First mw appointment?
Hi ladies, Im 6+2 preg and went to my doc when i first found out he said go back to him when im 10-12 wks i spose he meant to book me in for scan etc. I asked whether i phone the mw and he said no he will sort it hen i go back. Is this how app worked out for you ladies?
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congratulations on your pregnancy, is it your first?
Different surgeries and NHS trust do things differently so it might just be that in your area your GP sets things up. Its normal for no one to do anything until at leat 10 weeks though so dont worry about that. In my (very limited!) experience you're not really midding anything if your doc does your booking app instead of the MW because mines absolutely useless!
Sorry in thats not much help but didnt want to R &R
Liz 19+4
Congrats on your BFP
I had an early scan at 8 weeks too and was so glad I did. I saw the Dr at about 6 weeks and he told me to call reception and make an appointment with m/w for around 10 weeks so all areas are different.
The m/w did height, weight, blood pressure, urine sample, asked a lot of family history, any history of downs, still birth, diabetes etc and OH's family history. Gave me loads of books, a DVD and I was lucky because she rang and booked my scan with the hospital too (a friend of mine who lives nearby is 3 weeks in front of me and her letter came about 2 weeks after her booking in app).
I have got my 16week app on Weds and looking forward to this as hopefully will get to listen to bubs heartbeat
Hope that helps with what to expect and congrats again x
it can all be a bit overwhelming because theres a lots of information thrown at you and descisions to make but you have plenty of time after to digest things and can just pop back to the surgery if you have any questions and none of the descisions you make about care are concrete but some of the tests need to be done quite early in preg so you need to decide whether to have them.
Without out being too personal, if you have a partner its best to have them with you because i found my bf remember stuff the mw said a lot more clearly than i did afterwards. if not maybe take a family member or someone for support?
Hope this helps!
sorry if ive rambled
Liz x