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Red book - need in hospital bag?

Random thought, do I need to bring the health visitor red book to the hospital for the birth? For anything to be recorded?

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I got given mine at the hospital but you will need to take it, they record baby weight and whether or not they’ve had the vitamin k injection

You guys have your red books before baby’s born?

I was advised by the HV to take mine as they record in it. It depends whether you have a visit before you have your baby I guess? :)

I forgot to pack mine and they needed it! Defo pack it xx

I think it depends where you live. The hospital where I’m giving birth is in a different county to where we live and where the health visitors are for our area so we were given ours a couple of weeks ago to take with us. I think if we lived in the same county as the hospital though then we would have been given it at the hospital when she’s born as it’s a slightly different book 😊

Yes, for things like the hearing test and for them to record the birth weight etc

Thanks everyone, I will keep it in the bag :) tbh no one has told me to bring it e.g. midwife, I just read about it and wasn’t sure

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