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With my two living children, my family practitioner never wanted to see me until I was 9-10 weeks along. It was nice b/c we were able to hear the heartbeat right away.
When I was pg last September with our angel, they said they now wanted to see pregnant moms earlier, like 6 weeks or so.
I saw my FP and MW in combination last time. I was planning a homebirth. We heard the hb at 11 weeks. At 15 weeks I began spotting, and discovered that our baby had died right around 11 weeks, right after we heard the hb.
The OB the performed the D&C offered to do an u/s at 8 weeks for my next pregnancy.
Here's where I'm at now: I like the idea of an early u/s to see that everything is ok, but everything was ok last time until 11 weeks. My plan is to wait until I'm 11 weeks and see my FP for my first appointment. Then I can see my MW the next week and hear the hb again. The 11 week mark is going to be hardest for me because of what happened last time.
Any thoughts?
So, when is your first appointment going to be?
When I was pg last September with our angel, they said they now wanted to see pregnant moms earlier, like 6 weeks or so.
I saw my FP and MW in combination last time. I was planning a homebirth. We heard the hb at 11 weeks. At 15 weeks I began spotting, and discovered that our baby had died right around 11 weeks, right after we heard the hb.
The OB the performed the D&C offered to do an u/s at 8 weeks for my next pregnancy.
Here's where I'm at now: I like the idea of an early u/s to see that everything is ok, but everything was ok last time until 11 weeks. My plan is to wait until I'm 11 weeks and see my FP for my first appointment. Then I can see my MW the next week and hear the hb again. The 11 week mark is going to be hardest for me because of what happened last time.
Any thoughts?
So, when is your first appointment going to be?