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When is/was your 1st appt?

I'm kind of frustrated that I called for an appt today and I was told they won't see me until I'm 10-12 weeks.  I'm really anxious in general, but having just had a miscarriage I was really hoping to at least HEAR a heartbeat at 6wks.  What has been your experience?  I at least have comfort that I go tomorrow and Thurs for betas and progesterone to make sure everything is rising appropriately. 


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Re: When is/was your 1st appt?

  • Did you tell them you've had a previous loss? If you did and they still won't see you then I would look for another provider. That may seem a little extreme, but I think that an important part my relationship with my OB is that he and his office staff ar compassionate. He normally doesn't see patients until around 10 weeks, but they agreed to see me earlier because I was clearly terrified to wait.
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  • I finally got my first hcg test results back, and depending on what the next round comes in at (getting it done today), my doctor said I will come in the week of the Dec 12th to hear/see the heartbeat. That would put me around the end of 6w or beginning of 7w.
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  • I will be 10 weeks for my first "real" appt. I had one today where they just drew blood and went over medical history. Where I go they don't schedule your first "real" appt until 10-12 weeks. I've also had a previous loss and it didn't make much of a difference.
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  • I think when they call back with the results of my labs I'm going to request to be seen sooner.  I know someone who is 8wks and has already had two appointments.  I know I could still miscarry after hearing a heartbeat, but I still feel like I would be more assured that things are at least progressing since last time I hadn't even had an appointment and lost at 6wks. 


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  • I was 7 weeks at my first appointment. 
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  • I had a confirmation appointment on Friday (4/5 weeks) and we have another appointment scheduled when we will be 7/8 weeks for an ultrasound. 
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  • I have a midwife appointment next week, which will be 5 or 6 weeks in (not 100% sure on the date of conception), and then the doctor is going to see me again in late January, so that will be about 10 weeks.
  • I had my first appointment at 5 weeks, 6 days. Each doctor will be different but it seems it's typical to have a first appoinent at 8 weeks. If you're not fixed on going to that one doctor you could ask around and maybe find a different doctor that will see you sooner and/or maybe more often. I've only lived in my area for about a year now and about 6 months after moving I found an ob to go to in order to try to figure out why we weren't getting pregnant after nearly a year. I waited nearly two hours to be seen. We ended up finding out that the problem was on my husband's end and the doctor was very inssenitive about it. I ended up finding a new doctor (the one I'm seeing now) and ended up conceiving naturally (with the help of fertility blend) shortly afterwards. This doctor sees me every four weeks and does his own u/s each visit and I don't wait more than 15 minutes to be seen.
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  • I went in today for b/w (HCG and progesterone) and to get my Rx for Crinone.  

    My first OB appt is 12/22 when I'll be 7w3d.  My OB's office usually won't schedule until after 8 weeks, but since my OB is booked solid until mid-January I was able to get in a little early.

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  • That's normal, my office doesn't schedule first appointments until 10-12 weeks.
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  • My first pregnancy they had me scheduled for my appointment at 10 weeks and I miscarried between 6 and 7 weeks. This time they are bringing me in for u/s at 6 weeks because I was a nervous wreck. 
  • My office wouldn't see me until I had missed at least 2 periods. It'll put me a little over 8 weeks.
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  • Mine was at 7 wks, 1 day, but my OB likes the first appt (with an internal u/s) between 6-8 weeks.  I had my second appt today and while my OB caught the heartbeat on the doppler, he took me down the hall and did an u/s because he wanted me to feel reassured since my loss.  This LO didn't want to hold still long enough for the doppler to get a good reading, so I was very happy that my OB did the u/s immediately.
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  • My 1st appt will be at 6 weeks with a CNW.  The Drs office said that the first 2 appts. are with CNW or NP  at around 5-6 weeks and the 3rd would be with a OB.    
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  • My first appointment was 6w1d (but based on my last period, they thought I was a week or two farther along - since my periods are irregular, that was off a bit).  They did bloodwork, and an ultrasound, so they told me how far along I was, and I got to "see" the heartbeat during the ultrasound.  My second appointment was at 10w1d, and I got to hear the heartbeat at that appointment.
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  • My first u/s was at 6 wks 1 day,  I wasn't far enough to see the heartbeats yet but she said that wasn't unusual.  She did want to see me back in a week though, so we went back today, 7 wks 1 day, and saw and heard heartbeats on both babies.
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  • 12/28-- I'll be 9w and it's with the NP. They will try to find the HB on doppler and if they can't then I'll go for an u/s.
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