Hi,
I also am going public and my experiance was nearly the same as yours. I went for confirmation, then i went back a week later for my yellow card. I was told to book into the hospital @ 10 weeks and i went back to the doc after that.
You are supposed to have appointments every 4 weeks until 28 weeks and then every 2 weeks till 37 weeks and weekly after that.
I hope this helps, I know its a bugger to wait for so long, BUT on the upside my doctor said "just sit back relax and let the little one grow!" Thats all you can do at this stage.
Jenni