How many appointments?

coloradoalyssa · July 2011

For those of you with twins, how often are your appointments with your OB? Do you see a specialist as well or just your OB?

NicoleeBonsai · July 2011

i see an MFM - i wasn't pleased with how my OB was going to treat my twins pregnancy, so i switched around 10 weeks. most MFMs don't deliver, but luckily mine does.

i go every 4 weeks until i hit 35 weeks, then i will start going weekly. from what i see on the board, this is a different schedule than most doctors keep with their twins pregnancies, but i trust my doctor so i don't mind

ETA: once i hit 20-ish weeks, i started to have growth scans (ultrasounds) before every appt with my doctor. everything has been normal, which is why i'm guessing he only needs to see me every 4 weeks. if something was abnormal, i'm guessing i would see him more frequently.

LadyGolfer523 · July 2011

I saw my OB (so far) at 10 weeks for my first visit, 12 weeks for NT scan, 16 weeks for quad scan, and back at 20 weeks.

I did see the MFM at 18 weeks for my anatomy scan. I will be going back to them at 23 weeks for a fetal echo.

I plan to ask at my 20 week appointment how often they'll want to see me to do growth scans (which can be about every 2 weeks from what I was told early on by one of the Dr.'s in the practice).

kthappy76 · July 2011

I go every four weeks (OB + u/s), then every 2 after 20, and weekly sometime later in the 3rd tri. My OB is a high risk specialist and the practice (8 OBs) also have a MFM that reviews my file, so I don't have a 2nd Dr. at this point. I also went to a geneticist at 10 for b/w and 12 for the NT scan.

leecrystalwed08 · July 2011

10wk - 25wk Every 4 weeks with OB

15wk- 27wk Every 2 weeks with MFM (U/S babies and Cervix Check)

27wk- Every 2 weeks till babies come with OB

27wk- Babies and Cervix both great only once a month with MFM.. However...at 32wk I have to start twice weekly "non-stress tests" on the babies. I am doing them at the MFM office since he is here in the hospital I work at.

petite chouette · July 2011

With my OB, I've been going every 2 weeks (with an ultrasound at every appt). I also saw the MFM at 9 weeks (to monitor SCHs), and will again for the NT scan next week.

Once I'm into 2nd tri, I think at some point I will be going to the MFM every week for an ultrasound. I'm anti-RO/SSA, and there is a small chance that it can cause heart issues in the babies, so they will monitor me more closely. I don't know how often my OB will want me to come in at that point.

It's a good thing I really like my doctors!

amh1979 · July 2011

Right now I'm seeing my OB every 4 weeks and my MFM/Peri every 4 weeks but they alternate so I have an appointment every 2 weeks.

katezta · July 2011

I go to the OB and MFM.

Started with the MFM for the NT screen and then every 4 weeks for cervical length and growth scan. It periodically switched from 4 weeks to 2 weeks then back to every 3 weeks depending on my symptoms. I started having BH at 16 weeks and then a lot of pressure in the 20s because I am a teacher and stood a lot.

The OB has seen me every 4 weeks until 32 weeks and now I see them every 2 weeks. I assume that will also change soon.

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