Schedule of Care

First trimester

8 weeks – Booking appointment with your Obstetrician– viability scan

10 weeks – Obstetric appointment – Harmony test

12 weeks – Obstetric appointment – Dating and Nuchal scan, and Combined test

Second trimester

16 weeks – Obstetric appointment

20 weeks – Obstetric appointment – Anomaly scan

23 weeks – Obstetric appointment

26 weeks – Obstetric appointment – Mini or full glucose test to screen for gestational diabetes

Third trimester

28 weeks – Obstetric appointment

30 weeks – Obstetric appointment

32 to 36 weeks – A growth scan is recommended. Once you have organised this, the report will be discussed during an appointment with your consultant. 

34 weeks – Third-trimester blood test taken during your appointment

36 weeks – You will make a delivery plan during this or your next appointment with your consultant. In addition, please organise a Group B Streptococcus home test and send the sample to the Doctors Laboratory if you are aiming for a vaginal delivery.

After 36 weeks, you will have weekly obstetric appointments until birth.

For a planned caesarean section birth, you will also have a blood test 1-2 days before the surgery and complete an electronic consent form.

Post birth

After your baby is born, we would like to see you one-week post-delivery to ensure that all is well. Additional reviews will be organised as medically needed. If there are no complications/concerns, your consultant obstetrician will routinely see you six weeks post birth. After 6 weeks, you will be discharged from our care if there are no further issues.