booking visit...how many weeks were you?

[leigh75]

hey guys,

just wondering when most of you have had your booking visit? im 10 weeks on sunday, and still havent heard from my allocated midwife.....(last time i rung her for advice there was a message on her answerphone, saying she is on the sick and not to leave a messgae!! doesnt sound good does it?)

I was told that she would ring me aroung the 10 week mark to arrange, but a bit anxious as i know she is the one who will arrange my scan, & i dont fancy being more that 12 - 13 weeks when i have it?

cheers
xxxxx

 

[starsunshine]

I was 8 weeks 3 days. Give her another call & if you don't get through then call your local midwife centre or children's centre & arrange with another midwife or the covering midwife. She can't help being ill, but you can't wait forever either.

 

[leigh75]

great...thanks i will tomorrow..

 

[izziebelle]

Iv just got my booking appointment in the post today for next wednesday (31st) I was ringing the hospital before thinking the appointment was going to be there.. but its at my local doctors. Maybe you should try ringing them? xx

 

[Mrs Mayhem]

I have my first midwife appointment tomorrow, am 10 weeks. I spoke to her when I was 6 weeks and she arranged it and also faxed off for the scan, i had the appointment letter for the scan within a week, got that when I will be just over 12 weeks.
Mine is run through my doctors surgery, I'd call them if I were you and get them to arrange with another midwife if she is still off!

 

[babyblue_eyes]

hi leigh75,

where bouts in wales r u?

im nearly 7 weeks and am supposed to be having a phone call of my midwife in the next 2 weeks to arrange a booking for her to come to the house etc
i would def give them a ring see whats going on i will be if i dont hear anything

gd luck let us know if u get anywhere xxx

 

[amandaawesome]

the way the US private ins does it i do believe is as soon as your levels are high enough they do an early ultra sound. it may have helped too that i am not absolutely positive on my last cycle dates.

either way yesterday i had my first blood test which they called and confirmed is positive.

i have my first real dr's appt on tuesday as well as a scan. total surprise for us but we are so excited now. i just told my mom. she ran to the store for me and when she got back she was already throwing baby names at me!!

 

[fairypop]

I will be 6W and 5D - I assume that is the booking appointment. When I rang the docs I gave them the LMP date and that is when they booked it for.

 

[leigh75]

baby blue eyes, im in swansea? whereabouts are you? will let you kmow how i get on

 

[taylor197878]

i had my midwife app at 5 weeks got booked in for a early scan christ knows how long that will take still waiting.

then i have to c her in a few weeks again she is also based at my docs surgery.

 

[Serenity81]

Hi, I had my booking appointment and scan at the same time on the same day when I thought I was 11 weeks 4 days but when I had my scan the sonographer put me at 12 weeks 3 days. I got my appointment sent through the post exactly a month before my appointment. I went to my gp when I was just over 4 weeks to inform them I was pregnant and then he put in a referral to the hospital. I then got my letter directly from the hospital. That's the way it is done in my area. It's totally weird how even in different areas of Scotland things are done completely differently and in England things are done different again. As others have said I would contact your gp or hospital or midwife unit and explain to them what has happened because surely you should have heard something by now xx

 

[leigh75]

update...thanks for all the replies guys, eventually got hold of the replacement midwife today after 4 phone calls, to my gp, hospital, antenatal clinic & eventually on call midwife......she said sorry forthe delay...2 of the midwives for my area are off sick and they are having to take all of their patients.....i will be having my booking app late next week, which will put me at about 10 + 4, then god knows when my scan will be, as i assume she will forward forms to hospital?.....quite wazzed off tho, as waiting for the '12' week scan is like holding your breath really, you are waiting for hopefully the all clear all is well, waiting to tell family & work etc, and if its later than say 13 weeks, will be well annoyed, never mind, joys of nhs i suppose....xx