Would you have your MW paged-- UPDATE

[ilovemyavery]

to get your HCG levels? My MW orderd my first quant. HCG check yesterday, Thursday. She forgot to mention that they are closed on Friday and I can't get the results until MONDAY!!

I called the OB office that they are based out of and the reception said that no one there has accsess to the MW's patient files. I called the lab/family pratice where I got the blood drawn and they don't get the results back there, they are sent to the MW's. So my desperatly wanted HCG levels are sitting on some desk, 20 miles away and no one can tell me what they are until Monday!!! I didn't talk with the MW's but I was hoping to get a second HCG drawn on Saturday (the lab is open) so I could get those results back on Monday. Now I have to wait unitl Monday to get the first results back! :irked: That's a full week AFTER I first called them. I had a m/c in November and they stressed the need to communicate with them AS SOON as I found out I was PG so they could check HCG and progesterone levels. And here it is, a week later, and no one has my results??

I don't even know if I did page her, if she could get the results w/o going into the office. I really was waiting for this number before I told my close family. My mom and sister and living in our house temporarily and it's hard to keep a secret with all these people underfoot. I didn't want to tell them until I knew that things looked ok because our last m/c was so early that if I had gotten HCG checks we would have known right away that something was wrong.

Anyway, that's my rant! So, what would you do?? Have them paged or wait until Monday?

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UPDATE OK- So I called and confused the answering service people by explaining too much! But, my MW was very sweet and said she was sorry but she hadn't gotten the results her self yet. She called the lab and they won't give them to her over the phone but they are faxing them as we speak. She is going into the office within the next couple hours and will call me and let me know. I'm SO glad I called! I felt bad bugging her on their day off but I really needed to know! And she said she totally understood and it wasn't a problem at all :) I feel much better already! I'll know my numbers in the next couple hours, yeah!

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UPDATE #2 She called back! My HCG is 4,000 :thumb and my progesterone is 12.5 she said both are well within normal ranges for where we think I am. Anyone that knows more about this, feel free to chime in! I am not sure of dates because I didn't have AF after going off the pill but I think I concieved in late April (around 22) which would make me 6 weeks tommorrow. I will be getting a second check on Thursday of next week at my first appointment! I feel better and think I will actually tell my Mom and sister today. They live in our house, temporarily, and it's awfully hard to keep a secret this big! :lol

[tannersmommy]

Boy, I would. All she can tell you is no, right? I'm thinking about you! Keep us updated.

[babybugmama]

I agree, the worst she can do is say no. And I flipped a biscuit with my previous ob when I got test results indicating I had antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and no one would talk with me about it until the following monday. I fired him and got a new ob. (there were other things too, but that was the last straw).

[5thAttempt]

I second all opinions above - call and ask. If you do not like the reaction you can always change you care provider.

[ilovemyavery]

I think I will call during DD's nap time. I know that the OB office is open, so she should be able to call the office and get ahold of someone, right? I am so stressing about the results and it seems rude to order the test and "forget" that they won't be in on Friday to get them! I could have asked to have the results faxed to my primary care physician and gotten them from him today, if it was needed.

I had such great experiences with the MW's in the past- through DD's birth, the m/c and well women care. I don't want to change over this, and I probably won't. My only "complaint" is that they are very, very hands off. Which is really a good thing, for CNM's that practice out of a hospital, in particular! They don't do much intervention at all, will do everything possible to avoid an induction, etc. I think her attitude was that this wasn't a big deal, it was just to confirm that everything was OK. My m/c was most likely a chemical pregnancy, the US at 7 weeks showed no signs of a pregnancy. So I think the MW's are just not very worried. They didn't even order two HCG checks, just one!

Yeah, I'll be paging them during nap time :)

[a_work_in_progress]

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[swtpesq]

I definitely would have called the MW, too!! Hoping your results are good! :thumb

[peaceful_mama]

I did TONIGHT because they told me I could!!

by the way my HCG for 4 weeks plus a few days she said was 6 um something I forgot, she said it was totally normal for 4-6 weeks pregnant and my progesterone is 24

I am confused by that 12.5 being normal...my MW just told me mine was not borderline or anything to be concerned about, that anything above 20 is considered great for where I am.......

by the way, I had a 21 day P test done the cycle before this one because I'd had weird spotting and it was 8, which they said was low. They gave me progesterone supplements but I didn't start taking them because you have to start day 12 they told me and I was day 16 (some major non-communication with the results) so I didn't start it.
Now I'm somehow 'normal' hmmmmmmm :)