4 Days left at work woop woop, and the dreaded midwife appointment today!!

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Ok so pretty much as the title says, I have 4 days left at work YAY WOOP WOOP WOOP can;'t wait to leave...

and I have the midwife appointment today where I state my intentions to have baby somewhere they don;t want me to have him :) as my BMI is 1 point over with no other complications :) wish me luck :)

xxxxx
 
The best of luck to you hun :hug:

They are very strict about these things so please don't break your heart over it if they stay firm. I didn't get the birth I wanted but I still wouldn't change the outcome xxxxxxxxxx
 
Best of luck with the midwife hun. I am under consultant care due to my bmi being 35.6 at my booking in appointment, would have been alot higher if taken at start of tri 1 though. I really wanted a water birth but have been told I probably won't get one as no pools on the consultant led ward at my hospital. My blood pressure has been low throughout and my gtt came back with fab results, glucose levels were the same before and after the drink!! The point of my rambling is what was ur bmi to make them put u as not being able to give birth at ur midwife unit? Hoping to maybe persuade my mw to let me go in the midwife ward seeing as it is only down the corridor at the hospital xx
 
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Ooh, lucky you bella, I still have 12 days to go! Good luck with your appt today x
 
Not long till you can rest and put your feet up :) Good luck at the midwife hun xxxx


 
My BMI is 36 which is one point over for our unit.

The hospital they want me to have baby at is about half an hour away and the one I want is 5 minutes away that is contributing too.

I haven't had any complications at all the whole way through so I think really I am just looking forthem to explain why they are not happy, if they can give me good enough reasons then I will go to the hospital half hour away.

Also they knew my BMI at the 12 week scan and I should have been transferred to the hospital half hour away and they kept me at the one 5 minutes away so I have had no appointments at the one half an hour away and that makes me nervous...
 
I'm obviously a total novice at this so I could well be talking nonsense, but I can't see how they could possibly turn you away if you arrived at the 5 minute away hospital in labour when your time comes? What are they going to do? Pack you off and risk you giving birth in the car?

I can understand if they are worried about complications and don't have facilities to deal with complications at the closer hospital, but otherwise I'm at a loss as to why they would send you elsewhere?

I think that under the NICE guidelines you have the right to ultimately choose how and where you give birth, so it will be interesting to hear what mw says.
 
:( I don't think you should have to compromise if your only 1 point over on the bmi scale, but I don't know how much power the midwife has- I thought only your consultant had the 'power' to decide whether to remove you from consultant led care or not..... that said I REALLY hope she can and that you get the birth you want in the hospital you want (which lets face it makes more sense geographically speaking!)

I also have my midwife appointment today! we're so close in dates- I wonder which of us will pop first!

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ooo that's the other thing, the consultant said he would be happy for me to give birth at the 5 minute away hospital :) Thanks for the reminder I would have forgotten, babybrain and all that....
 
Good luck with you appointment and I hope you enjoy your time off work when it comes xx
 
:yay:to the 4 days left at work, and fingers crossed u get what u want out ur appt :) xxx
 
Good luck! Hopefully you'll get the birthplace you want!
 
Ok so the appointment went well, I stated my case, handed over my letter with the reasons why I want riven at the 5 minute away hospital and the midwife is going to speak to the supervising midwife tommorow and get back to me with what she says.

She thinks they will book an appointment to talk to me which is what I was hoping for to start things anyway.

next up, 34 week scan :) to make sure my placenta has moved, otherwise all this angst about where to have baby will e null and void anyway lol :)

He is measuring 34cm's so his growth is slowing, he is bum up but sideways on!! :)

Thanks for all your support ladies xxx
 
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