Is my MW appointment too soon?

[wejammin]

I'm 14dpo and got my bfp at 10dpo (and obviously retested every day since cos I'm nuts...)

Because I ovulated really early at cd9, my next period isn't due until next week.

With my 2 older children I had to wait weeks for a midwife appointment, I've moved to a new area so I just called the gp surgery to check the process and I assumed I'd go on a waiting list, but the receptionist has booked me in an initial 15 min appointment tomorrow. I was a bit surprised and took the appointment but in hindsight now wondering if I should cancel and at least wait until I have officially missed a period. I don't want to waste anyone's time.

WWYD?

I'd give them a call back. At our practice you can't have your booking in appointment until 8 weeks because you can't have your dating scan until 11 weeks and it's how the two fit together.

It feels very early unless you haven't seen the GP there before so they want to know your BP etc. as a general indicator.

Booking bloods should be done between 8 and 12 weeks due to the type of testing done. If you have an appointment sooner they will want to see you again anyway.

I'd assumed it wasn't booking because they take ages. I was thinking it was more of an initial appointment, do some places do that before booking in?

Our booking appointments are split across two appointments but still not until after 8 weeks. It does seem to be jumping the gun a bit to see the midwife before you've even missed a period but I don't suppose there's any harm...presumably the receptionist took your LMP date?

He didn't ask me anything! I was a bit puzzled. I've cancelled it now anyway, it feels like tempting fate.

I've had similar in our area. I have moved to new area since last pregnancy and asked at reception what the process was. Got a vague answer that she'd book me an appointment with the MW at 8 wks. Then got a call from snr MW a week later saying my apt needed to be at 10 weeks and that I also need to see GP but at 6/7 weeks. Apparently person I spoke to was a trainee and didn't know what they were doing. So perhaps similar happened with you?

GP apt is today and I'm entirely expecting to be told that I either don't need the appointment or that it's at the wrong time!

Lots of areas do early pregnancy contact now, which is a shorter, informal appointment before your booking to discuss lifestyle and take your booking bloods. It doesn’t matter how early they take these bloods if they’re doing your combined screening separately.

They might be a bit surprised you’re so early on but it shouldn’t actually matter.

I had my appointment at about 5 weeks, green book filled out, weighed, bloods taken etc then nothing until my 12 week scan.

I had to have an initial GP appointment before I could be moved over to the midwife and get a booking appointment. At the GP appt they didn't do any tests, just asked how far along I thought I was, checked I was taking folic acid and that was that.