midwife query

[lsharp]

i am moving house on 5th january. my baby is due 2nd january. i do not want to change my midwife but if i am moving will i have too? i will be staying at my mums over xmas and untill i go into labour as i would not like to be on my owndue to my partner being at work , my partner will be at the house from 5th january but i do not want to move in properly till i have had baby, does this make sense??

[onlyme26]

hiya
depends how far you are moving to?

if i remember rightly the midwife comes round every day for about a week after the birth so maybe you could stay at your mums while she comes to visit, then move,

good luck xx

[redcrx]

if you are going to stay in the midwifes area then that ought to be OK.

i spend half my time in Norfolk and half in suffolk. i had all my mw appts in norfolk and with me first went to hospital in norfolk and then stayed at my mums there for first 2 weeks.

with my second i had all appts at norfolk including hospital appts, i then gave birth rather quickly in Suffolk and was discharged to my home there where i saw HV and MW. They did get a lot of notes mixed up but it wasnt too bad.

[kellogs100]

I agree it depends on how far you're moving. If you are willing to travel however then you could just not tell your midwife that you are moving. This should be fine as long as you don't need a home visit & are having a hospital birth. Unfortunatly if you do need a home visit then she will probably refer you to someone else as she's unlikely to be willing to travel.

Good luck. I know how you feel as I moved almost exactly a month before I gave birth. xx