Community midwife and Health visitor

The Next Few Days 

Before your discharge from hospital, your midwife will arrange either a phone call, home visit or clinic appointment for the next day. Here are the main community midwifery appointments: 

• First day at home following birth 
• Day 3-4 baby weight (breastfeeding babies only) 
• Day 6-8 A midwifery check on yourself and baby weight. Newborn Bloodspot Screening will also be discussed. 

Each family will have a different number of visits depending on need and this will be discussed with you on discharge and again at the first contact with your community midwife. 

You can still contact us if you have any questions or concerns on the numbers at the top of this form and we can provide additional advice or postnatal appointments as required. 

Your local Health Visitor will contact you approximately a week following birth and arrange your first health visitor appointment between 10-14 days.  They will discuss the relevant information regarding vaccinations and recommend that you contact your GP to register your baby and book their 6-week post-birth examination.