Hi all, I’m 9wk+3 and just had my midwife booking appointment. The midwife was lovely which made things easier.
For anyone wondering what happens I’ll give you the highlights. We went through the booklet that I’d been asked to complete before the appt (I’m in Wales so not sure if this happens everywhere). She asked for more details on family illnesses e.g history of diabetes, miscarriage etc and noted down which relations they effected.
She also wanted to know if we had any blood relatives from other countries. I have some French in me from generations ago. Apparently, sickle cell disease came up through Europe and you can be a carrier without having the ill effects. But both you and DP have to be carriers for it to effect the baby. So when they do blood test they dig a bit deeper if you have relatives from further afield.
She took my blood pressure, asked for a urine sample and had me do a carbon monoxide breathalyser. This can tell if you’ve been around second hand smoke/ if you don’t go near smokers it could be that a home appliance is leaking etc. Just had to hold my breath (for a very long 15 secs!) and blow into a tube.
We discussed all of the test they offer for you and the baby (HIV, hep B, sickle cell, Down’s etc)
We had a little chat about foods that were and weren’t ok, exercise and when to see the GP rather than the midwife.
She then called the antenatal clinic and booked my 12 wk ultrasound.
We were there about an hour but we had filled out everything she needed and we’d already discussed the screening tests and knew what we wanted so it was just checks and form filling really.