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Really lovely midwife made my week!
Hi girls,
Just thought i would share a good experience of a midwife, i know that many people say they can be a bit useless but mine was so lovely yesterday she deserves some praise.
I had my first booking in appointment yesterday and she did all the usual with questions etc and then said as i was only 11 weeks they don't listen for a heartbeat. Then i kind of said i would really like to hear it after a previous mc and bleeding with this one early one and she said she'd try with a doppler. Well she tried for ages and couldn't find it, even though she said it was only sometimes they could find it so early, i was obvioulsly a bit upset. So she asked a few more remaining questions and then seeing my face still a bit fallen and i think feeling sorry for my boyfriend who looked like he was in for a night of 'maybe there is nothing in there...' from me said she'd try again and to empty my bladder first to see if that helped. Lo and behold she found it and it was the best thing ever!! Bless her she stayed an hour extra unpaid and it was after 6pm (our app was 4pm!) when we left but we were so grateful and i'm still smiling this morning!!
Anyway, just wanted to share a good experience and such a nice lady!!! x
Just thought i would share a good experience of a midwife, i know that many people say they can be a bit useless but mine was so lovely yesterday she deserves some praise.
I had my first booking in appointment yesterday and she did all the usual with questions etc and then said as i was only 11 weeks they don't listen for a heartbeat. Then i kind of said i would really like to hear it after a previous mc and bleeding with this one early one and she said she'd try with a doppler. Well she tried for ages and couldn't find it, even though she said it was only sometimes they could find it so early, i was obvioulsly a bit upset. So she asked a few more remaining questions and then seeing my face still a bit fallen and i think feeling sorry for my boyfriend who looked like he was in for a night of 'maybe there is nothing in there...' from me said she'd try again and to empty my bladder first to see if that helped. Lo and behold she found it and it was the best thing ever!! Bless her she stayed an hour extra unpaid and it was after 6pm (our app was 4pm!) when we left but we were so grateful and i'm still smiling this morning!!
Anyway, just wanted to share a good experience and such a nice lady!!! x
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Philippa 15+4 x x x
I also have a great mw, she is really helpfull and just plain old nice, everytime i go to my appts she lets me hear the heartbeat which is great, also she feels the lo position and tells me how he/she is measuring etc... I've got next appt on Tuesday and can't wait
Karen 32 wks
Crochetmom - I'd have to disagree with your mw on dopplers - I have an angel sounds one and its the best ??30 I ever spent!! Once we got used to it - we can 99.9% of the time find babys heartbeat - and now he's bigger we always find it - sure sometimes it was faint but it does depend on the position as to how clear it was. Been listening to baby since i was 14 weeks, I'm now 33 weeks and still like to use it most days to check up on baby... I'd have gone insane if I'd had to wait to listen between mw appointments, particularly in the earlier days. My mw didn't look too impressed when i said I'd got one but I just ignored her... it was for my own peace of mind and it worked
I didn't buy a doppler because I think I would have got a bit obsessed with it but I have heard loads of ladies that have got them and love the reassurance they give. I did start feeling the baby move fairly early at 15 weeks though so maybe if it had taken longer I would have been more tempted to get one!
L xx
I agree with Kia, especially after having had a mc in January I was very paranoid. I spent about ??55 on one from ebay and have never not been able to find baby's heartbeat - in fact my midwife used to struggle with hers to find the heartbeat and I used to have to show her where I would find it with mine!
jamtart - your midwife sounds lovely!