
Your appointments
Following on from your booking appointment, you will be offered regular appointments from the health professionals involved in your care. These appointments are to check that you and your baby are well, give you support and information about your pregnancy and help you make informed choices.
How often these appointments are will vary for each woman. For example, you could see a midwife more in your first pregnancy than in your second, and the frequency of appointments may need to be adjusted if circumstances change throughout your pregnancy. Your handheld notes will include a pregnancy planner page where you can see the minimum number of times you should be offered appointments and at which point in your pregnancy. Your antenatal appointments – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Other conversations you may have with your community midwife during these appointments are:
- plans for pregnancy and parenthood
- where to have your baby
- preferences for labour and birth and discussing a birth plan
- infant feeding and baby care
For more information about classes that can offer you further support around these issues, please see Classes and Support page on the menu to the left.