Booking appointment

Nope. Didn’t need to. He came to all scans and the 16 weeks midwife appointment as we had been told in advance that they’ll check for heartbeat via Doppler. He also came to the 34 weeks birth planning appointment.

As long as you know about their family background/ any conditions that run in the family there’s no need x

Yeah he came and it was helpful because he had more detail on family background and history etc.
He didn't come to any others other than the birth plan one.

I brought my husband because he wanted to come, and he had some questions for the midwife and about baby, so it was a productive session for both of us

I took my partner because he wanted to be there, glad I did because I didn’t remember many of the answers to his family health questions 😂

my partner comes to them all anyway, but it was helpful for the booking appt for family history etc. he also has a better memory than me so remembers what we were told and remembers the questions we want to ask x

My husband came but I think you'd be ok if you know their details and medical background etc I found comfort in having my husband there but probably not strictly necessary xx

They don’t need to come but it’s nice having them there. Especially if like me you get information overload/overwhelm. It’s nice to have another person there to remember things and ask questions that you might forget in the moment.

My husband wasn’t there for the first as it was a telephone consultation during Covid. He was at the second simply because it was done at home (I’m friends with the midwife that did it as I used to work in that team)

As long as you know of there’s anything significant in dads/sperm donors family medical history they don’t need to be there

My husband came to all of my appointments with our first and he's been to all of them this time so far as well. He doesn't need to but definitely helped him feel more involved and it included him as I think it's hard for dads.