Nothing to prepare for.Just had a telephone call to book my first midwife appointmentI’m shocked it’s so early, I’ll only be 7+4. I don’t know why I didn’t expect it so soon! She said it’s just lots of general stuff and health questions they go over, is there anything I need to prepare myself for?
It's the booking appointment so they ask lots of questions to you set up on the system and give you your maternity folderJust had a telephone call to book my first midwife appointment
they'll ask about medical history and current circumstances, and will probably do a urine test and blood test to start screening for any deficiencies etc. There's a page about it on the NHS website that tells you what to expect 
thank you! Tips for giving a urine sample?It's the booking appointment so they ask lots of questions to you set up on the system and give you your maternity folder
Your first midwife appointment
What happens at your first midwife appointment (booking appointment) including questions, blood tests and checks.www.nhs.uk
I’ve only ever had to do one once and made an absolute mess of it
is there a trick to itSome places now have these little cardboard boats you can wee into and then pour your pee into the little sample pot from there xthank you! Tips for giving a urine sample?
I used to take a couple of the sample pots each time I had an appointment and do my sample at home and take it with me - I had a special funnel I used ha hathank you! Tips for giving a urine sample?
their sales seemed to start really early ! We ended up in there last week and walked out with way more than we planned to
This is me, been pregnant for like 39372626 years and still have 4 weeks to go
Yeah I only went online for 1 thing but ended up ordering loadstheir sales seemed to start really early ! We ended up in there last week and walked out with way more than we planned to
all in the sale though so I feel like it’s totally justified!At my booking appointment they gave me a cardboard bedpan like @WeHadFunRight mentioned, and it has a funnel to pour into the tube. At my 16 week midwife appointment she just gave me the very narrow sample pot so I asked how best to get it in neatly and she said "don't worry if it gets messy, just rinse the outside of the tube after, I don't mind!"... and that's exactly what happenedthank you! Tips for giving a urine sample?
When I was pregnant I cried at work because someone had ran a pigeon over in the car park and killed it even thought I DETEST pigeonsI cried at work the other day because someone said they weren't sure if a patients cats were being fed or not.
TBF though I used to cry regularly before I got pregnant at anything cat related.
Pregnancy hormones are fun aren’t they?!OMG is that what you are meant to do with them! I've never seen the cardboard boats before I went to the assessment unit last week. I thought it was so you could carry the sample bottle around without touching it so I was in the waiting room with the bottle sat in it
Hahaha okay good that’s what I had to do when I did one. At least they’re used to people being messy with themAt my booking appointment they gave me a cardboard bedpan like @WeHadFunRight mentioned, and it has a funnel to pour into the tube. At my 16 week midwife appointment she just gave me the very narrow sample pot so I asked how best to get it in neatly and she said "don't worry if it gets messy, just rinse the outside of the tube after, I don't mind!"... and that's exactly what happened
I snorted so loud I woke the babyOMG is that what you are meant to do with them! I've never seen the cardboard boats before I went to the assessment unit last week. I thought it was so you could carry the sample bottle around without touching it so I was in the waiting room with the bottle sat in it
the positive breastfeeding book and the positive birth book xDoes anyone have any breastfeeding websites/book recommendations?
And any good books with the options available at birth (pain relief mainly/how far you have to be dilated/things the partner can do etc) as I know it’s online but I like to sit & physically read for it to go in my brain
the birth could not have gone any better. Waters went around half 12. Established labour by 3, managed with my TENs machine on my ball. Midwives arrived by 4 with gas and air (the best). Got in the pool at 4.40 and started pushing straight away and he was out 9 minutes later . He’s a big chunky boy too - 9lb8oz and not a single tear or graze, I couldn’t believe it! After pushing for 2 hours with my 6lb11oz first born and ending up with episiotomy and ventouse my mind is blown.
. He’s just gorgeous and I’m loving the newborn snuggles. So excited for all you pregnant ladies to meet your babies soon have loved reading this thread from the start. Hope you don’t mind if I stick around for a bit longer xWe have a New Baby thread too so feel free to come along!Baby Pug (my second bub and rainbow) arrived on Tuesday at 4.49pm after a quick labour and birth at home
Currently on postnatal ward though as baby kept breathing a bit fast so he’s on antibiotics as a precaution but hopefully we can go home very soon
Don’t ever leave we need you hereWe have a New Baby thread too so feel free to come along!
I'm still commenting on the pregnancy thread and mine is 19 months
