thread: Do I have to go to the MCHN for 12mth check up?

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  1. March 19th, 2010, 07:25 PM #1
    AliBaby
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    Question Do I have to go to the MCHN for 12mth check up?

    Just wondering as I find it really hard to get in and sometimes I find it a bit of a waste of time.

    I am taking DD to the doctors tomorrow to get her vaccinations and figured I could ask him to weigh and measure her and check anything.

    Also figured I could just ask everyone on here any questions I have on food, milk, sleep, development, etc.

    I last took her at 6 months and 10 months.
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  2. March 19th, 2010, 07:26 PM #2
    Olive
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    of course you dont have to hun!!
    you know your little lady the best, shes doing everything shes ment to!
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  3. March 19th, 2010, 07:27 PM #3
    lilima
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    We haven't been to the 12 month check up. easy to get in to, I just don't want to go. I have a fear that they will tell me something is wrong, and prefer to ask my BB freinds.

    So if you are not concerned, don't bother with going.
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  4. March 19th, 2010, 07:28 PM #4
    BrightSparkles
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    I didn't. I just asked my GP about any concerns when I got her vaccinations done.
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  5. March 19th, 2010, 07:30 PM #5
    Ginger
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    I haven't taken J since his 4 month check up.
    He's at the GP regularly enough, and I find her a lot easier to deal with than the MCHN.
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  6. March 19th, 2010, 07:36 PM #6
    Visitor7
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    I've never taken my kids to a mchn for anything. I have a gp, he has a nurse who does the immunisations. They know what to look for.
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  7. March 19th, 2010, 07:49 PM #7
    AliBaby
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    Thanks girls. Good to know.

    I suppose if there were any concerns they would refer me to my GP anyway so probably best just to go straight to him. I dont have any major concerns anyway as all of you put my mind at ease
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  8. March 19th, 2010, 07:29 PM #8
    shellbell3
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    If you dont want to dont go, like you said you have Gp and us here.
    I have a good relationship with mine so happy to go along for a chat.
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  9. March 19th, 2010, 09:43 PM #9
    ezymay
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    Re: Do I have to go to the MCHN for 12mth check up?

    I never took dd. We had a couple of home visits and the nurse was a nightmare so we never went to the clinic. I had my own set of baby scales and a really good GP who was great!
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  10. March 19th, 2010, 10:03 PM #10
    Jellyfish
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    I went to the first MCHN appointment and never went back so no, you are not required to go at all
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  11. March 19th, 2010, 10:08 PM #11
    Ginger
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    A lot of the big chemists/pharmacies these days have baby scales and are willing to weigh your baby for you if you just want then weighed anyway. So do a lot of GPs.
    It seems that that was the only useful thing my MCHN ever did anyway.....
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