First Midwife Appointment

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Hi All,

I've got my first midwife appointment scheduled in for a couple of weeks time. I was just wondering if it was expected that my partner would attend too? Or is this more just for scans?

Depends if the appointment is a full booking or an early pregnancy contact. Some areas do an initial appointment which is just blood tests, health advice etc which is very short to start with, others do a full usually hour-ish booking appointment which goes through lots of health and well-being questions. It can be useful to have your partner there to answer family history questions but it isn’t necessary. He won’t get to see or hear the baby and I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily worth booking time off work for.

Also, your midwife will need to speak with you alone at some point during booking appt.
They ask questions to assess risks of DV, which obviously need to exclude your partner.

I've just had mine (full hour booking in appointment) and wouldn't say any requirement for your partner to be there. She asks some questions about him, any health issues and family background etc but nothing i'm sure you wouldn't manage to answer yourself. It's more just about your health, bloods/urine sample/blood pressure/height/weight etc and goes through a load of yes/no questions regarding your previous life/medical history! She tells you what vitamins you should be taking and what not to eat and when you'll hear about your scan and booking your next midwife appointment etc there wasn't really any actual baby stuff at this stage or mine wasn't anyway.

The booking appointment is really boring and your partner definitely isn’t missing anything. Provided you know all of his details including his family history you will be fine on your own. It’s just tedious admin questions, urine check, blood pressure check, height and weight measurements and blood tests. Mine last about 30-40 mins.

Fab thank you! As far as I know my partner gets time off for 2 appointments - but I'm guessing this would be much better used for the scans.

I took DH in my first pregnancy but didn't bother this time. It was lots of form filling, questions about your health and family history, mine took bloods, weighed me, did blood pressure etc. I would definitely say he is better saving his time for the scans, or even the later midwife appointments where you get to hear the heartbeat - although my DH only came to the first 2 with me in my first pregnancy, there seemed no point after that.

Definitely save his time off for the scans.

The booking appointments are absolutely mind numbing.

Urine
Bloods
Co2 levels
BMI
A million questions about your previous medical history
General advice about vitamins and dos and donts of pregnancy
Booking a date for a 12 weeks scan and 16 week appointment

Hi hun my DH liked being at all appointments because he was obsessed 😂 but honestly the first one is just lots of paperwork! If he can get time off then great but if not then best to save it for scans or appointments where you hear the heartbeat!

Mind numbing.

Do ask about his family history so you can answer all the questions.