The Health Visitor Cometh

[ailbhe]

She came, we talked, she apologised for not being my health visitor (my lovely one who retired), and she has now gone away with a list of three things she's going to do for me.

She's going to investigate physiotherapy options for my phsyical issues. She's going to see if I can talk to my community midwife about the last month of my pregnancy to see if any of it was preventable, and she's going to see whether I'm still on a waiting list for PTSD counselling.

And she's going to come again at some point in the next two weeks, phoning first to check I'm in. I am glad I'm going to be checked up on.

She doesn't think I'm going to hurt Linnea. Apparently people who consider calling the police in case they hurt their baby tend not to actually do it. (No, I never actually called the police, yes I considered it on days when none of my friends would have been available to come and nor would Rob. No, I have never struck Linnea).

When the health visitor left, I cried, and Linnea patted me on the head and chirped at me with "OK? OK?" noises until I laughed. It didn't take long. She's so grown up!

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It sounds like she may become a lovely HV in the future - I hope so! She seems to be trying to do the right things - not the "right things" but the right things for you.