Osteopaths: schedule baby and pregnancy appointments

A baby appointment rarely runs like an adult one: feeds, changes and a parent with questions all take time. Pregnancy appointments need a calm start and room to move. If both sit in standard slots, your day runs late. With Book, you give these visits their own services, with longer slots at the times that suit them, so parents book the right appointment and the rest of your day stays on time.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description, all shown on your public page. Each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.

Durations are examples: set your own according to your practice and the rules that apply to you.

Give baby appointments extra time for feeds and settling, and don't stack them back to back with your busiest hours. Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date, so you can keep, say, late mornings for babies and pregnant patients. You create each slot, so a gap after a baby appointment never appears on your page.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note. A parent books in their own name and adds the baby's first name in the note. Each online booking takes one place, so twins mean two bookings, or one longer slot you create yourself from your bookings list.

The note reaches you in the new booking email and appears in the parent's calendar file. Ask parents and pregnant patients not to describe symptoms or health details there; you'll discuss everything during the visit, according to the rules that apply to you. A neutral service name, such as "Baby consultation", is enough.

If a follow-up is needed, book it from your bookings list at the end of the visit. First and last name are enough; with the parent's email, they get a confirmation with a calendar file. Book doesn't send reminders, so that calendar file matters for tired parents.

With a baby, arriving on time isn't always possible. The longer slot absorbs a little delay; say in the description how late a family can be before you'll need to rebook.

Book has one booking page per business and no staff field. In a shared practice, create baby and pregnancy services per osteopath, so each family books with the right person.

Book doesn't store medical records, take payments or send reminders. Patients can't move or cancel online: they contact you. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.