Midwife dilemma

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Hi everyone

I'm 7 weeks into my first pregnancy and have just received the dates for my booking appointment and the first scan. I will also be moving in 3 months to a different area. Does this mean my midwife will change halfway through my pregnancy?

So here's where my dilemma comes in - i'm thinking about telling my midwife that i'll be moving in december when i first see her so she can either advise me how that'll affect me or her frm the start itself. But my husband doesn't agree - he thinks there is no need to tell her now just incase it affects my care and let her know once we are close to moving.

Would really appreciate any advice or thoughts!

Thank you :)

Do you mean community midwife or hospital midwife?

If your new area is fairly near, I'd book into the hospital in the new area. For the community midwife, see the one local to you now and be honest, if all goes well you won't see her much for the first 5 or 6 months anyway. If all doesn't go well, you need a good relationship with her.

Your care will not be any different ! Pregnant people move all the time!!!

It won't affect your care in any way, it happens all the time. (Why would it affect your care anyway?!) Best to let her know now just so she has a heads up.

I moved after my booking in appointment. I found the first midwife rushed a bit because she knew she wouldn't have continuing care. No problems though other than not getting booked onto an antenatal course.

If your area is anything like mine, you'd be lucky to see the same community midwife twice. I actually prefer it that way. Provided you move doctors surgery swiftly when you move, and make certain they refer you to the new community midwife team asap, you'll be fine.

I moved at 8 months pregnant, same hospital but different towns. I told the GP and MW I was moving anytime soon and they gave me excellent care, it is kind of what they are there for and if you found they weren't giving you good care then they are failing you. Also it is highly unlikely that you will see the same MW all the way through so it shouldn't matter to her if you are moving or not

Why would it affect your care? I moved when I was about 30 weeks, told my mw beforehand. She told me about what appointments I should have and when we moved I registered straight away with the GP and saw the mw about 3 days later. That was it.

If you're moving areas then yes you'll see a different mw. Although I never saw the same one twice as it was.

Thanks for your messages all.

Sorry if I sound a bit dumb but I'm new to the country as well so not sure how the whole system works. So as most of you said I assume you don't just see one midwife from start to finish? If that's the case then I guess it wouldn't matter if I moved and saw someone else! Also what is the difference between community and hospital midwife?

These days there are usually completely different teams of midwives looking after you when you are pg who don't work in hospitals and don't deliver babies. When I had my DC there was a team of midwives who each had some day shifts in the community looking after pg and post-partum women, dome shifts day or night in the hospital delivering babies and some on-call for home births. The jobs are usually split up now. You may well see the same midwife for some of your appointments before you go into labour, but you won't see that person for your ultrasound scans and you'll meet your delivery midwife for the first time once you are admitted to hospital with established labour.

Thanks I understand a bit better now!

Our community midwife at the Doctors is supposed to be the same one - I have had additional appointments as I am high risk and think I have now seen 5 different ones at the same surgery since February.

Frustrating but from your point of view won't cause you much difference.

That's good to know.
Cheers