Midwife Appointments
Hi guys, I saw my midwife a couple of weeks ago and I am now waiting for a scan appointment to come through. The thing is the midwife seemed a bit vague as to when I'm supposed to see her again. She said if I wanted the bloods that they preform at 16 weeks I'm to make an appointment but didn't say when to see her after that if I didn't want them done. All the information they have given me says you should see them every month but they said this has changed and they don't need to see you so much. So do any of you know when I should go back. Thanks B xx
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I just gave her a ring and told her how far along I was and she sorted it from there.
I think the situation with the midwife appointments is awful,i am 24 weeks pregnant and have seen my midwife twice,i am now on my third pregnancy but she said its roughly the same for everyone,i have told the appointments are 14 weeks for bloods,28 weeks for bloods and a couple of weeks b4 due date.with my last two children i was seen every month until 28 wks then every fortnight,things have drastically changed!!
good luck all!
I think its just normal not to see a midwife!! lol, I wish I saw her more often though because i get so paranoid that something could happen to the baby in those 5 weeks! lol
I remember with my 2nd pregnancy that the planning never really starts until 28 weeks anyway.
I suppose from their point of view we're not ill and are perfectly capable of carrying babies but i remember how worrying it was being pregnant for the first time.
My midwife said there are a lot of babies due next year so maybe this is why some of you are having trouble. x
12 weeks (around and about) - Booking scan
15 weeks - bloods (double blood test)
letter form hospital (sayin wether or not your a high or low risk of downs etc)
19 weeks - Anomaly scan (just scan, Maybe find out sex)
22 weeks - see midwife/GP
28 weeks - see midwife/GP
32 weeks - see midwife/GP
34 weeks - see widwife/gp
36 weeks - see widwife/gp
38 weeks - see widwife/gp
40 weeks - see widwife/gp
41 weeks - see widwife/gp (if baby is not delivered, booking in for enducement)
Now as wee know some babies come early but this is only a guide until your baby is born
hope this helped xlisax
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