First GP appointment

[TwinkleDay]

Hello, I was wondering if I could get some advice on how long the first appointment with my gp will last? I will be 6 weeks hopefully by then. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻. What sort of thing do they do, will my OH be welcome? And what are the next steps scans ? Any advice will be helpful, have been googling but results so varied! Thanks in advance xx

@TwinkleDay. Congrats on your pregnancy. My first appointment lasted around 30 minutes. Nothing much happened apart from answering a few medical questions and my weight/height being taken.

My DH was welcome although there wasn’t a great need for him to be there in all honesty. The medical questions are mostly about you and your family. A few questions were directed at DH but not many and I could have probably answered them on his behalf.

They usually book your 12 week scan at this appointment although some of my friends had to wait for their appointment to come through in the post!

I never had a GP appointment with any of my three pregnancies, I just phoned the surgery and they booked me in with the midwife at around 10 weeks. This was in three different areas too.

Hmm how odd, how long did your first appointment last roughly? @Soydora

No GP appointment needed, they usually just book you in with the midwife around 8 weeks to get you in the system and the midwife books 12 week scan etc.

Same as soydora here, no gp appointments in any pregnancy, just straight to booking in with midwife at about 10 weeks.

Oh and I've never taken dp to any midwife appointments, I don't think they mind but at some point they do suss our whether there are any issues at home so it can be a bit awkward for them if your partner is there. Partners are usually entitled to two appointments off work so better off saving them for the scans (although to be fair my partner's work aren't bothered and he could probably come to as many as he wanted if he wanted to.)

First midwife appointment was about 45 mins. Family medical history, blood tests etc. Friends who booked a GP appt first said it took around 2 mins... the GP said ‘congratulations, take some folic acid and refer yourself to the midwife’.

I had a GP appointment with both pregnancies (most recent baby born in July). Both appointments lasted less than 5 mins. GP took blood pressure and gave me a leaflet about taking Folic Acid. Most recent first appointment also included a questionnaire about my general health. Really there was nothing that couldn't have been done on the phone or by midwife at booking appointment. Bit of a waste of time for GP but our system won't allow you to book in without one!

OP i would call your GP surgery and tell them you’re pregnant and let them advise you of next steps. In my experience, as with the majority of pps, they’ll direct you to your community midwife team who will look after you during your pregnancy and will make all the arrangements for scans etc.

My husband has come to the majority of my appointments for both pregnancies but it did mean the midwife had to subtly take me aside to check if there were any issues in our relationship so be mindful of that! The early ones certainly are pretty standard so no real need for them to be there.

Yes how bazaar, don’t know what to expect really it’s only a surgery so I can’t imagine too much. My OH would like to be as involved as possible with further confirmation I suppose. Thanks for your responses,

I agree with PP about ringing the surgery and seeing if you actually need an appointment with the doctor. I went to my GPs expecting them to confirm the pregnancy etc. However all she really did was refer me to the midwife, give me afew leaflets on what to eat and not and made sure I was taking the vitamins. I then got a referral letter through the post to visit the midwife at 10 weeks for blood tests and lots of questions.

Oh my DH came with me to the 10 week appointment. They did ask for him not to be in the room for just the first couple of minutes. Basically because they asked me if there was anything personal I wanted to tell them that I didn't want him to know. Also if there was any domestic violence.

I didn't see the gp either, didn't think there was a need too??
Just a midwife app at 8weeks.

I didn’t have to see the GP, just rang the surgery and they passed my details on to be midwife. She came to my house and did a quick ten minute form filling exercise. I then got an appointment at the hospital at 13 weeks which was for my dating scan and full booking appointment with bloods etc. In my previous pregnancy my initial booking appointment was with the midwife at the GP surgery at 10 weeks and took about 45 minutes and included bloods. Then I went to the hospital for a scan at 12 weeks.

DH hasn’t been to any of my appointments, not sure why he’d want to, they generally involve waiting around for ages and filling in lots of forms.

Hello all in the end was just a waste of time . In there for 5 mins asked me if I was feeling ok and if we had a history of twins and gave us a number to self refer to the midwife who was helpful but then had to call GP to book me in..

I rang my surgery when I found out and they made me an appointment with GP who sent of a urine sample and checked weight and blood pressure. He made a referral for scan date which I got through the post. Then while I was there I booked first midwife appointment through the receptionist which was last week at roughly 9 and a half week.

She went through a long form of medical questions, briefly outlined what different appointments would involve and checked I had received the scan appointment. Checked blood pressure, height and weight. (Said she would usually do urine sample but as doctor only did it a couple of weeks previous there was no need this time.)
No need for partner to be there either time. He'll come to scan and then maybe the 16 week midwife appointment when we might get to hear a heartbeat.

Oh and midwife took bloods too.

(I've just seen OPs last post anyway though)

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