midwifes round here honestly must not talk to each other. My last appointment was with a different…
midwifes round here honestly must not talk to each other. My last appointment was with a different midwife as my normal midwife was on holiday. Anyway she said to me that my normal midwife would call me to set up a home visit appointment at 36 weeks to talk about the birthplan and stuff just got a call from my midwife saying I was booked in to see her at the doctors for 9? No one told me about this appointment and when I mentioned to her what the other midwife had said she said no we only come out when you have had the baby if your still pregnant you need to come to me. Luckily she has another space today I have been able to get but still what if I missed this appointment all because they can't communicate 🙃
Mammy Of 3 ·
They never do! You literally need to go threw everything again with another and another etc, doctors are the same and other nursing workers, maternity ward was the worst for me , their ridiculous, If only they’d communicate! Xx
Kiri Torkoniak··
It's stupid considering they say oh don't stress we want to make things easy for you and then when they fuck up it's some how your fault like okay uch so annoyed now I'm still not over it🙈xx
Isabella·
Yep this has happened with me! I've seen 4 different midwives with this pregnancy and everytime I see someone new I have to spend 20mins explaining what's been going on etc it's so annoying!! Xx
Kiri Torkoniak··
Tell me about it I have seen my midwife now and I am meant to be getting strech and sweeps from 38 weeks due to problems I have had. This has been planned for months. Now my normal midwife is off AGAIN for my next appointment which will be my 38 week check. So I asked if the midwife stepping in would know that I am having strech and sweeps and she says it's up to that midwifes preference. I don't think it should be her 'preference' if it's been planned by my consultant then they shouldn't have a say its for a reason not just because I feel like it. So now I'm more annoyed and can't wait for this pregnancy to be over so I don't have to deal with their bullshit anymore xx
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Мама сына (1 год)
They really dont. I was sent for counselling for my anxiety and my midwife said I was classed as "universal plus" which meant someone would come and check on me more often... never saw anybody ever again
Kiri Torkoniak··
It's awful considering they are meant to look after you x
Cheryl ·
I remember I seen my midwife at my booking appointment 8 weeks. Then the next appointment it was a different midwife and she said my midwife was off sick and didn’t know when he would be back. The next appointment he was back then again after that it was this other midwife the appointment after that was cancelled because this lady was only part time and my midwife was full time and she struggled with his appointments and home visits. Then I had an appointment at 38 weeks and he was back. My 40 week appointment was a really random woman she gave me a sweep and my 41 week appointment he was back. The communication was poor between them but nobody could help being off sick just very frustrating xx
Kiri Torkoniak··
You understand more when they are sick or have annual leave because of course they are still people that need time for themselves it's more the lack of communication that annoys because when you call them they are chatting away but don't seem to pass on any information xx