JulyBug
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I never usually speak negatively of the NHS as I do believe we are extremely lucky with the care we get in the UK and everybody who works for the NHS work extremely hard however I never thought once I got pregnant I'd get so little care..
I am currently 11+4 weeks pregnant and so far all I've had is one 5 minute midwife appointment.. the midwife I saw was standing in for the usual midwife however the normal midwife was actually leaving so i wouldn't see her anyway, a few weeks passed and i still hadn't heard anything so I phoned the community midwife at my local hospital and apparently they are still looking for someone to replace her so as it stands I have no midwife and still haven't had a booking in appointment..
After my 5 minute appointment i got my '12 week' scan appointment through which is on the 9th Jan which takes me over 14 weeks! Luckily I had booked a private scan which I had on Wednesday and everything was ok but she confirmed my concerns and said I needed to call them and ask to be seen sooner to be able to do the screening tests as over 14 weeks is too late.
So yesterday at 9am I phoned my hospital and was told there are no earlier appointments but of course they'd have to 'fit me in' and someone would call me back.. 12o'clock today and I still hadn't heard (after leaving a voicemail yesterday afternoon) and I spoke to somebody else who told me again there are no earlier appointments and theres nothing they can do all he could do was put me through to the next nearest hospital and see if they had any appointments, but there was no answer so could only leave a message which I doubt will be listened too or my call returned!
Feeling a little frustrated and unsure of what to do!?
Any advice would be appreciated
xx
I am currently 11+4 weeks pregnant and so far all I've had is one 5 minute midwife appointment.. the midwife I saw was standing in for the usual midwife however the normal midwife was actually leaving so i wouldn't see her anyway, a few weeks passed and i still hadn't heard anything so I phoned the community midwife at my local hospital and apparently they are still looking for someone to replace her so as it stands I have no midwife and still haven't had a booking in appointment..
After my 5 minute appointment i got my '12 week' scan appointment through which is on the 9th Jan which takes me over 14 weeks! Luckily I had booked a private scan which I had on Wednesday and everything was ok but she confirmed my concerns and said I needed to call them and ask to be seen sooner to be able to do the screening tests as over 14 weeks is too late.
So yesterday at 9am I phoned my hospital and was told there are no earlier appointments but of course they'd have to 'fit me in' and someone would call me back.. 12o'clock today and I still hadn't heard (after leaving a voicemail yesterday afternoon) and I spoke to somebody else who told me again there are no earlier appointments and theres nothing they can do all he could do was put me through to the next nearest hospital and see if they had any appointments, but there was no answer so could only leave a message which I doubt will be listened too or my call returned!
Feeling a little frustrated and unsure of what to do!?
Any advice would be appreciated
xx
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