Your first pregnancy appointment

On confirming your positive pregnancy, the first thing to do is to contact your GP practice to arrange a booking appointment with your community midwife.

When you attend your booking appointment, your community midwife will discuss a number of things with you, including:

• Your, your partner and your family medical history.
• A range of tests that we offer as standard practice, to ensure the health and wellbeing of your pregnancy and baby (Screening tests). This will include blood tests, Carbon
• Monoxide testing and Ultrasound scans.
• Healthy eating
• Healthy weight management
• Routine appointment plans
• What to expect

You may find it useful to read about screening tests before your first appointment >