Homebirth General Discussion #14

[TeniBear]

I know it's usually once a month we're "supposed to" have midwife appointments until later on, but since we've had our first so much earlier than usual, I'm thinking have the next around 12w - six weeks away. Do you all think that's alright, or should I be sticking to one a month anyway? Is there anything they really do this early on? I'm just going by what I remember from hospy stuff, I wasn't even booked into either hospital until around 18-20w. Before that I just went to the GP and told them what I wanted them to do... It feels like I'm starting all over again!

[meow]

I know it's usually once a month we're "supposed to" have midwife appointments until later on, but since we've had our first so much earlier than usual, I'm thinking have the next around 12w - six weeks away. Do you all think that's alright, or should I be sticking to one a month anyway? Is there anything they really do this early on? I'm just going by what I remember from hospy stuff, I wasn't even booked into either hospital until around 18-20w. Before that I just went to the GP and told them what I wanted them to do... It feels like I'm starting all over again!

I think a 6 week break at this point sounds fine. But I wouldn't keep leaving it ages between appointments. I did that with my MW and I regretted it as I was bursting to talk to her and form that bond early on... but she sort of forgot me a bit between our first and second appointments which were ages apart. In hindsight I would have paid the couple of hundred for a couple of extra appointments early on.