Amazing community midwives
The community midwife team in Felixstowe are amazing. This was my second pregnancy and I was hoping that the same midwife was still the midwife at Haven Health and she was - I was thrilled. The midwife remembered me from 4 years prior and asked kind questions about my son when we first met again. I am a nervous patient and her kind and compassionate manner is amazing. She has a way of putting you at ease which I haven’t experienced before. I benefit from things being explained eg what will happen when I go to this appointment at the hospital etc and she is happy to explain anything - I understand her time is precious but you never feel rushed or that she hasn’t got time for you. I was required to be consultant led in pregnancy due to my age and previous small baby however I was keen to be able to have midwife led care. She was always explaining to me how this could be facilitated if safe and in the end it was. I had a bit of a meltdown one appointment because I was worried about the birth in a couple of months and she was so kind and saw me a couple of extra times to help me manage my worries. Following the birth of my daughter the midwife wasn't on shift so we were visited by a different midwife who again gave us great care and explained everything so well. She made time to see us for our final appointment. I feel like my words here aren’t doing justice for how good she actually is. She feels like a second mum when she is looking after you. She is so kind, respectful, experienced and had such a wonderful way with you as an expectant mother. I trusted her fully throughout every appointment and experience and felt like she really cared about me. She is such a credit to the midwifery team in Felixstowe and wider (the rest of the team that I saw were great too) but she is just amazing. Thank you NHS for the wonderful midwifery care I received.