Losing faith in my maternity care
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@Kirsty it’s known to be a bit dodgy, especially over the last couple of days which surely should mean they up with personal contact! I’ll also be going to PALs
My first pregnancy I didn’t see my named midwife once because she was signed off on long term sick after being kicked in the head by a horse (only found that last part out in my second pregnancy when I finally met her by chance at an appointment). I was seen at my booking appointment and then had my 12 week scan and wasn’t seen again until after 30 weeks when I kept calling. This pregnancy has been better in terms of seeing the same midwife but similarly my recent blood results are all over the place and haven’t heard from anyone. I’ve been diagnosed with gestational diabetes twice in this pregnancy then told both times afterwards that actually they had the results wrong which was only picked up because I saw them on my app and mentioned they seemed unusual. They’re just chronically overworked, stretched and care is sadly suffering. The NHS is just not what it once was unfortunately x
This is a shame to see, I had a great experience. My midwife saw me about 6-7 times during my pregnancy , always followed up with any results from bloods / urine etc. always available on text if I had any questions.
I don’t even have an assigned midwife 😅😂 just the general team
I’ve seen my named midwife once at 16 weeks and never again, I’m now 31 weeks.. my badger app shows nothing, I don’t even know the results of my 28 week bloods. My appointments don’t show on the badger app either. No idea why hospitals use it because I’ve seen so many complaints everywhere about it. I also complained to PALS because of the lack of care I’ve been given 🙄