Pregnancy

[Beautyangel1]

Hi,

I have just found out I'm pregnant (roughly 5 weeks).

I have contacted my GP, well the receptionist, and they were not helpful at all. They told me go online and book an appointment. I don't even know what website. I thought I would see my GP first.

Can anyone suggest what my next steps are?

Thank you.

With mine I had to complete a self referral form on my local hospital website. They then contacted me a few days later to book my first appointment.

@Tokyo21 is this the hospital that you have chosen to give birth in or just your local one? X

It was the one I chose. There was one closer to where I live but the reviews from the other one were better so I chose that one instead. X

The GP receptionist should have been more helpful and told you the website, but no you wouldn’t typically see a GP first as there is nothing for them to do.
In my area you can either google it or the GP receptionist will tell you it, and you call up the midwife booking team and give your dates and they book you in for around 8-10 weeks.
The maternity page on your hospital website might be the best place to look.

I booked a midwife appointment for when I was about 8 weeks at the GP.
Congrats x

You need to call the receptionist again and say 'Can I please have the midwifes number'. Call the midwife and they'll book an 8week appointment.

GPs don't deal with pregnancy.

Thank you everyone for the advice. Is it bad but I want to keep doing a pregnancy test even though I have done two already and they were positive. Is anyone else like that and is it worth it or shall I just leave it?

Just search "hospital you want midwife referral" and should come up fairly easily.

Don't keep testing. it will drive you mad!

Thanks will do that.

At your 8 week appointment do they do a scan? X

no. your first appointment is a booking appt between 10 and 12 weeks. this will involve either a phone or in person chat with the midwife where they take your medical and family history and then some blood tests to check for STIs, your blood type etc.

Then at around 12-14 weeks you get a scan and the option for blood tests for things like down syndrome, trisomy 13 (and in my case a blood test for my baby's blood type as i am Rh-).

Then no more scans til 20 weeks. if you are low risk then that will be all the scans you get