Moving very near due date - do I move hospitals doctors etc

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Hi help needed please

This is my first baby and we are moving from North London to South London to be nearer our families and hopefully make life easier. Found out today (queue many many tears)that we aren't completing until ealiest mid June - baby is due end of June but this is all dependent on builders (theirs not ours)
So do I move everything doctors, hospital etc and just travel for apts now - if I don't will I get any post natal care?

Thanks I really don't know what to do about this.

From my experience with my last pregnancy, I moved from Reading to West Berks at about 7 months, I kept all antental care with Reading and had DD in hospital in Reading, and then as soon as she was born all postnatal care was handled by West Berks. As long as your old and new healthcare areas know the situation, they can decide what is best. I think the reason I stayed with Reading up until the birth was because they had been "paid" by the NHS for having a baby. Maybe it isn't that easy transferring the funding between NHS regions, I don't know.
I think the best thing is to ask your GP's surgery or your midwife direct and see what they say.

Stay were you are until you move....even if it turns out that you don't get time to move GP/rebook with Community midwife/change booking to your new nearer hospital and you deliver in North London, when the midwives discharge you from the postnatal ward they will ring your discharge out to the area you are living to ensure you get postnatal care. I have to say the most important thing to do once you get moved is to register with a GP as this makes it easier t link you up with a midwifery team on discharge.
Good luck with the builders!

Wait until you move... you can turn up at any hospital in labour.

Perhaps call the hospitals near where you are goin got live to discuss delivering there and post natal care.

Thanks girls - I am so fed up about it today all seems to be so much hassle - usually these things look better in a day or two!!

Just wanted to move a while before so I could make some mates in the area beforehand ho hum

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I moved on my due date.

I had to change my midwife (at 40+0), which was an absolute pain as she had looked after me through three pregnancies and I had absolute faith in her. Apart from that it was fine. I would stay with your current mw for now.

Hey where abouts in South London are you moving to?
We're in Brockley but hoping to move in April/May to Catford.

I can't offer advice but know what a stress moving house is so my sympathies. There will be loads of mums/babies classes/groups where you can meet new people and give me a shout if you are heading SE way!

With dd1 we moved when I was 36 weeks pregnant, before we moved I got in touch with the MW in the new area, and she arranged for me and dh to go to a couple of nhs antenatal classes (I am so glad she did this, as I am still friends with 3 of the mums 4 years on, despite having moved to a completely different area).

Agree about getting signed up to a gps.

We also went up for a day a few weeks before moving to go on a hospital tour, which made me feel a bit more relaxed about being in a new environment.

If you can't go to any antenatal classes, try to sign up for something like baby massage afterwards, or look to see if there are any nct baby cafes (I went with dd when she was a couple of weeks old, and met some very friendly people).

Good luck with everything.