Midwife appts

Anyone else feel unsatisfied after seeing midwife/consultant. Had a bad experience today currently 36w5d - went for a growth scan as baby was on the bigger side - was told babies abdomen has gotten small but femur is big. The US tech was questioning all her judgements and asked another tech to check her work. Before the appt she was shit talking about other patients to the receptionist and had gotten a few US images wrong and given wrong EDD (based off what I heard during the conversation) which wasn’t very nice to hear. Consultant seemed she “knew” everything and any question I asked was almost silly. Was asked if I would like to be induced at 40 weeks or just let it happen naturally. Was very confusing just feeling annoyed. Still feel clueless in this pregnancy.

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I’m sorry you’ve experienced this but it doesn’t surprise me sadly😩 Hopefully it’s just one back experience🤞🏻 Every appointment I’ve had with my midwife, I have left feeling very disappointed and feel like it’s been a waste of time! I’ve started seeing another for regularly BP checks and I’ve already got such a relationship with her and feel better for seeing her. As for seeing a consultant, I’m classed as ‘high risk’ but I haven’t actually seen a doctor since I was about 15 weeks pregnant. I thought the care but soooo much different. I’m 35 weeks and I’m no closer to birth preferences or anything, induction has been mentioned but nothing in detail. I’ve got another scan on Monday so I’m hoping, and praying that we get more answers, if not- I’ll be kicking off🙈🙈

The quality of care is just awful, nobody has a clue! It’s all a guessing game.

You can always leave a complaint using the NHS website

My midwife is pretty disappointing. I had another one on my last appointment and she was so much better, wished I'd changed ages ago. X

Sorry that you’re going through this, it’s not very nice when you feel so vulnerable towards the end of your pregnancy. My midwife is useless I’ve been in and out of hospital the last few weeks with overnight stays for various reasons that mean I have to be monitored. My midwife picked up I had low iron when I was 28 weeks pregnant but didn’t do anything! When I was in hospital (at 36 weeks!!) they said my iron was really low and they can’t understand why my midwife hadn’t prescribed me anything. My midwife has also double booked me at almost every appointment. I had perinatal anxiety and she ‘forgot’ to refer me to the perinatal mental health team… Doesn’t give you much hope does it xx

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