Antenatal appointments

[lolly1988]

Hi there, I'm 9 weeks pregnant and I have my first scan in 3 weeks. Should the midwife visit me before this?

You'll see the hospital mw at the same time I'd have thought, they do here (Barnsley). Although I usually see my community mw around 6 weeks and she books the scan and hospital booking in appt.

Last pregnancy I didn't see a midwife till my 12 week Scan. This time I saw one at 5 weeks but in a different health authority. So it depends where you live.

You should really see a m/w about 8wks to do a 'booking' appointment. WHich means they take a history of previous pregnancies, ur health, dads health etc. Lasts about 30mins. You should maybe fone ur local maternity team to find out or ask GP surgery

Zoe x

Thanks, might just ring them too see :-)

I phoned my doctors for the same reason and turns out there was an error and I should have seen mw at 8 weeks. I saw her the week after my scan and it was no problem; it was only medical history anyway so the timming made no difference except I knew there was definitely a baby lol x

I had to have seen the MW before my scan, they wouldn't do it without me having my handheld notes and being consented by the MW. Usually you have to self-refer, so phone GP and ask for the number for the community midwifery team.

Yeh phone ur GP, u really need to see a m/w before scan - so your 'booking' bloods can be done.

Zoe x

Has your GP written a referral for you? I didn't know when my appointments would be. Received an appointment letter for bloods and scan, then the MW booking appointment came a few days later when they phoned me. The dates all worked out - MW, then bloods, then scan.

I have received a letter with my scan appointment but it says nothing regarding bloods, it says a midwife will get hold of me to arrange antenatal appointment but I haven't heard nothing more :-/