Your antenatal appointment schedule
You'll have a number of antenatal appointments during your pregnancy. You'll see a midwife or sometimes an obstetrician, a doctor specialising in pregnancy.
They'll:
- check your and your baby's health
- give you useful information
- answer any questions
Find below the list of appointments you'll be offered and when you should have them.
If you're pregnant with your first baby, you'll have more appointments than those already with children.
First contact with midwife or doctor
| Contact a GP or midwife as soon as possible after you find out that you're pregnant
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11 to 14 weeks: dating scan
| This is the ultrasound scan to estimate when your baby is due and offer screening
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16 weeks
| Your midwife or doctor will give you information about the ultrasound scan you'll be offered at 18 to 20 weeks
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18 to 20 weeks
| You'll be offered an ultrasound scan to check the physical development of your baby (20 week scan)
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25 weeks
| You'll have an appointment at 25 weeks if this is your first baby or women receiving increased surveillance
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28 weeks
| Your midwife or doctor should:
- measure the size of your uterus
- measure your blood pressure and test your urine for protein
- offer more screening tests
- consider an iron supplement if you're anaemic
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31 weeks
| You'll have an appointment at 31 weeks if this is your first baby or women receiving increased surveillance
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34 weeks
| Your midwife or doctor should give you information about preparing for labour and birth
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36 weeks
| Your midwife or doctor should give you more information about caring for your newborn
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38 weeks
| Your midwife or doctor will discuss the options and choices about what happens if your pregnancy lasts longer than 41 weeks and 5 days
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40 weeks
| You'll have an appointment at 40 weeks if this is your first baby or women receiving increased surveillance
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41 weeks
| Your midwife or doctor should:
- measure the size of your uterus
- measure your blood pressure and test your urine for protein
- offer a membrane sweep
- discuss the options and choices for induction of labour
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42 weeks
| If you have not had your baby by 42 weeks and have chosen not to have an induction, you should be offered increased monitoring of the baby
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