When to let your GP know you are pregnant?

[maybefour]

Just that really, when did you let your GP know about your pregnancy and did you book an advance appointment?

You don’t let your GP know, you self refer to your local midwife team. I did it as early as possible for each pregnancy.

GPs have no involvement in antenatal care. Decide which hospital you want to give birth at and self refer on their website.

I did it around 6-8 weeks in my pregnancies.

Thank you!

I didn’t except when I called to book my whooping cough vaccination I told them I needed it because I was pregnant. As pp have said you can just self refer to a midwife.

I told my GP at 8 weeks ( this was 25 years ago) and he gave me an internal ' just to check.' Often wondered about him ...

As above. However I found I did get my MatB1 form from the GP as I could get it earlier than from the midwife

I did see my GP first with my first pregnancy, but that was because I needed advice on what medication I could keep taking while pregnant. I'd already come off some medication before TTC.

You just need to ring your surgery to find the number of the midwife team you need to book in with. They arrange a booking appointment and your first scan. From then on you will get regular midwife appointments and only need to see the gp if there is a medical need the midwife can't support with e.g. recurrent thrush. I think in the US they have many more superfluous appointments with Dr's because then they can fleece the insurance companies which is where you may have got the idea you need to inform your Dr. Also a long time ago in the UK women might have gone to the gp for a pregnancy test but now we have accurate home tests.

As others, self refer to the midwife team - you can do most online. The only contact I’ve had with the GP is when the midwife needs something prescribed- she just emails them to tell them what I need and they write the prescription and send it to the pharmacy- I haven’t actually seen the Gp at all. I have used the surgery for vaccinations- but that’s been a nurse

As others have said; Self referral. You should be able to Google your local midwife team and it'll come up with the form. You usually have to be at least 5 weeks pregnant and they don't see you before 8 weeks. Good Luck! X