Your pregnancy at the Whittington

Antenatal/Postnatal Schedule for 'healthy women' (NICE Guidance 2008)

Time	Who	What
6-8 weeks	GP or fill on-line form on website	Referral form sent to hospital
6-10 weeks	Midwife	Meet Midwife, complete questionnaire, discuss screening, diet & lifestyle, booking bloods taken
11-13 weeks	Hospital clinic	Scan & screening bloods
16 weeks	Midwife	Discuss screening & blood results. Antenatal check Quad. Test if required
20 weeks	Hospital	Scan - general check of your baby's development
24 weeks 1st baby	GP / Midwife	Antenatal check & assess scan results
28 weeks	Midwife	Antenatal check, bloods for iron levels, antibodies, glucose tolerance test may be booked. Anti D injection given if necessary
32 weeks 1st baby	GP / Midwife	Antenatal check & review blood results
34 weeks	Midwife	Antenatal check & bloods taken for full blood count
36 weeks	GP / Midwife	Antenatal check & review blood results
38 weeks	Midwife	Antenatal check
40 weeks 1st baby	Midwife	Antenatal check
41 weeks	Midwife	Antenatal check All who have not delivered
After birth First day home	Midwife	Discuss progress & future visits Home
Day 3	Midwife	Phone call or visit
Day 5	Midwife	Home - weigh & screening test for baby
Day 10	Midwife	Home or postnatal clinic in Children Centre Discharge from Maternity Service, informed of community facilities

(This schedule may vary depending on clinical need - a risk assessment needs to be made at every appointment and the plan of care amended accordingly)