[ozmidwifery] Obs first visits

[Sonja & Barry]

Dear all, I am hoping for some information about midwifery/maternity units that don't require women to be seen by an obstetrician at any stage throughout their pregnancy.  Info I need is do the midwives listen for heart sounds etc, do they see a GP, or is this all quite irrelevant and thus no needs to do any of these checks?  Some places call this a first visit, whilst others may use these checks to "allow" women access to birth centres etc.  I hope this makes sense. Regards Sonja