Last
Thursday I had my 31 weeks appointment. That was one of the quickest
appointments I had but I had to wait 30
minutes for midwife to finish off with the previous lady, I know
circumstances can be different.
As
last time I was worried with my bump measurements she measured me few
times to make sure all is correct and said that I measured slightly
more for my weeks, which is weird as I have one of the smallest bumps
in the world.
As
you know I have joined C&G Baby Club Community and as I chat to other
mums-to-be and read about their experiences with midwives, mostly not so
positive ones I now started to be more skeptical towards what midwives say. For instance, I have asked her about my baby's position, she
said that baby is head down when though she used doppler to check
heartbeat said that baby is actually all over the place, well that's
not very helpful! I'm so happy that we booked a private scan for this
Saturday and sonographer will tell us everything about our baby.
Then
she weighed me and said that I lost weight since booking appointment,
I actually lost weight even more since then, they just didn't monitor
it at all. But again she wasn't worried and said it's all due to me
exercising, she actually looked relieved that she didn't have to do
anything about it as I came up with an answer for her.
Then
she said that we will discuss baby sleeping, by that she actually
meant that she will quickly mention that after baby arrives they will
asses sleeping arrangements, no co-sleeping, bed should be by my side
and gave me Lullaby Trust booklet as it has all needed info.
Extremely informative discussion! And I was surprised why my very
first midwife ticked boxes in discussed sections as if we discussed
it and we never actually did.
I
started thinking that with useless midwives like this one and
previous ones I could make a better one, shame I don't want to be a
"forever student".
I
really think I'm wasting my time with these appointments and not
learning anything new, I have learned much more by reading comments,
blogs and participating in chats with other mums (to-be) online,
that's a shame that midwives don't want to really perform, but at
least everything is going well in my pregnancy!
