The first appointment that we had with the doctor wasn't actually my own GP. It was obviously my GP practice, but it wasn't my GP and she was, negative's maybe going a little bit too far, but her exact words to us were, because my husband came with me, “Of course this is very, very early on in your pregnancy and there's no guarantee that you will actually go to full term.” And I mean I was quite horrified. I just thought, “I really can't believe you've just said that.” My husband was really quite upset by it, and really, you know, “We shouldn't tell anybody and the risk must be huge,” and I said, “Well, no, it's not. I mean, it's something like, what, 25% or something?” I said, “But, you know, I'm really quite horrified that she said that.” But she said, “But not of course that I'm suggesting that will happen but, you know, you are aware of that.” And I did actually mention it to my own GP when I went back the following week and said, you know, “If that is what she's saying to other people, then that could really, really upset people.”
What was your own GP's reaction?
Well, she was quite horrified, so I'm sure that the individual will have been spoken to about it. |
