Your pregnancy
Book your first appointment with a midwife
The quickest and easiest option for booking your first appointment is to refer yourself online using our quick and easy form:
Maternity Self-Referral.
You can also contact our maternity team directly.
As soon as you know you are pregnant, please get in touch with us to book your first appointment. This is called your 'booking appointment', and you will meet one of our friendly midwives for the first time.
In line with the Better Birth Strategy, your booking midwife should then be your
named midwife.
Ideally you should be seen by a midwife before you are 10 weeks pregnant, or as early into your pregnancy as possible.
You can make your first appointment quickly and easily using any of the options below and there is no need to see your GP before getting in touch with us.
Other ways to make your first appointment
There are different ways to make your first appointment and we are very happy for you to choose the option that is most convenient for you:
- You can ask your GP to refer you to us
- You can visit the antenatal clinic at any of our three hospital sites at
Watford, St Albans and Hemel Hempstead where you'll be asked to complete a
self-referral form.
- You can contact your local Family Centre, who can inform you of the midwifery services that are available in your area
and you will be invited to complete a self-referral form.