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It’s not too early. You need to be on the health visitor’s radar. Then in your third trimester they’ll contact you to arrange a little get to know you visit, and they then take over your care once baby is born and your midwife discharges you. All totally normal procedure for every pregnant woman! And it’s good your midwife is being pro-active in making sure you don’t slip under their radar. A couple of friends of mine didn’t get their third trimester visit and had to chase their health visitor as their midwives had forgotten to refer them. So it’s a good sign!
@Robyn would I not flag social work if I opt out? It’s my first baby and I truly have no clue how the HVs work, just that they feel like a big brother esque role 😂
It’s compulsory they offer you the visits and appointments but not compulsory for you to accept. The appointment itself is nothing to worry about though, just very informal chat about feeding options/safe sleeping/ your mental well-being/available support.
I don't think you'd flag anything. HV services are completely voluntary. I can't say my HV with my first one has ever been particularly helpful but I wouldn't call them big brotheresque. They are there if you have any questions about your baby etc. Nothing onerous or scary! X
@Ashleigh they did say it was to let them know I was pregnant; rather than making an appointment to go see them?
You wouldn't flag anything but as you say it's your first baby and you might want the support. Nothing big brothery about it in my experience lol they're just there to help
It wdnt flag social care referral, im a nursery manager and honestly not much flags social care it has to be bad. The health visitors tho are usually lovely (we work with a lot in my setting.) They’re a really good source of support for yourself once you have had baby. There not there to huge u they are there to offer support and advice especially in the early days x
Absolutely normal ☺️ they’ll visit you whilst you’re pregnant so completely fine for them to be alerted at this stage. Nothing to be concerned over at all.
Beautiful - thank you all so much! I know it’s a silly worry, so thank you for taking the time to respond!
Not silly at all! I hope you have a lovely rest of pregnancy 💕
I shouldn't think it's anything to do with not being weighed, I wouldn't worry about that at all 😊 I met my health visitor in my third trimester at home with my first baby. It makes sense that they'd make a referral so you can have an appointment before baby arrives if thats how they do it in your area. You can absolutely opt-out of the health visitor service though if you want to.