Im starting to feel ripped off..

Well not ripped off as such but it started from the birth of kylah, she was born at 10.52pm and stopped breathing at 10min old..she had to go on oxygen and noone could tell me why.. i thought MW was supposed to clear airways? (water birth) anyway, moved to another room at 2am and thats it left on my own untill 10am when i had to leave at 11am and there was nowhere to transfer to as EVERYWHERE was full.. i got shown once how to b/f, didnt get told or talked to at all after that and had to go home at 11am, also got told by MW not to bother her with b/f issues as i should have asked the hospital!! Now kylah is 13 weeks old, iv seen plunket once after my appointment got cancelled 3 times and that was the 23rd oct. I was supposed to see them again this week but they have cancelled again!
i just feel like iv been ripped off! i just want to know what she weighs, that she is gaining good weight, as ppl keep telling me shes tiny!

What can i do?

OMG thats shocking! I would not put up with that treatment from my midwife grrr!!! I second what cuppatea said, that is completely unacceptable behaviour from midwife and plunket and you should definitely complain.

Take Kylah to your GP to get her checked out as you seem concerned about her size etc. Also remember you don't have to use plunket as a well child provider, you can use your gp if you wish and there are others though can't think of who off the top of my head.

Ooohhh ggggrrrrr

Definitely makes me even more grateful for my midwife now.

Im glad you agree i was starting to think i was over reacting..

She did say she would send one but hasnt, not the only thing throughout my pregnancy she said she would do and didnt!

That is awful & I am completely shocked! Your midwife is there to help you not to tell you to "not bother her"! OMG complain to the midwifery council and as others have said, take your baby to your gp. Just tell them it is for a well child visit on the phone when you make the appointment.

Stacey - i would like to switch to the moari ones but how do i do that?

I actually think that plunket are good and dont forget there is a shortage of plunket nurses in some areas and they have a big caseload some of them
Give them the benefit of the doubt

Here you go...

Its a link to the well child providers in Canterbury. Hope it helps

susieq wrote: I actually think that plunket are good and dont forget there is a shortage of plunket nurses in some areas and they have a big caseload some of them Give them the benefit of the doubt

But that doesn't excuse them not having seen the baby by now. I'm shocked as well.

Definitely complain Kandice. I was just thinking the other day, if someone had laid complaints about my m/w, I wouldn't have got her (hopefully) and now I wouldn't be shafted too (long story but anyway...)

I would feel ripped off too, the birth experience is supposed to be all about mother and baby, not the m/w.

As for plunket, they may be overworked as someone said above, but to cancel 3 appointments isn't good enough. I'm glad you're going to the doctors with wee Kylah.

Good luck, I think as a first time mum you often don't know what you're supposed to expect but that is just not acceptable.