I agree with Tegan totally. If you have never been around pregnancy and you suddenly find yourself pregnant unexpectedly how on earth would you know what to do? For us it all seems so normal because we are members of a site that deals with all of these sorts of things & most of us I would assume have researched these sorts of things. For example, a lot of people don't know about taking folate and I only realised when we were TTC and I spoke to my Dr about what I should be doing.

The midwives should have spoken to her IMO about all of the things she needs to do & not just assume that because she is pregnant she knows what she can / can't do. I mean c'mon how many posts are on this forum about what you can & can't do whilst pregnant???