Midwife Appointment advice needed

[doodles1234]

Advice needed please.

So a bit of history: despite living in the area for nearly 12-years, I was still registered at my family Drs which is 10miles away, on getting a + pregnancy test i was advised to book a midwife appointment, so I did with my current Drs and the appointment is Tuesday which would be 8+4weeks.

I then thought actually might be best registering with a local Dr, so started that process, this has now finally been completed and completed but they can't fit me in with the midwife for my 1st appointment for 3weeks where I will be 10+6 weeks.

So my questions are should:

1. Which appointment should I attend?
2. Could i attend my old drs appointment and then transfer to local Drs?
3. How long after initial midwife visit does it take to have your first scan?

Sorry for all the questions and long mindedness of this post.

I would call your new doctors and ask them what they’d like you to do.

I’d see the midwife at the new Dr’s. I had my booking appts at around 10 weeks, and had my scans at 12 weeks.

I would attend the appointment currently booked, tell your midwife the situation, ask her to book your 12 week hospital scan, then potentially register with a new doctor. But speak to the midwife about how it will work etc. as I'm not sure and I don't think anyone on here will know 100% as all surgeries are different in some ways and I wouldnt want to give you solid advice without knowing for sure. If the surgery is happy to keep you even though you live 10 miles away then that could be an option? Some surgeries will be fine about it, they might just refuse to give you "call outs" (ie. When the midwife or doctor comes to your house) but you might not want this anyway. So definitely just speak to the reception and your midwife, but take your current appointment for sure.

Sorry don't think I read the post properly, I see your have started the process now, but still take the appointment :) long Friday, sorry!!

It depends if the midwife based at your old GP surgery and the midwife based at your new GP surgery are from the same Trust/Hospital. If they are, transferring your care should be seamless so you might as well go to the initial appointment at the old surgery. If they aren’t, there will be no point in going to the first appointment as it may be largely irrelevant to the rest of your care. Ask the new surgery to get the midwife to phone you and check what the procedure for booking your first scan is. It’s not abnormal not to see a midwife until 10 weeks or later as there isn’t a massive amount they can do in the early stages so unless you have any pressing major health concerns that you need to be under immediate consultant care for, I wouldn’t panic.