Phone / video midwife appointment, how does it work ?

[MaisieMolly]

My next midwife appointment (25 weeks) has been changed to a phone appointment due to current situation. Has anyone had a virtual appointment like this yet? How can they do the usual checks like urine test, blood pressure and doppler? Or do they just miss that out until the next Appointment in person?

Following as I've got my 25 week appointment in 2 weeks and I'm guessing it'll be changed to a telephone appointment.

I had my 25 week appointment over the phone last week. Obviously no blood pressure check or urine check or measuring of bump.
My midwife just asked how I was feeling, if I had any concerns, any worries about corona. She also asked if I was feeling baby move.
Midwife booked a face to face appt at 28 weeks, then 31 weeks will be a phone appt and be seen face to face again at 34 weeks. She said if I had concerns to call antenatal unit or triage.

They are following the nhs guidelines in regards to face to face appointments with low risk women she said, also on the nhs website it states the 25 week and 31 week appt are only applicable if it's your first baby, for any subsequent pregnancies you don't have those appointments at all which put me at ease a little bit.
Hope that helps x

@Puppydogg1 thank you for that. Have you had the whooping cough vaccination? When I had my 16 week midwife appt she said she'd give me that at my 25 week appointment but obviously if it's over the phone, that's not going to happen.

@sel2223 yeah I had my whooping cough vaccination at 21 weeks, my midwife advised me to ring my GP's surgery after my 20 week scan to book an appt for it. A practice nurse did it for me. Not sure if you can do similar? X

@Puppydogg1 thank you. I'll give the surgery a call tomorrow and see what they say.

@Puppydogg1 thanks. That’s helpful! Did you get the form you need to give to your work? I haven’t had mine yet and thought I’d get it at this next appointment.

My midwife mentioned the MatB1 form to me on the phone. She could send it out to me. But my work predicted they would be closing due to coronavirus and asked for it earlier than 25 weeks.
So I called my GP and because I had had an appt with a Dr during my pregnancy they were able to issue the MatB1 form for me before I was actually 25 weeks so I could give it to work.
When I called to enquire it had to be someone that has seen you in pregnancy that has to issue it, so your midwife or a Dr if you've seen one x