2007-01-30 23:21:29 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
My sister-in-law is using a midwife and the first time she went was just a routine check-up. They checked to see if they could feel the baby and did her vitals and such. I believe that your partner should ALWAYS be there - it is his child just as much as it is yours. It's great to see a man going with his better half to the doctor - it also shows that he does care about the baby.
2007-01-30 23:29:49 · answer #1 · answered by kewltazdude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your first appointent will just be a booking in appointment.
You will talk about your medical history and your partners, talk about tests that are done during you pregnancy, she might want to take a blood test too!
She usually comes to your home for this appointment, then you start going to the surgery.
My first pregnancy, my partner wasn't working so he could come to all my appointments, but with my son now 8mths, he was working and only came to the appointments that were the scan or hosiptal appointments (couldnt take time off for rountine appointments.
Your partner can come to every appt but if hes working he probably wont get paid for them.
Appts with ur midwife are just rountine ones and maybe get him to go to a few to hear the heartbeat!
Its completely up to you two, whatever works for you both!
Good luck and congratsxx
2007-02-04 06:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by cgiggler3010 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your partner doesn't need to go with you, not unless you really want him to. No one is going to think your partner 'doesn't care about the baby' if he doesn't go. You are going to have a lot of ante-natal appointments and unless your partner can take a lot of time off work, then he isn't going to be able to come to all of them.
The first visit realy just involves lots of questions about your medical history and family history and dates of last periods etc. You will talk about where you want to have your baby and the tests that you will be offered. Apart from that not much else happen. I didn't have an examination and it's too early to hear the heartbeat, so most midwives don't try.
2007-01-31 07:57:14 · answer #3 · answered by Ricecakes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take him with you it will make him feel part of the baby's life and make him feel involved you already do as the baby's growing in you its a long wait until he can feel the baby move etc so make him feel part of the baby's life from the beginning. the first visit with a midwife is boring she just asks lots of questions about health of you and your partners family and works out your due date takes a blood and urine test and tells you about screenings and scans and at how many weeks they are done they will also give you a book that you have to take to all appointments and scans to be filled in so thy can all keep an eye on how your pregnancy is progressing. GOOD LUCK (i made my partner come to every thing with me weather he wanted to or not)
2007-01-31 15:00:42 · answer #4 · answered by katie r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the very first appointment you have with the midwife is your booking in session. They ask you lots of questions about your health and family health history. Do a couple of simple tests and give you the opportunity to ask any questions. It's very straight forward and quite a reassurance. If your partner can go with you it's a good idea as they will want to know about his families health history too.
2007-01-31 07:30:56 · answer #5 · answered by meep meep!! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The midwife will ask some routine questions, do a quick check to make sure everything is alright, and depending on how far along you are they may check for the baby's heart beat. When I was pregnant with my son my husband came with me to every appt that I had so as long as you are happy with him being there with you it shouldn't be a problem.
2007-01-31 07:30:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
She takes down the dates of your last period and projects a due date. you will have blood tests to check blood group, rhesus factor, rubella immunity, anaemia and also to check for any blood bourne viruses that u could have contracted in conceiving (Hepatitis A, B and HIV).
She will check ur urine and blood pressure also ( get used to those bits as they will do them at every visit). As far as I can remember that is it - it was 1997 when I spent a fortnight with a midwife (shadowing only).
ur partner can come with u if u would like him to be there - they will not object.
hope is helpful
2007-01-31 07:34:46 · answer #7 · answered by Nicky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He should come along with u even during ur labour. Let him know and feel the process of being a mother which is not easy. He will love u even more after experience it with u because both of u had witness the most miraculous moment of ur life.
2007-01-31 07:33:30 · answer #8 · answered by † Iríšh † 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would be lovely he if came with you for support and to be involed but he doesnt have to go. im going today to see her for the first time and because my partner is at work and couldnt get the day off i have to go alone i dont mind at all becuase i know he is thinking about it and feels bad for not being there and he is going to phone as soon as i get out. he doesnt have to but if he wants and can be grateful and try and relax if he cant be there
2007-02-01 06:39:48 · answer #9 · answered by sweetness_1984uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They talk to you and examine you. I don't see why a partner would NOT want to come.
2007-01-31 09:01:36 · answer #10 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋