Hi ladies. Have any of you ever been referred to a consultant midwife due to anxiety around birth and pregnancy?
We had an appointment yesterday - some bits of it were a bit awkward, like she had us picking out cards with words on it about our feelings surrounding pregnancy (myself and my oh both felt really awkward and felt like it was a "test" so felt we had to pick out a balance of nerves and excitement. I think that is the teacher in me!)
She totally worked us out though. She even guessed my job based on my personality (scary) and told me that my partner feels tonnes of pressure to make everything "right" and to be the strong man.
End result is I am being referred for a free hypnobirthing course, I have a self hypnosis DVD/cd pack, and I have a referral for a free daisy foundation course.
I am to go meet her again later in my pregnancy, and then once the baby is born. She also went through risk factors for adverse birth events and thigs, which I won't post on here, but I feel reassured after the facts and I feel empowered to try for a birthing pool (I was almost going down te route of elective c section)