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[kittymom]

I took a HPT on Friday and it was positive. I called the doctor today and the receptionist will not get me in until March 8. She said the doctor will not see me until I am at least 8 weeks. Is this normal? I thought for sure they would have me come in to confirm or something.

Thank You
Shannon

 

[kgalas]

Hi Shannon,
I think it's pretty standard procedure. I didn't see my OB until I was 9 weeks along. It was the same for my girlfriend, who is currently pregnant. As for confirming, the HPTs are pretty accurate. I don't think you can get a false positive-the hcg hormone that denotes pregnancy has to be there. You can get a false negative, as I did, if it's too early to detect the levels of hcg. I'm not sure why they make us wait, if only cause it's so early and the risk of miscarriage is greater in the beginning. When I went in at nine weeks I had all my initial blood work done, as well as a complete health history. It's definitely a downer not to go in right away cause I'm sure you're so excited and the trip to the OB makes it more real. Don't worry, you'll be going to so many appointments soon enough, you'll be sick of them by the end!

Take care and congratulations!

Klaudia

 

[Connie34]

HI SHANNON...they did the same to me. Actually, my doctor didn't even see me until I was 12 weeks along.

Just my experience!

Good Luck-Connie

 

[star_dust]

Hi Shannon,

I had a similar experience and didn't see a midwife until 13 weeks after a 12 week ultrasound to confirm a healthy fetus. Good luck and congrats on the positive result!

Annie

 

[Shopahollic]

Congrats! With DD#1 I immediately saw my doc for a bloodtest. With dd#2, I was seeing a different doctor. The scheduled me at 8 weeks pregnant. I was suprised how accurate the home tests were, the only positives I got were the 2 times I was pregnant.

 

[Lulu Belle]

The same thing happened to me! I have a two year old, and when I was pregnant with her I saw the doctor right away. But now I'm pregnant again, and I can't get in to see the doctor until they they think I'm 8 weeks. My appointment is not for another week and a half! I can't stand the wait!

 

[masha]

Shannon,

I have exact same story. My OB won't see me until March 14th. I am eager to check that everything is OK, but...

I agree that HPTs are very accurate, I used them a lot while I was trying to get pregnant for the first time and never had a false positive.

So, let's just keep exercising until our first visits!

Congratulations!
Masha

 

[Christine77]

Hi Shannon,

I just found out that I was expecting on Jan 29th. I called my doctor's office the next day for an appt. and the girl on the phone told me she wouldn't see me till the end of Feb. - my first appt is this Monday Feb 26th -- I thought it was a bit long of a wait too - but from what I have read and what the girl said - they wait b/c then they can hear a heart beat. The book "WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING" is good and pregnancy.org is also good - you can get a pregnanct calendar and it tells you what is happening day by day and month by month.

Best of Luck!

Christine

 

[dianet]

Some doctors do that. I had my first appt at 6 1/2 weeks, b/c my doc does the first appt between 6-8 weeks. Also, if you are really concerned (maybe had previous m/c) they you could get your blood tests to check for HCG and progestrone levels. You should get two tests to check for doubling (HCG numbers should double within 2-3 days). That is a good sign that things are going well so far. But it also can be a cause of stress, so it is not for everyone. I did it, and it tided me over until my first appt.

 

[Amber Le]

>I took a HPT on Friday and it was positive. I called the
>doctor today and the receptionist will not get me in until
>March 8. She said the doctor will not see me until I am at
>least 8 weeks. Is this normal? I thought for sure they would
>have me come in to confirm or something.
>
>Thank You
>Shannon
The exact same thing happened to me about a month ago! as a matter of fact i just got to see my doctor about 2 weeks ago and asked her this very question and her reply was that i could hav gotten my dates mixed up

 

[Cole7626]

Yes, that is standard. With all three of my pregnancies the O.B. did not see me until then but I had my general doctor confirm the pregnancy with a blood test.

Nicole

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[kisfit]

Hmm... I have always gotten a blood test done to confirm the pregnancy by my OB. Met the OB at around 10 weeks. If you were seeing a fertility specialist then they will see you within 4 weeks.
-K

 

[Manmohini]

Last March when I was pregnant for the first time, they told me to wait until near the end of my first trimester. Well, when I went in, they discovered (unbeknownst to me) that the baby had met with "fetal demise," and, a few days later, I endured miserable miscarriage. It would have been nice to have gotten attention before this point, as I was blithely going along thinking that I was pregnant. I did not have a D&C, but the miscarriage turned out to be fairly nasty and prolonged.

This morning, a year later, I took an HPT test, and it was positive. I called the docs, and they've scheduled two blood tests immediately--one for today and one for Friday. Because of my history and age, they want to make sure my HCG levels are increasing significantly over a 48-hour period. I feel more comfortable with this. They're going to monitor things a lot more closely. My doc said that they normally do close monitoring early in pregnancy only when a woman has had more than 2 miscarriages. I've only had one, but my age is a also a concern to them. So I think if there is some history there, they like to see you early.

Maybe you can have your family doctor do the test?
Sincerely,
Manmohini
Manmohini