Poor antenatal care
Heya,
Sorry to start on this note but I had a stillbirth back in february and I was asked to share some questions/thoughts about my care and I shared with my bereavement midwife that a day before he died I had midwife appointment and I asked about his position because it has changed (the night before) and it felt weird - like my belly was flat he was in a triangle position, not painful but uncomfortable but everything was uncomfortable at that point i was 38 weeks- and this was my second time asking about positioning.. so anyway one of my question for the review medical board was if they think the midwife should have sent me to hospital for monitoring. But she said it’s fine he is just slouching.
Safe to say my bereavement midwife was shocked, there is absolutely nothing about any of this in my notes. For a fact there is no documentation for 2/3 of my appointments at all and only my BP is logged in iCare (some are only written in my book). It is with various midwifes not just one.
I am so god damn angry. To add to this, on this last MW appointment my birth centre send back my referral with my risk assessment, but it was someone’s else’s medical file not mine. It was absolute shit show really. I was so scared that day as there was this letter from BC said I refuse blood pressure monitoring and ccg and that I had pph last time (this was my first pregnancy) and I was just petrified. I disclosed to my midwife on my booking appointment that I have health anxiety but I learned how to work around it, and I did good throughout my pregnancy!!, and she knew this but told me if I want to use the BC i have to call them myself and sort this out or just use labour ward.
Anyways, my question this, Shouldn’t my midwife document my questions and just appointments in general?? There were no mentions of my thyroid medication anywhere. I’m so confused and feel absolutely crazy when I say all of this happened but apparently it didn’t???
Just to add, I believe my blood test were never looked at. My 28 week bloods showed my iron already being low and it was gradually dropping, my ferritin 20, then 16. They had my GP records that said I had anaemia prior to my pregnancy. I’m just really confused it’s so scary to read through my files. Who keeps track on blood results ?? It can’t be me ??