Health Visitor

Hello everyone!
I’m having my baby at st Richard’s hospital.
I’ve got the health visitor coming out on Monday I’m 34 weeks pregnant tomorrow.
What am I to expect when they come etc?
Thank you x

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When I saw my health visitor when I was pregnant, she just asked me a few questions about me and my partner (did we smoke etc, any family history of certain things) she also asked about support, eg if my partner was in the picture and family nearby etc- they ask this to establish the level of support you may need from them once baby is here. She then talked a bit about feeding, safe sleep and vaccinations x

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