Pregnancy appointments

I’m pregnant with my second but I’m really struggling with the appointments they are giving me as I already have a son and it’s so hard getting childcare plus I work 😩 I understand why he can’t come to my ultrasound scans (I have to have more because of medication I take) so I’ve got 5 scans in the next 5 months and 5 antenatal appointments. I’m not sure why I can’t take him to my antenatal clinic appointments. I managed to change one to a telephone appointment but I didn’t get a call and I looked online and it said I didn’t attend when we arranged for it to be a telephone consultation. I hate missing appointments because I work at a doctor’s surgery so I know how infuriating it can be.

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Your work should allow you leave to attend your appointments. Can you not book your appointments for when you're normally in work?

Youre legally entitled to paid time off work for all antenatal appointments, so ask for them to be scheduled during work hours when your child is already in childcare

Have you explained the problem to your midwife and asked if they can allow your son at the clinic appointments? I don’t have a child yet so haven’t had to go through this myself, but when I’ve been attending appointments I’ve seen loads of other ladies arrive with their pre-school-age children x

@Gillian they will most probably make me make the time up and I can’t due to childcare

@Helen I’m going to call them tomorrow and find out

@Samantha it’s paid time off so they can’t make you make up the time

I believe you can take your son with you, just tell them you don't have childcare...midwife is much easier then scans, I had my daughter several times and she is not a calm baby...and I had her twice for a scans, it was really hard, but I apologized and somehow we managed to do a scan, but I had to keep her on me Good luck xx

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