Self referred online to midwives but....

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Do I also need a GP appointment to let them know?

No. They won't care.

Nope. They'll just tell you to go to midwife.

Congrats on your pregnancy! No, your booking in appt with the midwife will be first. Then once you’ve seen her you get a schedule of scans and appts etc and which weeks these should occur. No need to contact the GP.

Ok fab - that's what I thought I just want d to make sure I hadn't skipped a step.

Has anyone self referred? How long was it before a midwife got in touch?

I self referred online and had letters confirming my booking in appointment and scan date exactly a week later.

I would say allow 2 weeks and then if you haven't heard anything give them a call.

I went to my GP and they were useless, I didn't know that I didn't need to go to them. Just refer yourself to a midwife team instead.

I self reffered at 36 weeks as was moving area and heard back within a couple of weeks - lucky I did as gave birth at 38 weeks!

Oh that's exciting - lovely to get the two dates together so you have them to look forward to! 🤞🏼❤️

I self-referred at about 6/7 weeks and got the letter with my booking appt about 8 days after. Went to the GP beforehand, they advised me to look at different places and use the self-referral option if available.