From here on I felt very fragile and anxious about my pregnancy. We had another scan at 10 weeks and even though the service and support from the staff was lovely, I began to feel very nervous whenever we had an appointment and began to become quite fearful of the prospects of having my baby in such medical and clinical environment, especially after hearing the stories of those close to me and their not so successful births in my eyes.From here on I felt very fragile and anxious about my pregnancy. We had another scan at 10 weeks and even though the service and support from the staff was lovely, I began to feel very nervous whenever we had an appointment and began to become quite fearful of the prospects of having my baby in such medical and clinical environment, especially after hearing the stories of those close to me and their not so successful births in my eyes.
I began to research into it independent midwives a little further as I had not known anyone myself who had not been through the usually nhs/ hospital birth route. I came across Wessex Independent Midwives online and found the service they offered exactly what I was hoping for and found the clients birth stories inspiring- births like that do exist! I spoke with the wonderful Erika and felt instantly calmed from our conversation. We planned a meet where we could discuss further and I could hopefully convince my partner that it was worth the money.
I fell in love with Erika straight away - she was a sunny, positive, smiley lady who seemed very passionate about her work and had no doubt in my ability to grow and deliver our baby the way I hoped to. Once I discussed with Ben, my partner, that even though the cost can seem quite daunting at first, what we get from this is more than just a midwife's services; we get all our appointments at our home and to our schedule, so that if he wanted to be there our appointments could be made in the evening (plus they were never set to a time, we could talk for hours), any hospital appointments would be made through her, she would come to our scans and any appointments we wanted, she was always available through texts and calls, would be on call for us 24 hours a day around our due date, be there for the entire length of our labour and not leave until we were all tucked up comfortably and then be there for us for an entire month after the birth. It just seemed like a no brainier to me - where better to invest our money for our baby - a calm and beautiful entrance into the world or a top quality buggy and nursery!!
