"Community Midwife Care in Perth & Kinross"

I feel that the community midwife care in Tayside is poor.  They seem to do the absolute least possible and from my experience when I asked direct questions I don't get provided much information.  The best I have had is being handed a magazine on breastfeeding.  When "going through" my birth plan, I was asked about one thing, to which I requested the risks and benefits so I could make a decision.  As there were no leaflets on it that day I was told I had plenty of time to look it up myself.  

After having a miscarriage a few months prior to becoming pregnant again, I did not see/speak to a midwife until 24 weeks.  That was months of anxiety, trying to have questions answered and seek reassurance over a phone line where I was constantly told "the midwives are busy today, they will call you back".  They never did call me back.  The lack of care given to those who have suffered loss and have mental health difficulties is shocking (unless you get onto a perinatal mental health pathway, then I suspect they take you seriously). 

The community midwife care in Tayside from my experience is poor.