First midwife appointment

She (or he) will ask you about your health history, family history (both sides), test your urine, blood pressure and answer any concerns or questions you have etc! Honestly it’s a long appt but it gets the excitement going 🥰

Also had quite a few blood tests - so make sure you drink plenty of water and maybe take a snack incase you go light headed - like I did 😂

@Emily I had a house visit for my first midwife appt, didn’t have bloods done until 12 week scan! Find it so weird how they change depending on areas x

I had all the questions about family history they ask about if you have any medical conditions or your direct relatives same with babies dad (mother/father primarily but I believe siblings too) with any, mental health issues in the family, you do a carbon monoxide test which is just deep breath in then breathe into a tube and it gives carbon monoxide levels, blood test to check your vitamin levels and things, any stds (nothing personal I'm married and have been with my partner over 4 years) they do blood pressure, height and weight to check BMI, if its over 30 they might need extra checks and they'll probably do a gestational diabetes check a bit later on but this can also be done if you have diabetes or a family member does or a number of other reasons, ask about your last period so they can work out roughly how far along you are and things and I believe that's it but I'm 34 weeks now so might be forgetting stuff xx

Mine did all of that plus ultrasound. Mine was at 9 weeks. It seriously went on for like 2-3 hours. So much paperwork and talking to so many different people. And I swear they took at least 10 little vials of my blood 😖 (some of it was for the genetic testing)

If you’re UK based this is helpful - https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/your-pregnancy-care/your-antenatal-appointments/#:~:text=8%20to%2012%20weeks%3A%20booking,you're%2010%20weeks%20pregnant.