Yay! I'm Pregnant!

So why isn't my doctor as excited as I am?

Submitted by Alisa

I'm pregnant. I literally just peed on a stick two days ago, and it's still sinking in. So I'm barely pregnant, but pregnant, nonetheless.

I called my OB this morning and proudly announced I was pregnant, as if they haven't heard that one before. I don't know what I expected. I mean, it's not like they're going to squeal with delight that another one of the hundreds of women that they treat is pregnant. Still, a small squeal would be nice.

Instead, the receptionist sighed and told me that they would schedule my first appointment four weeks from today when I'm eight weeks along. What the heck? Won't I be having contractions by then? What's all this talk about good prenatal care when the doctor doesn't want to see me until I'm two months pregnant?

I'm new to this whole pregnancy thing. My body aches in weird places. I feel nauseated and tired and bloated. Perhaps the hormones are contributing to my emotional freak out right now, but I don't want to wait four weeks. I want to go to the doctor today. I want him to check me out, to do an ultrasound, to tell me everything is going to be OK. I want to hit him with questions about morning sickness cures and exercising and vitamins. I need my doctor in a whole new way—and for some strange reason, he thinks that I can wait. But I can't!

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newdawnnewday Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 11/16/2009 - 2:00PM Report Abuse	my ob was so happy for us, we met in his office and he came in laughing and saying how great it was and i just adore the guy. it's baby #3. our first two are almost 6 years apart and we did clomid for #2. #3 was a surprise and will be just 21 months younger than his big sister. my ob's nurse on the other hand said 'does your husband know?' in a tone that implied she thought he might be disappointed that i was pregnant 'AGAIN'. we couldn't be happier!
pamulathegreat Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 10/22/2009 - 1:58PM Report Abuse	my doc was like "yay pam yay!!!" my obgyn was like "oh okay" >.< i wish my doc could deliver.
Brase_Family Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 10/21/2009 - 1:29PM Report Abuse	I found out the morning of my birthday (oct 12th) that I was pregnant! Talk about ultimate birthday gift! It's going to be the most memorable birthday ever. We had been TTC for 6 months, and was starting to lose hope. 5 weeks pregnant with baby #2!
Makaaroon Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 10/15/2009 - 6:19AM Report Abuse	Well.... when I called the medical centre to cheerfully announce I'm pregnant the receptionist's response was 'So you're keeping it?' - guess that's the British way to deal with happy news?? Seeing the midwife in three weeks.... hopefully by then it'll feel a bit less surreal, well planned though this is my brain can't quite accept what the body is screaming - hello huge appetite, strange tummy pains and soooore boobs!
Trix1 Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 9/26/2009 - 1:10PM Report Abuse	I KNOW!!!! Actually you are having better luck than I am. I'm 39 years old, this is my first pregnancy, it was unexpected and I don't have a doctor. I've been calling all over town, and nobody wants to see me until 12 weeks! What the heck! I had anemia a few years ago. I'm overweight. These doctors don't know that and won't until they see me, so they can't counsel me on what I need to be doing until I have an appointment. I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing. I'm getting all my information off the internet and from friends and books, and all the books I read say that "the ob-gyn will do a long exam when you are 5 or 6 weeks" and things to that effect. But nobody I've called even wants to have anything to do with me yet. It's freaking me out. I want to have a nurse-midwife and have a natural birth in a birthing center. Even at the birthing center they are very laid-back about this whole thing, although they said I can come in anytime for a tour of the facility. I want an exam and a blood test, not a tour! I don't get it. One of my friends had all her babies with a midwife at home, and said she was always seen immediately as soon as she called her midwife to say she was pregnant. I don't want to call her midwife though because I don't want a home birth. I'm getting really frustrated, and that's not how I want to feel right now.
brandibell Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 9/17/2009 - 7:12PM Report Abuse	Congrats! I understand your excitement about your pregnancy but dont be frustrated with the doctors office. With my first (3.5 yrs ago) i had to wait until i was at least 6wks and with this pregnancy (im 29wks) I had to wait until 8wks before doc would see me. I think its more or less a way of them giving your body time to adjust and ensure that there is a baby in there especially considering some women have miscarriages within the first 4-12 wks. Dont worry, just enjoy the fact that you had a positive preggers test and do whatever you can to eat healthy and eliminate all of the bad things you've been doing up to this time. This will give you lots of time to read books about your pregnancy and really bone up on lots of info and details and this way when you do go to the doctor, you can have your list ready to go and fire away with any questions or concerns. Congrats again!
Officerbrat Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 9/17/2009 - 1:56PM Report Abuse	My doctor actually gave me a hug. Could be because I have been seeing the same doctor since i was 12. So now at 28 he gets to see the new line of my family get here. He actually told me he was ready. My doctor is the greatest. However, I have to go to a different OB. Blah!
bradfordsgirl Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 8/17/2009 - 1:54PM Report Abuse	I found out last Wednesday by the home prego test, found out last Thursday by quantitative hCG. However, my level was only 63. They made me wait the weekend until this morning to come in to get another quantitative hCG. Level was 222. Still kind of low, and I have history of ectopic pregnancy, so we're watching. However, they told me to make an appointment for 8-9 weeks, and that's what I did. Don't feel real prego yet...little achy boobs, little nauseous, nothing like my other 3 children. God did not bless me with patience!! These 4 weeks are going to torture me!!! I just pray I stay pregnant. I have three fantastic sons, and I'd love another one, or a precious daughter for that matter!!!
NewMomToBe Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 8/13/2009 - 8:59PM Report Abuse	I had a positive pregnancy test two days ago, called the OB yesterday, and was seen by a nurse practitioner today. They were very pleasant on the phone and excited for me. I will start my vitamins now and go back in 3 weeks to meet with my doctor and have my first ultrasound and physical. All of my bloodwork was done today.
picasso1974 Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 8/9/2009 - 12:37AM Report Abuse	i am suprised! am only 4 weeks had a blood test on thursday my Dr congratulated me herself & asked me to make an apt w the nurse & recomended some vitimns its nt prenatal yet, they will meet me for an hr to get fam history how long u been seing this DR? u can always switch remember this Dr will be delivering ur baby u wanna be able to trust them
emcsquard Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 6/22/2009 - 9:19AM Report Abuse	MissKatie86...I completely understand. All of my children have been delivered by and or via military doctor/hospital care. This last COL took the cake! I was actually there because my last two periods consisted mostly of brown blood and very little red blood.. He smiled the whole time and listened declared me 12 weeks pregnant and told me his nurse would see me in 2 weeks. That was all never said one other word and when i prodded him to say anything about the viablility of this pregnancy or the brown blood previously he just smiled and stared as if i was speaking in a language he did not understand and wanted to be polite. To make everything weirder I told the nurse I have had 4 miscarriages in the past 18months and i am very nervous she scheduled an ultrasound for 3 days later. The ultrasound measured the gestational sac at 5 weeks. If he would have listened at my first appointment and did the qualatative HcG count i requested none of this guessing would be going on!!! now i have to wait for more blood work, another ultrasound or a miscarriage. i feel numb not knowing which will come first. the COL after the second appointment was no longer smiling he just stared and said you need your blood drawn and another appointment a week from today. SMHO
MissKatie86 Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 6/19/2009 - 9:19PM Report Abuse	I actually only got a really faint line on the HPT, but, due to medications I am on to treat Bi-Polar disorder, we needed immediate confirmation. Today I went in to make an appointment with an OB (we're military and have to be seen on base) I got the same no-exctement reaction. I wanted to hit the woman. I have been trying for 10 months and I want to jump for joy, but you look at me like I'm just another bitchy, hormonal pregnant woman that you'll have to deal with. Even a smile would have been appreciated!
mimc25 Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 6/17/2009 - 2:14PM Report Abuse	Hah, we had the opposite dilemma. I called our doctor to tell him I had two positive pregnancy tests and that I wanted to schedule an appointment for the beginnings of July. I was only 23 days pregnant and it made no sense for me to go in then because they would not e able to really do anything other than verify that yes there is HcG in my blood stream. An ultrasound may not be able to detect a baby that small because all he/she is an egg sac also there is no heartbeat. I have had two other normal pregnancies. I am healthy. I am not experiencing ant cramping or morning sickness. This baby as my others was planned so I am already taking prenatal vitamins and have had a health screening. So really, there was just nothing for him to do. He insisted that I make an appointment that week because he wanted to see me. I will be seen this week to appease him.
cosmogurl81 Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 5/25/2009 - 10:22AM Report Abuse	Well hello all, my first of many posts i'm sure, i'm anxiously awaiting my first appointment (in about an hour!) My hubby and i found out may 15th. that puts me at just under 7 weeks....We have been trying ever since an unfortunate miscarriage(5 days before our wedding), almost 5 years ago. My anxiety level is high but so is my optimisim:) Can't wait for that first ultrasound to make sure this isn't all a dream... nervous and excited
MaryMoo Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 4/30/2009 - 11:24PM Report Abuse	I just found that i'm pregnant on tuesday. I called my doc on wed and they said they wanted to see me friday. but i just got a new health insurance so to be extra sure it's kicked in, she changed it to next friday instead.
Mearick Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 3/9/2009 - 7:24PM Report Abuse	I'm around twelve weeks myself; when I called my doctor, the lady on the phone seemed pretty happy that I was pregnant and willing to help. When I had to get an appointment with an OB for the first time, the lady on the phone said that they would haven't wanted me in earlier on in my pregnancy, around 7 weeks. But I just found out three weeks ago and I had to confirm the tests and tell my parents, so. . .XD Oh well.
gsxrgirl0479 Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 3/9/2009 - 6:18PM Report Abuse	Oh my goodness could it be that I have a really good doctor then? When I called mine, they had me come right in to confirm everything. I then had to get referred to an OB because mine is quite a ways away and no way I'm trying to drive or even ride an hour and a half in labor! Anyways my doctors office got me right in and all the nurses were hugging me and stuff, the doctor was a little less energetic about it but I figure she was crazy busy! When I called my OB they made an appointment for my first check up and ultrasound on the 30th of the month and I'm just 5 weeks now. I will say I thought they'd want to see me sooner because I had a hard time conceiving and I've got endometriosis...I know my regular OB would've wanted to see me last week but this is going to be a new person so I am playing that game with them...if I don't like them I'll change...its early enough on!
mlsloan7 Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 3/7/2009 - 2:48PM Report Abuse	When I found out and called my doctor, he only did a blood exam to verify that I was prego. Then he scheduled me in for another 2 weeks. They do their first ultrasound around 9 or 10 weeks and then the take it from there. Do ask ther for a copy of the pics. My technician wouldn't give me any if I hadn't asked her.
borabora Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 2/27/2009 - 7:11PM Report Abuse	well, I think I'm pregna , not sure yet. but i feel weir. my last period was 2/7/09 I was ovulating by the 20th now is the 27, 3 weeks later and i feel a bit nausea. Last wed i kind of bleed a litte bit, which that was suppouse to be the implantation day. On monday the 23 I woke up with bad cramps in my belly, don't know why, but think it may be relate. I do have 2 kids and my younger is 10, so I'm very scare about having a baby now; I'm 36 years old. any suggestions.
ANNAKEKE Send a Note Send a Gift Write on ME page 2/15/2009 - 11:03PM Report Abuse	get used to peeing because you'll be doing a lot of that in your last stage