Consultant appointment

It depends whether you're under consultant care or not. I'm under midwife led care - low risk, had no growth scans or diabetes tests etc. Likelihood is I will only ever see midwives.

Yeah, as said consultants are only for pregnancies classed as ‘high risk’ you may be seeing it a lot because it’s fairly common for second time mums etc to get bungled in this. For example I’m consultant led because of the birth of my first baby and don’t really have any other risk factors. Hope this helps x

Sure not everyone has one, I do because I have PCOS that puts me at higher risk of gestational diabetes. So there has to be a reason for it.
Have chat with midwife if worried but this was all done for me without it being mentioned so I’m sure if you needed to see a consultant it would have been arranged xx

Thank you everyone! Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something I needed x

I'm a high risk pregnancy so under consultant care but a lot of the girls I know haven't seen a consultant. I think it just depends on your pregnancy☺️

You also see a consultant if you ask for planned C section! So if you have any worries or anxiety about giving birth then they get you to see one

@Dominique when will I be asked about my birth preferences? cus so far I've not even had a conversation with anyone about birth yet

my midwife has booked me in for birth plan discussions at my 36 week appointment. The NHS website says it should be the 34, though!

@Loren right okay, I've been having a different midwife every appointment but I've got one this Thursday so I'll ask then, they mentioned talking about feeding plans but that was it so ill query it on Thursday, thank you!

Pretty sure at my 34 week they noted down we had discussed feeding.. but we definitely didn't 🤣

I’m only seeing a consultant as I’m high risk. I was having twins but not anymore

I just kept telling them at every appointment I want a c section and finally they booked me in to see a consultant - usually you just see midwives all throughout - they did the same as and said at 36 weeks il see the consultant (I honestly feel that’s a bit late) - I’ve been booked in at the sister hospital which I also find strange but I think consultant appointments are harder to get (according to one of the midwives)

It's a good thing you haven't needed to see one. Means you simply have a low risk pregnancy. Although grateful for being able to regularly see my baby on a scan, it gets very exhausting travelling to the hospital and waiting for long periods every week (sometimes twice a week) to see a consultant. It's also very nerve to be constantly being hyper aware and cautious due to having high risk pregnancies.

I had twins. One died when I was 12 weeks. Plus I have a heart condition

Not seeing a consultant is a good thing 🥰 means you're have a great, low risk pregnancy. Seeing consultants can lead to more medical interventions. Midwife-led care is more than enough for most pregnancies!