Amazing Midwife Appointment
Hi All,
Just had a meeting with my new midwife practice and I am SOOO thrilled.
I really want a home birth and have done all the way through, however in South London, it is a bit of a lottery. At Kings they have a number of different midwifery services, the standard community midwife care and three high care level practices who give a greater continuity of care and encourage home births.
Sadly I automatically fell under the community midwife service. I am sure that they are great. don't get me wrong. I only had one appointment with the community midwife and she was perfectly nice, but didn't want to answer my questions about home birth and was clearly rushed. But when I tried to get a 26w appointment as she had told me to do, I couldn't get an appointment until I would have been 28w.
A local friend suggest that I try to get on to one of the other midwife led practice and explain that I wanted a home birth, and luckily one of them has taken me on. I had my first meeting with them today , at home (which in london is almost unheard of!) She talked me through everything, gave me a pager number that I can contact her or the two others in her team at any time. Over the next month I will meet the two other midwives in the team so that I can build a relationship with all of them so that I will definitely know the person who arrives at the door when I am in labour. She stayed an hour and booked an appointment for 2 in two weeks time and explained that I will have a birth talk at 34W to go through everything about a home birth. They even hire out birthing pools!
It all feels so much more real now, and I already feel that I can trust them at a home birth 100x more than before.
Sorry for rambling post! Just SOOOO excited !!!!
Just had a meeting with my new midwife practice and I am SOOO thrilled.
I really want a home birth and have done all the way through, however in South London, it is a bit of a lottery. At Kings they have a number of different midwifery services, the standard community midwife care and three high care level practices who give a greater continuity of care and encourage home births.
Sadly I automatically fell under the community midwife service. I am sure that they are great. don't get me wrong. I only had one appointment with the community midwife and she was perfectly nice, but didn't want to answer my questions about home birth and was clearly rushed. But when I tried to get a 26w appointment as she had told me to do, I couldn't get an appointment until I would have been 28w.
A local friend suggest that I try to get on to one of the other midwife led practice and explain that I wanted a home birth, and luckily one of them has taken me on. I had my first meeting with them today , at home (which in london is almost unheard of!) She talked me through everything, gave me a pager number that I can contact her or the two others in her team at any time. Over the next month I will meet the two other midwives in the team so that I can build a relationship with all of them so that I will definitely know the person who arrives at the door when I am in labour. She stayed an hour and booked an appointment for 2 in two weeks time and explained that I will have a birth talk at 34W to go through everything about a home birth. They even hire out birthing pools!
It all feels so much more real now, and I already feel that I can trust them at a home birth 100x more than before.
Sorry for rambling post! Just SOOOO excited !!!!
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I cant stop telling people about it. My poor mum has had me gushing down the phone and dh is probably dreading coming home to hear it al over again. I guess its just such a relief!