4/5 hours for a doctor to do it there, but advised I go home and call the community midwives as they can do it much quicker and I won’t have to wait for a doctor to be free and can go home and sleep.
i left a message for her and when she rang me back hours later she was in a huff when I said that triage recommended I have an injection and contact her to get it sorted. She got cross and said ‘don’t they think I’ve got enough to do?! Bloody hell!’ I apologised and she said she would ring back when sorted. She called back and said you need to come into hospital at the weekend and they will ring you with a time, rather than what I thought would happen which was I would go to her to get it done.
anyway maybe I’m being unreasonable but I just feel like a chore to her but not sure if I’m right to feel miffed - she seems fine and doing all the relevant tests etc so maybe it’s unreasonable to expect a friendly manner