What to Expect...

Leah112

Hi ladies I have my first appointment with my ob/gyn this week and was wondering what is usually involved for the first appointment? They told me that the appointment will be at least an hour even though I am an existing patient. Just wondering what I should expect? Any insight is appreciated, TIA!!

brittneyandadam

Mine started with vitals and a urine sample. Then I went into an exam room to fill out some paperwork and answer some questions from the nurse. I was then taken to one of the OB's offices to talk about what to expect through the pregnancy as far as appointments and such. She then answered any questions I had and we talked about my medications, IF history...etc. She took me back to the exam room and I got changed into a gown. She then performed a vaginal exam, pap smear, checked my uterine growth, examined my bb's and listened to the baby's hb on doppler. She also wrote a script for me to go get b/w done.

This will be the longest OB appt you'll have during your pregnancy...the rest will last a half hour tops. GL!

twistsandturnsto2

I had to have some bloodwork done(lots of of blood drawn!), a ultrasound, pee in a cup, blood pressure and med history check, and then finally a meeting with my doc. She wanted to answer any questions, give us info on first Tri screening, and give us a packet with things to know/do now that we were expecting.

MJC1116

I did vital signs and weight, urine sample, ultrasound, and spent about 15 minutes discussing things with my doctor. She let me ask tons of questions and answered them all very patiently. I got a nice goody bag with a bunch of samples in there

BBColt78

twistsandturnsto2 said:

I had to have some bloodwork done(lots of of blood drawn!), a ultrasound, pee in a cup, blood pressure and med history check, and then finally a meeting with my doc. She wanted to answer any questions, give us info on first Tri screening, and give us a packet with things to know/do now that we were expecting.

This was the exact same as mine.

I didn't have to have any exams as mine were all done at the RE.

brooklynesque

twistsandturnsto2 said:

I had to have some bloodwork done(lots of of blood drawn!), a ultrasound, pee in a cup, blood pressure and med history check, and then finally a meeting with my doc. She wanted to answer any questions, give us info on first Tri screening, and give us a packet with things to know/do now that we were expecting.

This for me also. Apart from the u/s there really wasn't a physical exam. I honk normally she might have examined boobs but I had had a mammo a few months prior.

lcloffredo

With my first DD there was urine sample blood work, talked to the nurse examined by the Dr including ultrasound and Pap. Then I also had to talk to billing about all the costs throughout pregnancy and delivery and to set up a payment plan.

FutureMrsW9

Mine included:
- complete medical overview for both me and DH even though I've been seeing them for like 10 years
- vitals and weight
- blood draw
- urine sample
- pap
- transvag u/s
- sit-down w/doctor to go over various elective testing and what she recommended doing and not doing (NT scan, A/S, etc), food dos/don'ts, vaccination info for me and DH, hospital info, answer any questions I had at that point, etc. etc. etc.