emma77

Hello there! I am new here and 5 weeks and 6 days pregnant today. I have my first midwife appointment booked for 13th August (12 weeks stage), and was told that I would get details of when my scan would be in the post but may be before or after this date.

My questions are:

If it normal to wait for this long before having a midwife appoinment (have had nothing but home pregnancy kit so far)?

How long does it take for them to give you your scan date? It has been a week since I phoned the midwife.

Thanks for your help - I am new and don't really understand the process!

Emma x

Sekhmet

The process seems to vary quite a lot in different locations. I'm in Edinburgh, and my first midwife appointment and first scan are booked for the same day, both at about 13 weeks.

geekone

Hi

It is different everywhere I am only along the road from sekhmet in Fife and I have my midwifes appointment (in my house eek) on Saturday 8+4 and then my scan on the 27th July at 11+6

Dont worry they wont leave you behind

emma77

OK thanks for the info. I shall (attempt to) be patient then!!! Good luck with your tests / scans.

xx

HayleyJJ

you only get a scan now 10-13 weeks then 20weeks

Pingu

The booking in appts in my area is usually done between 10-12 weeks but I wasn't told this until I arrived for my appointment and I was only 7 weeks! At my appt I was given a form and details of the hospital and told to ring up the hospital myself and book the scan.

Hope you get your scan date through soon

Early_Bump

Hi hun it varys throughout the uk... ive lived in 3 diff places 2 scotland and currently just outside of blackpool im super high risk so things a done diff for me but my friends and family tend to have their 1st booking at home at 8-10wks then a scan at 10-14wks for dating and another at 20 weeks. But it can take a good few wks to get ur appointments out in post so i wouldnt worry if u havnt hurd by 11wks id give them a call x

mrskx0x0

I saw midwife at 8 weeks and had to wait three and a half weeks for my scan. Some people get their scans before they see the midwife, it's weird.

Celesse

I've been told 8-12 weeks for first midwife appointment and 11-13 weeks for first scan. I guess there's such a big window where midwife appointment can happen to take into account the midwives workload, for example late August / early September 9 months after christmas the midwives are gonna be doing a lot of post natal visits.