Question about your 1st doctors visit?

I just called obgyn to make my first app't. They aren't seeing me until march 31.....I'll be just shy of 7 weeks then (counting day one on conception date).

Is that normal?

I have a call into the nurse to get some prenatals, so i'll double check with her, but it seems so far away.

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I went in when I was a little over 4 weeks. I didn't see my doctor. I saw the NP and they gave me pretty much a HPT to confirm the pregnancy and took blood work and went over any questions I had. My next appointment was with my doctor when I was 8 weeks.

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That's pretty normal for anyone who has no expectations of a high risk pregnancy and is healthy.

You don't have to wait to get pre-natals, you can buy them OTC in any pharmacy or Target.

It's better to get in later than early, if you are not a high risk patient. If you go in early, it can stress you more because they might do a sonogram to confirm the pregnancy, and at this point there is practically nothing there. It can make you freak out a bit, thinking about the next time you are going and hoping something is there...so I would consider it normal to be just shy of 7 weeks.

That's actually a little early compared to most OB offices who will many times make patients wait until 9 or 10 weeks.

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I went to confirm with a blood test at 5 weeks & had a sono at 6 weeks (heard HB ). I think I was earlier than usual though because I went to my old GYN for a referral to an OB.

I'm seeing the OB for the first time today (now I'm just about 11 weeks.)

BTW, I believe you count how many weeks you are based on your last period, not since conception.. so you are probably a few weeks further along than you think if you currently are counting from ovulation. I have irregular cycles, but knew my O date so I googled online due date calculators that used the ovulation date to figure it out, and the Dr came up with the same date when he calculated.

Message edited 2/28/2011 12:05:39 PM.

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That seems to be the norm actually. Two people in my office just got pregnant and both of them will be 8 weeks at their first OB visit.

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It's definitely normal. My office wouldn't see me until 8 weeks but told me to call if I had any questions or was having any issues.

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my doctor doesnt do the first apt till 8 weeks...i was 7 weeks 4 days tho

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Sounds standard to me. My 1st official appt was at 7w and we got to hear the heartbeat and see the little bean. I did however go in around 5w for spotting.

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Yes that's pretty standard. My doctor wouldn't see me until 8 weeks.

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Yes that is pretty normal - esp if they want to do a sono. I think I went at 6w and they just saw the HB but any earlier than that and you might not see anything other than a sac
You can always go and have them do a blood test to confirm everything

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Most offices are like this ... I saw my OB at 7w1d.

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Yep. I will be 7w4d at my first appointment this time...I think I was just a few days earlier the first time around....

My Dr says this is pretty much bc if you don't have any history of complications and/or reasons for concerns, they can't see much (i.e. heartbeat) before approx 7 weeks.....