Kind midwife, but lacking confidence
This is my 3rd baby and there has been a significant gap since that and my second (over 5 years) so forgive me some things may have changed. I met my midwife at my 10 weeks appointment and she was friendly but quite shy, I felt like any questions she was asking me she wasn’t listening to my answer because she just wanted to make it through the appointment. In all honestly she looks newly qualified, which is fine, everyone needs to start somewhere. 16 week appointment had a duration of 14 minutes, it was a waste of me getting out of bed for. The only thing that was checked was my urine. Again, she asked me how I was, I explained I’d be hungry etc.. and elaborated further and again she cut the conversation dead, I question how relationship building with expectant mothers can be established, when you feel like answers to your questions are not being listened to, in two appointments there’s been absolute tumble weed moments. Also what has happened to listening to the baby’s heartbeat? In my past two pregnancies it was a highlight of the appointments. I’m sure it was done by 16 weeks, yet here I am not having heard it once, where is the joy in the appointments if mums are just turning up to wee in a cup and be sent on their way?