Hi everyone!!

[Jendee720]

First of all congratulations to you all!!!  Last Sunday I found out I was pregnant with my first child.  It will be the first baby in a long time on both sides of the family, not to mention the first grandchild on both sides also.  Needless to say everyone is thrilled, including my husband and I of course.  We told everyone for Christmas which was extra special.  However, this has made me so nervous because I haven't even seen my doctor yet.  I calculated my due date with the nifty pregnancy calculator which I'm sure many of you used also :).  Just curious about what to expect for my first ob/gyn appointment???  How soon can I get an ultrasound??  I am about five weeks now (by my own calculations)  Looking forward to going to the doctor..  Glad to see that a forum for this due date already exsists

[jtaylor102481]

well i have noticed that the frist exams with my  frist  two were similar  my family history pelvice exam and lots of bloodwork  and lots of  questions  also i  didnt get and ultrasound with them until  about 12 wks  with my  youngest who is  going to be  two the situation was different  i had a  tubla ligation  after having my  son in 2006  so when i found out i was pregnant with her it was a different  ball game  i had an ultrasound right away  before anything to make sure i had a  viable  pregnancy  and not  epotic one  and it was the same when i   i found out with  this pregnancy   i actually have had three ultrasounds already  due to  some bleeding and  cramping  but  everything as been  fine i am  going in for my frist offical obgyn appt tomorrow. i didnt have to  check my  HCG  via bloodwork  because i  actually work in a lab and ran my own bloodwork  on my  machines  talk about  getting a shock on  the job . well goood luck  happy healthy  nine months to

[sepears1]

congrats!

as far as first appointments go, I think it depends a lot on the doc. I was told the first appointment would be a pelvic exam, family history, complete blood work, and lots of menstrual questions.

For me, when i went in to see my doc, He asked a couple questions and gave me orders to go get blood work to check my hcg, and an ultrasound. He said he wanted to make sure i had a viable pregnancy ( and not eptopic because i've had cramping) before he put me through all the pelvic exams and such.

Now my second appointment will include the family history, calculating fetal age, exams, and more in-depth blood work