1st pregnancy and I feel like GP was useless

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Hi so I'm new and this is my 1st pregnancy I'm only 6 weeks but last week I had a scare, woke up with severe cramps and was rushed to A&E they told me it wasn't a miscarriage and booked me in for a scan the next day, at the scan they could just see a tiny dot 😊 and what they think was a ruptured cyst which would explain the pain anyway I booked a GP appointment as someone told me I needed to do that so they could get the ball rolling ie alert midwives ect so had that today and the GP I saw really annoyed me when I told her I was pregnant she might have just said "so what" she was not interested didn't know anything about me going to a&e and just kept telling me it's too early when I asked a question about vaccinations ( my family suffer from fits and I couldn't have the whopping cough as a child) is this normal? Was I meant to let my surgery know? I know it's early but as I had that scare I thought it was ok am I wrong?

Of course you're not wrong to go to your doctor. She sounds very unprofessional!
Your doctor is meant to refer you to the hosp and you then recieve an appointment letter to see the booking midwife.
I know that you can self refer online which might be a good idea so you don't have to see her again!
Should be a happy time especially after your scare and she shouldn't have made you feel like that!

GP could have had a better bedside manner, but was probably not something to see them about. In a lot of surgeries you are able to just book straight into a first appointment with the midwife at the 8 week mark, certainly no need to see a doctor.

I remember going to see a gp when I experienced a loss at about 7 and a half weeks. I didn't really feel I needed to see anyone, just wanted it 'on record' and to get some practical advice (had actually asked for a telephone appointment). Although my GP was lovely, I did feel liked it was rather a waste of time.

Chalk it down to experience op. Congratulations on your pregnancy.

Her manner wasn't good at all, but really there is nothing for her to do other than refer you to the midwives. In some GPs you do that without needing to see the GP.

The first proper appointment is your booking in appointment with the midwives. This is a long appointment where they take your medical history (including your family history and your partners family history) and talk to you about the whole process.

Thanks guys
This makes me feel better glad I posted now, she wasn't my usual GP thank goodness but yeah my OH said the same thing that we'll just talk to the people at the hospital anyway as they were more interested and helpful

She doesn't sound like the friendliest, but in most areas you don't need to see your GP. Also to be fair, she may not have known anything about your hospital visit if the hospital haven't shared that with your surgery, or the information hasn't been added to your notes yet. You don't just have one set of notes, and you have to agree to different nhs organisations sharing information.

Are you all sorted for your midwife referral now? If not, you should be able to get the required info from your GP receptionist or from your local health board/trust website. And congrats op :)

Because of the cyst I have another scan booked on the 20/12 so I'll speak to them then but no not that I know of no midwife appointment

I'd have a little google and see if you can find the details to self refer, otherwise call your GP surgery and the receptionist can tell you what to do. Booking appointments normally happen around 8-10 weeks so would be good to get it booked in :)

My GP didn't see me for pregnancy I saw the midwife at the GP surgery then the midwife at the hospital, it's not common to see a GP for pregnancy in my area as there's nothing really they can do, the first midwife appt is just form filling, urine, bloods etc and they gave me a leaflet on vaccinations the first of which I'm having at 16 weeks

I didn't see the GP either, but I did call the GP surgery and book a "booking in" appointment with the midwife for 8 weeks (this is my 2nd pregnancy), I did see the GP for the first one but only because I didn't know the process. I did find the whole thing incredibly frustrating the first time as, in my opinion, there is a lot of assumption throughout that you know what the hell is going on (what appointments when, what blood tests you need, what you need to book, what they book etc etc) and I didn't have a clue! So ask as many questions as you can!

I would do that, call the GP surgery and ask to book a midwife appointment as you are pregnant, if you need to do anything else before that, they should let you know.

I agree there was no need to be rude, But the GPS don't see you at our surgery anyway.
I would give the Drs reception a call and ask them how you refer to the midwives.
I had to go in and fill out a form and got a call a few days later to book in my booking in appointment.

Thanks guys yeah being my 1st I have no idea about the process but think I'll just google for the midwife and see if I can't get it booked myself 😊😁