This page was last updated: January 6th, 2022
The midwife will:
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant and haven’t seen a GP or midwife, contact a GP or midwife as soon as possible.
Find out more about what happens at the booking appointment on the NHS website: Your first midwife appointment.
The appointments are also time for you to ask questions and discuss any issues and concerns with your midwife. If there’s anything worrying you do, please do make sure you mention it, it’s important so that we can provide you with the best possible care.
We may refer you to a specialist midwife during your pregnancy. A specialist midwife is someone who has done specialist training in a particular field. Our team includes midwives who specialise in:
Takes place between 8 and 14 weeks and checks how far along in your pregnancy you are, and your baby’s development.
If you’ve agreed to have screening for Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome and Patau’s syndrome, and your scan takes place between 11 and 14 weeks, the sonographer (person doing the scan) will also do the screening.
Your dating scan will usually take place at the Fetal Medicine Unit at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.
Find out more about what happens at your 12-week scan on the NHS website.
This detailed ultrasound scan, sometimes called the mid-pregnancy or anomaly scan, is usually carried out when you’re between 18 and 21 weeks pregnant.
The scan looks in detail at the baby’s bones, heart, brain, spinal cord, face, kidneys and abdomen. It allows the sonographer to look for 11 rare conditions. The scan only looks for these conditions, and cannot find everything that might be wrong.
Find out more about what happens at your 20-week scan on the NHS website.
You may also be offered other scans during your pregnancy to check how the baby is doing, for example if we want to check on the baby’s growth or if the baby’s activity levels have changed.
*If you have concerns about your baby’s wellbeing, including if you think their movement patterns have changed, slowed down or stopped, it’s important that you call us straight away. If you’re less than 28 weeks pregnant, call your community midwife. If you’re more than 28 weeks pregnant, please call the maternity triage team on 01872 258000. You can find out more about why your baby’s movements are important on the Kicks Count website.
You can find information about the different wards and units you may come to here: