Hi everyone I’m 8+3 weeks due in August, I’ve had my booking appointment and was upset to find out Basingstoke are no longer facilitating scans and this will be held in Andover.
this means I’ve gone from a 23 min one way journey to an hour one way (my scans will take up 3 hours of my day each time now) we already do not have any choice for booking the dates and time for these scans. I know this might not be a huge problem for most but now I’ll be in a position where im now having to book half days out of work and my partner can’t guarantee he can come to all scans now due to how much time will be taken out of work. Basically means I might have to drive alone to some of my scans, if these get more frequent towards the end, I don’t understand how this is sustainable.
most of my friends locally giving birth at Basingstoke are having their appointments in Basingstoke so I’m quite upset to see that this must be new.
it might just be hormones but it’s just frustrating and feels like this is gonna be the start of a rocky journey. Already my midwife couldn’t draw any blood from my booking appointment tests and I have to make additional appointments just for this. So far nothing feels like it’s going as expected.
I haven’t told work yet due to being early, I commute to central london two-three times a week, I work in sales so it’s quite a demanding job.
Has anyone got any advice here? I’m just feeling sad about the lack of options and choices here.