Women's Decision-Making And Factors Affecting Their Choice Of ...

483. scared, but yeah, (laughs) but yes, she was an awful midwife. I still
484. (pause) urn sort of sit back now and I think to myself how unlucky
485. I WaS the first time. You know, to have had somebody like that,
486.
487.
and how if it'd been somebody more caring, you know,
then perhaps my views would have been different (laughs)
488. but oh, it was awful.
489. After that how do you feel about having a midwife looking after you
throughout?
490. Fantastic, absolutely fantastic, K., down the health centre
491.
I saw her nearly every visit with our boy and I went in like I said
492. the night before to hospital to be induced and luckily, she come on
493. that morning, urn, she, she was brilliant, because she'd seen me
494. nearly every visit, she obviously knew me, she knew my husband,
495. her and my husband got on very very well
496. coz she come to all my ante-natal visits with me?
497. So, you know, she was chatting to him, she was well, fantastic.
498. It really did make a difference, and like this time,
499. I think nearly every ante-natal visit again has been by K..
500. so I'm hoping that yeah, she will actually be the one to deliver.
501. I have asked her especially, she's lovely. And, I said you know,
502. under no circumstance send anyone else I want you. (laughs)
503. But all of the Team, I must admit they've all been lovely you know,
504. I've met them all DOW over the past two pregnancies
505. and they've been fantastic. You know, they, I mean I had a student
506. in with K. when I had our boy, and even the student, she was
507.
brilliant. You know, she lay there and she was like stroking the hair
508. off my Face and saying to me, you know well done, come on
509. you're doing really well, she was lovely, you know, really really
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