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Noah had his 2 1/2 year check up this morning and the health visitor made him do some things, which I'd never thought of before and I was gobsmacked. She drew a big circle and said who shall we draw and Noah shouted "Isla" at the top of his lungs, so the health visitor agreed and asked him to first draw Isla's eyes and off he went dotting in the right place where eyes should be - she did have about 10 eyes but still he was in the right area. Next she asked him to draw some hair and off he went and drew her hair where hair should be, the same for the nose, mouth, arms and legs - I was amazed. I have never thought to ask him to do that before, I was so impressed and I can't wait to get him to practice that every ...

"With both of my pregnancies so far, I have found that getting appointments during your pregnancy are relatively straightforward. From the booking in appointment (at approximately 8 weeks) to all of my midwife check-up appointments (up until the due date), I have never had any issues seeing the midwife. In fact, I have always been very pleased with the communication between the midwives. Typically I have always had about 2 or 3 midwives throughout the pregnancy – this is nothing to worry about though as the midwives all share the responsibilities of their area. If you imagine the daily routine of a midwife can consist of pregnancy check-ups, hospital routines to delivering babies, it would be extremely hard work for just one midwife to cover all bases!" To read more go to the Talkmum blog: http://www.talkmum.com/2012/03/getting-appointments-during-your-pregnancy/