I'm sitting waiting for Elsie to arrive, she is the private midwife I spoke to just over a week ago to discuss the option of private midwife care. I had no need to do this back in SE London as East Dulwich had the wonderful Brierley Group. The Brierley worked from their offices based in the old East Dulwich hospital but were part of the NHS and if required you'd be accompanied to Kings (around the other corner) in a flash. Worcestershire however is very very different well this is my experience to date.
With the Brierley I had two wonderful homebirths in 2008 and 2010, both planned, both quick, both comfortable and really there is nothing like being in your own home and bed.
Back to todays meeting...already I've received a call with the progress they are making which is just a few minutes late. I find it strange and a little sad that I'm having to go down this route but the support to date both in wanted a home birth and in calls I've made has been been. A month ago I had to make a fairly urgent call, I appeared to be leaking! I called my community midwife team, left a voicemail (it was around 11am) I explained what was happening very calmly as this is #3 and asked if they could return my call to advise on what I should do and if possible shed any light what could be happening, to this day I have not had a call on either my landline or mobile! That plus a few other incidents has left me not feeling confident with the system so, that's why I'm here hoping that we and the private midwife all like each other and have her part of our homelife where she will dip in and out over the next few months and a big dip in for the birth!
Cars pulled up.....fill you in next week!
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