rae05

What happens at your first ob-gyn appointment? I saw my doctor today and he referred me to one that I will be seeing my entire pregnancy and who will deliver my baby (she is supposed to be really good). But what do they do at the first appointment? I'm going next Thursday.

Vickie

At my first appointment I was 13 weeks along and they took my history (and my husbands), asked tons of questions for that, took my blood pressure, looked for the baby's heartbeat (but at your stage I don't think they'd do this as they are highly unlikely to hear anything). They might want to do a physical on you and send you for bloodwork (my OB would have but I had already had it all done by my primary care physician). Good luck with your appointment!

abigail

At my first appointment the nurse took my blood pressure and weighed me. Then my OBGYN did a pelvic exam, breast exam, Pap smear, chlamydia swab, and urine test, and I gave a lot of blood for various genetic tests. She also has an ultrasound machine in her office, so I got a scan done at 6 weeks. I walked out with a script for prenatal vitamins and another appointment four weeks later. The whole thing took about an hour or so.

I don't know if it's different in Canada, but that was my experience. Good luck!