Health visitors
Has anyone else told the health visiting team that you dont require them to come and they have still booked appointments anyway. Like its my third child I dont need you to come patronise me! Sorry hormonal rant 😂
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I have had the same thing. I don't want nor do I need them to tell me how to be a parent I've managed this far with a 5 year old 😂
FTM here and I had an appointment booked. I called them to ask what it was actually about (as I wasn’t super comfortable about somebody coming to my home to check it out, it just feels a bit big brother!) so declined the pre visit. They were fine with that. They just sent me a red book in the post!
My health visitor came at 38 weeks.
Not once did she tell me how to be a FTM. She came to offer me classes, introduce herself, give me numbers/important information and just to meet us.
She didnt move from the sofa and just let me do all the talking.
Don't know why people are worried about the HV?
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Health visitors
Has anyone else told the health visiting team that you dont require them to come and they have still booked appointments anyway. Like its my third child I dont need you to come patronise me! Sorry hormonal rant 😂
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