So, after the “within 24 hours” midwife visit became a “one week later take baby to the hospital for heel prick test” instead, we have our first health visitor appointment today at 9:30am – via WhatsApp video call.
Hmm.
Not to say I want a potentially COVID ridden stranger traipsing through my parents apartment, claiming they’re presence assists health when it’s probably counterintuitive… just that it doesn’t seem useful; like a virtual visit could be easily manipulated, in theory, by some who may need a physical one. Is this the NHS standard? It can’t be.
My social worker is travelling from Croydon next week to visit, why can’t this HV travel from Newham to Newham? Pfft.
The lack of consistency during this pandemic has been more panic and fear inducing than the illness itself.
Motherhood: Incoming 