Have To Wait For Week 8 To Confirm PG?

CaliforniaSunshine

Is anyone else having to wait until their 8th week for their doctor to confirm their pregnancy? I have already had my first appointment to go over family history and have my labs done at 4.5 weeks, but do not confirm pg at the time. When I go in for my 8.5 week appointment, they will confirm by a pelvic exam and ultrasound.

I would feel so much better if the doctor or nurse just said to me "Your pregnant"! I still have 2 more weeks to go and the wait is killing me.

Hope&Love&Happiness

Me too!  I have to wait until 8 weeks as well.  18 days left!  lol

LouRN09

Boy do I wish I had an u/s a 8 weeks! I went in at 8 weeks for blood work and health history but dont get an u/s until 18-20 weeks. I should finally get to hear the heartbeat at my next appt at 11 weeks.

georgia_peachy

As you can see from my ticker, I'm into my 9th week and my first appointment is on Friday.  When I called at week 5 they scheduled my appointment and I questioned whether they needed to "confirm" it.  She asked me if I had at least 3 positive HPT.  I did.  She said "congratulations!" and that was that.

misma09

If you have had your lab work done, call and check on the level of the pregnancy hormones that are in your blood. They should be able to give you a time span of how many weeks you are too, based on the blood levels.

My dr won't do anything but lab work to confirm until 12 weeks. I did get an 8 week us b/c I was spotting, so that ended up being a good thing!

GL!

mrsjenni

If you had a + HPT, what's there to confirm?  You're PG.

It's pretty standard in a lot of practices to not have an u/s until 20w. 

bells039

My first appointment was at 8 weeks. My doctor did everything at that appointment including my first U/S. I have my NT scan today so I will get another U/S.

Pytko7

I had to wait till i was 8 weeks as well. The wait killed me.  We had a chemical pregnancy a few months before so I was always worried.  I had an u/s my first apt and heard the heart beat.  Good luck

CaitlinJ22

i know its hard to wait. My last doc (diff state) did bloodwork and an u/s at 6 wks to confirm. This doc doesnt do any bw and does an u/s at 8 wks, we have our u/s on weds. Its been hard to wait, but the way I look at it, we'll see more at 8 wks than I did with ds at 6wks.

oh and I felt the same way as you--until I got  m/s and feel pregnant all the time!

SoldiersGreenBean

It's pretty standard to not be seen until 10 or 12 weeks, and just as standard to only ever have the anatomy u/s at 20 weeks.

EricsWife2005

Confirming was doing your labwork - I assume they did your HCG levels at that appointment. It is very common not to have an early u/s during your 1st trimester if you have had no previous miscarriages or complications. So yay for you! You get to have an early u/s!

jess60

My OB doesn't schedule any appts until 8-10 weeks.

Ruthgers

Yeah, I had to wait until 8 weeks for mine.  It was here before I knew it.

CaliforniaSunshine

EricsWife2005:

Confirming was doing your labwork - I assume they did your HCG levels at that appointment. It is very common not to have an early u/s during your 1st trimester if you have had no previous miscarriages or complications. So yay for you! You get to have an early u/s!

No HCG levels. They told me that the ONLY way they confirm pregnancy is by a pelvic and an ultrasound. I thought they would confirm by either my urinalysis or by one of the many vials of blood that they took. I tried to the the H1N1 vaccine, but they told me that I am not considered pregnant until I see the doctor and she does a pelvic and ultrasound.

triple_sevens

I've had an u/s at my gyno's every week since my BFP (weeks 4/5/6) and I'm having one this week (7) and then will have my first OB visit in the 8th week. Five straight weeks of vaginal ultrasounds!

The downside is--I've had spotting, cramping, and fears of miscarriage. And I'm STILL nervous and scared even after seeing the heartbeat last week (finally).

So early u/s don't really help that much with the worry and they can't do anything to prevent loss of the pregnancy.

BelhurstBride

I had to have a positive blood test before I could even make an appointment with my OB. Even then they didn't want to see me until 8 weeks.

My first u/s will be at 22wks.

pepomntpat

Riley*sMom:

EricsWife2005:

Confirming was doing your labwork - I assume they did your HCG levels at that appointment. It is very common not to have an early u/s during your 1st trimester if you have had no previous miscarriages or complications. So yay for you! You get to have an early u/s!

No HCG levels. They told me that the ONLY way they confirm pregnancy is by a pelvic and an ultrasound. I thought they would confirm by either my urinalysis or by one of the many vials of blood that they took. I tried to the the H1N1 vaccine, but they told me that I am not considered pregnant until I see the doctor and she does a pelvic and ultrasound.

That doesn't make any sense at all.

BelhurstBride

triple_sevens:

I've had an u/s at my gyno's every week since my BFP (weeks 4/5/6) and I'm having one this week (7) and then will have my first OB visit in the 8th week. Five straight weeks of vaginal ultrasounds!

The downside is--I've had spotting, cramping, and fears of miscarriage. And I'm STILL nervous and scared even after seeing the heartbeat last week (finally).

So early u/s don't really help that much with the worry and they can't do anything to prevent loss of the pregnancy.

Whoa. Talk about a waste of money on your doctor's part!

CaliforniaSunshine

pepomntpat:

Riley*sMom:

EricsWife2005:

Confirming was doing your labwork - I assume they did your HCG levels at that appointment. It is very common not to have an early u/s during your 1st trimester if you have had no previous miscarriages or complications. So yay for you! You get to have an early u/s!

No HCG levels. They told me that the ONLY way they confirm pregnancy is by a pelvic and an ultrasound. I thought they would confirm by either my urinalysis or by one of the many vials of blood that they took. I tried to get the the H1N1 vaccine, but they told me that I am not considered pregnant until I see the doctor and she does a pelvic and ultrasound.

That doesn't make any sense at all.

I know it doesn't make any sense at all. It's nuts. I really wanted to get the H1N1 vaccine, but since the doctor hasn't confirmed me pregnant they denied me. I would think that confirmation would be one of the first things they do. It's funny how those little words, "Your pregnant" can ease your mind so much.