AARRGGHH doctors !!!!

momandpeanut · Apr 7th, 2008, 07:47 AM

I moved house 2 weeks ago and have just phoned the local doctors to book an appointment and they said they carnt see me for over a month for a basic registration appointment !
I explained that i was pregnant and that i had lost a baby a couple of months ago and was there any chance i could get an earlier appointment and she said that they would see me as a temporary patient on the 30th of april and i would just have to wait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that will make me 9 weeks and i still wont have had a midwife appointment or been referred to the hospital for my scan !!!
maybe im being a little sensitive but i really hoped to have seen some one even if it was just to help put my mind at rest !!
Sorry to rant ladies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Serene123 · Apr 7th, 2008, 07:49 AM

I wasn't refered for my scan untill 10 weeks. They are insensitive sometimes but if they had to fit in everyone that rang up pregnant on the day they'd have no time to see anyone else. You could always book a quick private scan to put your mind at rest?

Rhian_drinkwa · Apr 7th, 2008, 15:15 PM

Are there no other doctors nearby you could try and register at?

Ria_Rose · Apr 7th, 2008, 15:53 PM

I went to my Doctors when I was 5 weeks, and they said that as I had moved I had to change GPs, luckily for me they said they'd do the referal letter there and then (sadly they forgot to send it but that's an other story), i got a letter last week to say I'd been excepted at my new doctors, so I gave them a ring and got in to see the midwife this wednesday.

Maybe try getting an appointment with your surgery midwife rather than doctors - an appointment might be available sooner and if you explain this all to her she might be able to get it sorted out faster. Personally I suspect that she'd be so apauled she'd get a doctor to see you there and then.

Mynxie · Apr 7th, 2008, 15:57 PM

Go to a walk in centre huni - tell them that you're not registered with a GP and that you're pregnant and worried cause you've had a MC and so forth - they'll help you x

Mervs Mum · Apr 7th, 2008, 16:58 PM

you could try talking to the EPU direct in the mean time??

x

momandpeanut · Apr 8th, 2008, 09:36 AM

thanks all x
I spoke to my old doctors and they said i can see the midwife there next week just for a quick check up so i feel alot better now xx

Thanks again

**Vickie** · Apr 8th, 2008, 09:50 AM

That's great news! Good luck with your appointment next week!

tinkerbelll · Apr 8th, 2008, 10:18 AM

have you phoned the epu at your local hospital? some do see you without a doctors referral

bambino · Apr 8th, 2008, 10:42 AM

hi, it was similar to me! I went to doctors at 5 weeks to discuss the pregnancy. As i had moved house i had to change doctors and so did so straight away. The earliest appointment i could get to see midwife was at 10 weeks, such a long time!! Anyway, im going tmw. ... finally. I ws really unwell 2 weeks ago and had emergency appointment at new doctors who then sent me straight to hospital for an emergency scan. All was fine in the end. I understand your concern with having a previous m/c but they don't seem to give a damn until there is something wrong.... it's natural to need some reassurance. Good luck x

Apr 7th, 2008, 07:47 AM	#1
momandpeanut Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: coventry Posts: 3,472	AARRGGHH doctors !!!! I moved house 2 weeks ago and have just phoned the local doctors to book an appointment and they said they carnt see me for over a month for a basic registration appointment ! I explained that i was pregnant and that i had lost a baby a couple of months ago and was there any chance i could get an earlier appointment and she said that they would see me as a temporary patient on the 30th of april and i would just have to wait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that will make me 9 weeks and i still wont have had a midwife appointment or been referred to the hospital for my scan !!! maybe im being a little sensitive but i really hoped to have seen some one even if it was just to help put my mind at rest !! Sorry to rant ladies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Apr 7th, 2008, 07:49 AM	#2
Serene123 Other Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 32,048	I wasn't refered for my scan untill 10 weeks. They are insensitive sometimes but if they had to fit in everyone that rang up pregnant on the day they'd have no time to see anyone else. You could always book a quick private scan to put your mind at rest?

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Apr 7th, 2008, 15:15 PM	#3
Rhian_drinkwa Pregnant (Expecting) Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2	Are there no other doctors nearby you could try and register at?

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Apr 7th, 2008, 15:53 PM	#4
Ria_Rose Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Swindon, UK Posts: 2,419	I went to my Doctors when I was 5 weeks, and they said that as I had moved I had to change GPs, luckily for me they said they'd do the referal letter there and then (sadly they forgot to send it but that's an other story), i got a letter last week to say I'd been excepted at my new doctors, so I gave them a ring and got in to see the midwife this wednesday. Maybe try getting an appointment with your surgery midwife rather than doctors - an appointment might be available sooner and if you explain this all to her she might be able to get it sorted out faster. Personally I suspect that she'd be so apauled she'd get a doctor to see you there and then.

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Apr 7th, 2008, 15:57 PM	#5
Mynxie Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: In a dungeon lol Posts: 5,954	Go to a walk in centre huni - tell them that you're not registered with a GP and that you're pregnant and worried cause you've had a MC and so forth - they'll help you x

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Mervs Mum Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: somewhere over the rainbow..... Posts: 21,347	you could try talking to the EPU direct in the mean time?? x
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Apr 8th, 2008, 09:36 AM	#7
momandpeanut Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: coventry Posts: 3,472	thanks all x I spoke to my old doctors and they said i can see the midwife there next week just for a quick check up so i feel alot better now xx Thanks again

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Apr 8th, 2008, 09:50 AM	#8
Vickie Mum (Mom) Administrator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 75,703	That's great news! Good luck with your appointment next week!

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Apr 8th, 2008, 10:18 AM	#9
tinkerbelll Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: uk Posts: 437	have you phoned the epu at your local hospital? some do see you without a doctors referral

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Apr 8th, 2008, 10:42 AM	#10
bambino Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: uk - north East Posts: 751	hi, it was similar to me! I went to doctors at 5 weeks to discuss the pregnancy. As i had moved house i had to change doctors and so did so straight away. The earliest appointment i could get to see midwife was at 10 weeks, such a long time!! Anyway, im going tmw. ... finally. I ws really unwell 2 weeks ago and had emergency appointment at new doctors who then sent me straight to hospital for an emergency scan. All was fine in the end. I understand your concern with having a previous m/c but they don't seem to give a damn until there is something wrong.... it's natural to need some reassurance. Good luck x

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