Midwife help

[catnip99]

Newbie here! Has anyone else found out that they are pregnant during the lockdown? I found out I was pregnant 2 weeks ago, this is my first baby so I'm unsure what the normal time frames are for midwives to contact you?

Anyway I phoned my doctors 2 days after finding out and I was referred to the midwives and was told I would be contacted soon either by telephone or via letter in the post.
I received a phonecall Friday just from an unknown number but I missed the call as I was in the shower. I believe this was the midwife possibly trying to get in touch but I've not had a single call back so I'm hoping I'll get a letter soon instead? Just looking for any advice and also wondering if anyone else conceived during this very strange and scary time

Also what are people's ideals on telling family and friends? I know that 12 weeks is usually the go to for announcing but has anyone done it sooner? Thinking of telling family once I've seen a midwife

Thanks in advance !! H

Hi OP, how far gone are you?
Even before lockdown, you don't normally get a booking in appt with the midwife until you're 8-10 weeks then scan 11-14 weeks.
I know with Covid they're now changing a lot of booking in appts to telephone only or combining them with scan so it is slightly different at the moment.
If you haven't heard anything by 8 weeks, i'd call and chase it up.

As for telling people, we told immediate family around 10 weeks then some other family and friends after the '12 week' scan (I was actually 13+6) then work and extended family around 16/17 weeks. There's no right or wrong, it's just tradition to wait till 12 weeks as the the risks go down dramatically after this time.

Only tell those who you are equally fine with telling if everything goes wrong. We've had a previous pregnancy with bad news in the second trimester so we want to wait telling family till 24 weeks if things go well. That is mostly because they drove me crazy last time when scans showed problems but it took more than a month of extra investigations to know more. We might tell one or two friends earlier.

Lockdown is helping me though. I can secretlysleep extra during the day and I don't have to hide sickness, not drinking and those kind of things. I like not seeing anyone at this stage, it makes everything so much easier.

Thanks for the responses ! I believe that I'm gonna hit 8 weeks this coming Sunday so hopefully I should hear from someone soon after
And as for telling people you guys have really put a lot into perspective that I hadn't thought a lot about before hand so I think I'll wait to tell people, thank you so much your advice has really helped and eased my mind