When should I be hearing from midwives?

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I am just over 8 weeks pregnant (although officially 9 weeks going by my last period).

I went to see my doctor 3 weeks ago to let her know and start whatever was supposed to happen happening, because I didn't really know anything about the process. She was keen to refer me straight away and have me seen asap because I am 42. I still haven't heard a peep from anyone. Is this normal, or should I be chasing someone up?

I booked an appointment straight away, through my gp, but with the midwives. I went in about nine weeks. You should probably have an appointment by now.

I think my first appointment was around 10 weeks, but chasing it up can't hurt, they'll need to book your scans in a couple of weeks!

I had my first appointment by 8 weeks

Thanks. Looks like I should follow this up, then.

I just wish the doctor hadn't got me worried and then just left me hanging.

Yeah scan booking is main point. You self refer to midwife in Scotland not through GP and when you call the referral unit they book your first midwife appt for week 8-10 and book your scan for 12 weeks. At first midwife appt they go through your medical history and take bloods for hiv etc screening as well as height, weight and blood pressure and tell you if you're low or high risk.

I would suggest googling the NHS trust/ hospital for your area and try to see what they say do for maternity

For our trust, the GP surgery get you to self refer to midwives and just hand over the phone no from reception if you go in saying you are pregnant.

Had my first appointment at 8 weeks. Had just moved in to a new area and fannied around getting registered with the GP only to find I didn't need to go through them.

It's different in every area but I had to fill out a 'booking in' form online and email it off to my maternity services. They then allocated me a community midwife based on location. However, initial appointment was at a completely different place. Was all quite confusing!