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Bridget

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Doctor Shmoctor! Posted: 08-01-07 13:35pm


i just called to make my first prenatal appointment and i ended up with 3! my first one is for aug 23 and it's my intake. i don't know what that means... paperwork, perhaps? bloodwork? the second is for sept 4 and that's for my exam. the third is for sept 19 and that's when i'll see my doctor. i switched to this practice halfway through my last pregnancy so i didn't know what to expect. 3 appointments is just weird to me. why not combine them? anyway, i'm hoping they'll give me an ultrasound! if not, i hope to at least hear the heartbeat. i'll be 9 weeks 2 days at the second appointment and 11 weeks 3 days at the third so we'll see!

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Posted: 08-01-07 13:46pm


well they might not wanna combine it because it might take a long time? that is wierd though lol

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Posted: 08-01-07 13:52pm


oh man I can't wait! Tha is quite odd.. never heard of that before

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Posted: 08-01-07 13:52pm


Nah, it's completely normal. Bridget's havin' triplets.

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Posted: 08-01-07 13:54pm

hopefulmjz wrote:

Nah, it's completely normal. Bridget's havin' triplets. Very
Happy

but she only had sex once! Duh! lol

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Posted: 08-01-07 13:55pm


I had the intake one (all is is history and paperwork, kinda boring), the check-up one (initial weight, setting bp base- again boring) and then I finally got to meet my dr. Took awhile but I did meet her! Then she did the first internal. That was fun Maybe all places do things differently- I really don't know. This is my first pregnancy.

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Posted: 08-01-07 14:12pm


Wow that does seem kinda weird.. although over here it's all done differently anyway.. doctors & midwives don't do internal exams until you're in labour, & you see a midwife throughout the pregnancy rather than a doctor (unless there's any problems). At my first appointment the midwife did the paperwork & the bloodwork & took my bp, weighed me etc.. & it took a maximum of like 15 minutes. I wonder why you have to go three times! Well, let us know what happens! =)

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Posted: 08-01-07 14:16pm


maybe theres alot of pregnant women so this way they at least get to the dr asap, i dunno just a thought,i know when u switchto a different dr u have the initial appt to go over your records and stuff

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Re: Doctor Shmoctor!
Posted: 08-01-07 14:29pm

BridgetHeartsFinn wrote:

i just called to make my first prenatal appointment and i ended up with 3!

my first one is for aug 23 and it's my intake. i don't know what that means... paperwork, perhaps? bloodwork?

the second is for sept 4 and that's for my exam.

the third is for sept 19 and that's when i'll see my doctor.

i switched to this practice halfway through my last pregnancy so i didn't know what to expect. 3 appointments is just weird to me. why not combine them?

anyway, i'm hoping they'll give me an ultrasound! if not, i hope to at least hear the heartbeat. i'll be 9 weeks 2 days at the second appointment and 11 weeks 3 days at the third so we'll see!

That's the way my appointments went. They didn't make them all at once though. I went it for my first appointment and they just did a family history, my next appointment was just for blood work and then the third appointment was with my actual doctor and he did the internal exam and we got to hear the heartbeat for the first time.

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Posted: 08-01-07 17:17pm


Weird, but I guess I saw a midwife, so my 1st appt was about an hour and we did all of those things. I'm still blown away that your'e preggo! Congrats! (I didn't get a chance to post in the other forum, sorry about all of that!) Sticky dust your way!

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Posted: 08-01-07 19:59pm


That's strange. At my 1st appointment I had my exam and he told me my due date, I also did blood work. My next appointment was my ultrasound to confirm my due date and do paperwork. With my dr. they squeeze you in if you think you're pregnant. I had an appointment in 2 days with Ava.

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Posted: 08-01-07 20:04pm


I don't see why they are so spread out? Kinda weird. I had my first one with paperwork, and testing. Then a week, and a half later i had my visit with the doc, and the ultrasound. But like they said every place is different.

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Posted: 08-02-07 02:27am


They even do it differently in different parts of the UK LOL I had a "booking appt" where the midwife did paper work, my height, weight, bp, history etc and took bloodwork. (done at doctors office) - pre 10 weeks Then I had an appt with the consultant - about 10 mins around 8 weeks and got the form to book my "dating scan". First scan done around 10 weeks, but they thought I was a bit less (about 9 weeks) so I was re-booked for 2 weeks later. Then I had my second scan which gave the same dates as the first anyway. Then at 20 weeks I would have seen the consultant again. Then the midwife at 24, consultant at 28, midwife at 30, 32, 34, consultant at 36, 38, 39, 40 and further if need be. Nope I didn't remember that all I had to go look up my old notes LOL

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Posted: 08-02-07 06:10am


i saw the doctor at 5 weeks who arranged for the hospital appointments. i had a scan at 12 weeks with bloods, all the paper work, weighing, urine tests. i saw the midwife every couple of weeks from then on. at 20 weeks i had my scan, urine samples and bloods done. think i had bloods done again a couple of times after that as i had lack of iron. i didnt see a doctor until i had my water infections and then i didnt see one until i was discharged from hospital. i only had an internal exam when i had thrush(!) and then when i was in labour

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Posted: 08-02-07 08:16am

now i'm wondering if maybe they think i'm a new patient. i guess i just don't get the first appointment, if it is what i think it is. they should already have all my paperwork and history from finn.

well, i guess we'll see!

i'm very excited. i was actually surprised when she said i'd be seeing my doctor at the 3rd one. last time i didn't even meet this woman until i was in the hospital! she's awesome though and i'll never go to anyone else as long as she's practicing. she's also one of the top doctors in NH so that makes me feel comfortable with her.

nick's excited because he works at the hospital which is next to my doctor's office and he'll take finn around the hospital while i'm at my appointments. he can't wait to parade him around and show him off!

oh, and things seem so different between here and the UK!

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I'm still blown away that your'e preggo! Congrats! (I didn't get a chance to post in the other forum, sorry about all of that!)

*Sticky dust your way!*

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Posted: 08-02-07 19:23pm


I think it's strange that ya'll don't see the doctor right away. My doctor's there for everything. He even does the ultrasounds. When I got bloodwork, he came talk to me b/c he knows that I pass out easily. 9 years ago I passed out after an exam and he remembers that.

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Posted: 08-02-07 19:36pm


my practice only has 2 doctors and they're usually at births so we rarely see them. i go to the lab which isn't affiliated with the office for bloodwork, the u/s sound room is at the office but the u/s tech performs it, i see a nurse for pretty much everything else.

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Posted: 08-02-07 19:45pm


I saw my doctor every single time. The only thing she didn't do was my weight, BP, & my ultrasounds. I lovedlovedloved her. She even delivered Gabe. But I never had my "first prenatal appointment" cut up into 3. That seems a bit over the top to me. Bridget, you should call & make sure they know you aren't a new patient. I would be highly annoyed if I went in to fill out paper work, filled it out, & then realized that they didn't need it!