• Screening
• Assessment Unit
• Blood Pressure
• Bleeding
• Known Breech
• Diabetes
• Twin/Multiple Birth
• Mental Health

The community midwife will provide all

aspects of your maternity care provided

there are no problems identified. If problems are identified your community midwife will refer you to the hospital team but will continue to offer you advice and support as part of an agreed plan of care.

If your first point of contact in pregnancy is with your GP,he/she will give you the details of your local community midwife and advise you to make an appointment with them as soon as possible for your initial booking.

If you would prefer to contact a community midwife without seeing your GP then contact details can be found here.

 

Your first pregnancy appointment

Also know as your ‘booking appointment’, this is an opportunity for you to meet your midwife and discuss your obstetric, medical and social history. This appointment should be done by the time you are 10 weeks pregnant and usually takes up to an hour.  It is an opportunity to plan your pregnancy care in a way that meets your own individual needs.

 

Your midwife will:

1.   Ascertain your expected date of delivery by your last period

2.   Ask you how you are feeling about your pregnancy

3.   Check your blood pressure

4.   Record your weight, height and body mass index

5.   Review your history and plan your care accordingly

6.   Make any referrals to hospital or other specialist services

7.   Discuss the screening tests we offer during pregnancy

8.   Discuss lifestyle and diet

9.   Offer carbon monoxide screening

10. Discuss the options for where your baby will be born (home or hospital)

11. Outline the plan for your antenatal care

12. Complete your personal hand held maternity records which are kept by you and in

      which all of the care you receive during your pregnancy will be documented.

 

Your ongoing pregnancy care

Your ongoing pregnancy care will be provided in line with the current NICE guidelines for antenatal care. Every pregnancy is individual and your schedule of appointments will be tailored to your individual needs but you can expect to be offered appointments as below. If you have any risk factors in your pregnancy you can expect to be offered an appointment with one of our team of consultants who will become the lead professional for your pregnancy and will review your plan of care. Some of these hospital appointments will be instead of your midwifery care but you can also elect to see your midwife for the community midwifery appointment if you wish to do so. The number of appointments varies depending on whether this is your first or a subsequent pregnancy.

 

Your Antenatal Schedule of Care

Weeks pregnant:   6 to 10 weeks

Appointment:   Booking

With whom:   Midwife

 

Weeks pregnant:   10 weeks

Appointment:   Antenatal check/review bloods

With whom:   Midwife or Phlebotomist