Antenatal health visit home visit - update🤰🏻🫶🏻

Hi, first time mum here. Do they come to your house during pregnancy or after the baby is born ?

@Tomi hey, you have your first contact with your health visitor while pregnant between 28-32 weeks. They then come out once you’ve had baby aswell🫶🏻

Depends where you are. We don’t have any pre-birth visits. Was supposed to have one day after came home which was replaced with a phone call (not enough staff 🙄) . Then I think a health visitor actually came once about a week after returning home.

@Jennifer if your in the UK it’s standard to have one between 28-32 weeks, if you haven’t had one or been booked in for one then I would ring your local health visiting service🫶🏻

I don’t think it is standard in London. This is my second, I didn’t have a pre-baby visit with my first and no suggestion of one this time round and I’m currently 31 weeks. ( I’m not sure I really need it, given this is my second in any case). I did have a 28 week Midwife appointment but it wasn’t a home visit - and they even forgot to book this so I had to spend an hour in a call center queue to book it. I don’t think the services are very good where I am - even though it is st Thomas’ catchment which is meant to be a good hospital.

@Jennifer it’s standard all over the uk lovely, it says so on the NHS website. This is also my second child and I’ve had one with both of mine. If there’s summer dream forgetting to book you in for important midwife appointments like your 28 week to the point you’ve got to chase it then maybe they’ve forgot to book you in for your antenatal HV appointment. I would personally ring your local HV service and speak to them about jt x

It’s really not necessary - no one I know locally has had one. So I don’t think they do it here. I know how to breastfeed etc, so all they would be doing would be to check my house is safe for a baby (which I know it is)…

@Jennifer I’m not saying it’s necessary I’m saying it’s a standard appointment in the uk lovely that everyone is supposed to have between 28-32 weeks according to the NHS website. They don’t check your house at this appointment lovely that’s usually at your first contact with them once baby is born x

Also from London and not standard here, although this is my first all my friends/siblings are on their second/third babies and none have had a pre birth visit :)

@Rosie I guess everywhere is different I’m just going off the NHS website which says it’s a standard appointment while pregnant between 28-32 weeks lovely x

@Libby-mae very true :) Never even knew that a visit before the baby arrived was a thing 😂

I never had a HV appointment before the birth with my first and haven’t had any contact regarding one with my second, and I’m almost 32 weeks. I’m based in Bristol!

@Julia I’m guessing every area is different then…my mistake! I was just going off what the NHS website said x

Im based in the West Midlands and didn't have one during pregnancy with my first, now haven't had any contact about another. I know in my area the health visitors are super understaffed It sounds like a lovely idea though instead of a stranger showing up to meet you and your newborn babybat your house

@Chloe it is lovely I agree, it’s also very informative, I’ve had one with my first and then this baby x