https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:42:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898695 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 21:01:11 +0000 nwm 2898695@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: yay, so glad you had a great appt! and, that you are feeling crappy :silly: :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898668 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 18:06:18 +0000 karenbme 2898668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: Happy to hear it went well! And you’re right, one step at a time, but definitely a good first step. 😃🤞🌈 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898666 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 18:00:41 +0000 bees_knees 2898666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: happy to hear you had a great appointment! ❤️ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898664 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 17:48:56 +0000 SweetCaroline 2898664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbeach: @karenbme: Thanks for checking in. Our appointment was great, I will never forget the moment we saw the heartbeat, such a stark comparison to the ultrasounds we had during the last pregnancy. Watching the heart beat in baby's little chest, amazing.</p> <p>I'm just shy of 8 weeks so obviously plenty of room for things to go sideways. However, we made it past the point of our last loss so that's something to celebrate. Also cause to celebrate...the copious nausea :silly: as I did not have that during our last, non-viable pregnancy. </p> <p>Thanks again for checking in. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898621 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 12:34:50 +0000 yellowbeach 2898621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg so mortified as I just realized this ended up on @SweetCaroline's post. So so so so so sorry!!!!! Moved to POAS. Sorry again! Eeeek. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898617 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:56:13 +0000 yellowbeach 2898617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <br /><p><i>This comment has been deleted by the original poster.</i></p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898614 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:44:22 +0000 yellowbeach 2898614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@crazydoglady: Yes, 3 untested embies. Going to be a ball of nerves up until the NIPT. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898613 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:39:05 +0000 crazydoglady 2898613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbeach: 3 embies, right?!?! I'm so hopeful!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898612 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:22:30 +0000 yellowbeach 2898612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@crazydoglady: No trigger this cycle. I think this is real. I’m in shock. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898611 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:11:44 +0000 crazydoglady 2898611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: Also thinking of you and hoping you had a reassuring appointment. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898610 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:10:45 +0000 crazydoglady 2898610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbeach: Whoa! There's no way that's the trigger, right?!?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898609 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:05:19 +0000 yellowbeach 2898609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <br /><p><i>This comment has been deleted by the original poster.</i></p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898608 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 10:35:07 +0000 yellowbeach 2898608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes like @KarenBME I’m also wondering how your appointment went :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898596 Sun, 06 Oct 2019 07:09:29 +0000 karenbme 2898596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: How did the appointment go? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898590 Sat, 05 Oct 2019 22:40:28 +0000 Jessiemuller88 2898590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: Yay! Sending positive vibes for your first appointment! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898312 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:53:15 +0000 karenbme 2898312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: That’s great! Fingers crossed you see a good strong heartbeat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898287 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:54:41 +0000 bhbee 2898287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: great work getting it changed and so much :goodluck: for a good appointment!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898266 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:44:19 +0000 SweetCaroline 2898266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I talked to the OB nurse and she said a) They changed the first appointment so that the ultrasound is first and b) I could come in on Thursday!</p> <p>Thanks to those who pushed me to advocate for myself! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898144 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:48:27 +0000 karenbme 2898144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: It is annoying that they do it that way. I had the same experience as @bhbee: where because they knew I was anxious they did the us first. Even if you wait for the appointment it couldn’t hurt to check in with the nurses and see if they’re willing to flip it for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898141 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:06:29 +0000 Jessiemuller88 2898141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After 5 losses, my OB booked me for my first ultrasound at 7.5 weeks! It really helped to not have to wait so long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898134 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:21:35 +0000 BUNBUN 2898134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in the same boat! I just had a MC at 9 weeks that stopped developing at 5 weeks. Now I've got a positive hpt that I'm scared to believe. I'm delaying going in for a blood test until I'm past the 5 week mark! My OB practice won't do an ultrasound before 8 weeks either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898133 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:21:07 +0000 bhbee 2898133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: that is really annoying they do it that way! That was another place my ob helped me this time, she just looked right away before talking about anything else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898132 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:12:56 +0000 SweetCaroline 2898132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shantuck: @karenbme: @bhbee: Thank you all. I think I'm really going to try and wait until 10 weeks. I know that even if I go next week at 8 weeks, my official 10 week appointment could still go sideways.</p> <p>I'm just sitting here picturing how annoyed I'm going to be when the nurse gives me all these detailed forms to fill out, including formula sample request cards before I even have an ultrasound. DH is going to have to stomp on my foot to keep my mouth in check. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898131 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:01:32 +0000 bhbee 2898131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree about asking to talk to your ob’s nurse and express your anxiety and what would help you. After my loss though I intentionally went in at closer to 9w because I had seen a hb at 8w during the prior loss (found out at 11w) and apparently a lot goes wrong around 8w if the embryo is not healthy enough to continue. So it was a balance knowing an earlier hb was less likely to mean something and not waiting so long to find out if things weren’t right. I just tried to mentally power through but I was kind of a mess the whole first tri. Hugs and I hope they get you in when you want! She did give me an extra scan when I went in for my NIPT draw to be nice, as that office doesn’t do NT if you do NIPT so it would have been a long wait to see if the baby was developing on track (basically she just did a quick measurement for me to track growth). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898130 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:43:59 +0000 karenbme 2898130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: First of all congratulations! If there’s one piece of advice I could give, it’s talk to the nurses not the schedulers if you’re anxious and want to come in earlier. With my second pregnancy I was originally scheduled for 8 weeks, but called and spoke to the nurse about my anxiety and she got me an appointment at 6 1/2 weeks. She did explain that we wouldn’t be fully out of the woods, and with my current pregnancy even though we saw a heartbeat at 6 weeks, I had a lot of anxiety right around 10 weeks, which is when we found out about the first loss. But we got a home doppler and that helped a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898128 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:26:58 +0000 pachamama 2898128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetCaroline: I'm glad you're not a total stressball! My OB says she sees lots of losses around 9 to 10 weeks so that's why they like to wait. For example, I saw a great heartbeat at 8w4d and baby passed the next day about. I didn't know til almost 13w. If I had gone in at 10w I wouldn't have wasted my whole summer thinking I was pregnant (and telling everyone). Mine is just one anecdote. Everything turned out great with my third pregnancy :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898126 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:18:42 +0000 Shantuck 2898126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had three losses and am currently pregnant with LO#3. After having my losses before LO#2, I typically like to go in at 8 weeks. It seems like things go wrong for me during the 6th week so I like it to be late enough where the ultrasound can be decisive but not too long that I've felt lousy for extra weeks when I could have known the pregnancy wasn't viable. If I were you, I'd try to move up the u/s a week or two earlier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898125 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:15:32 +0000 SweetCaroline 2898125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: bah. I'm not a complete disaster, but I don't want to wait 3 weeks. I'm going to try to wait. I just know at that first appointment they are going to ask me 1,001 questions before they even see a heartbeat, questions that suddenly become irrelevant if they don't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898124 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:11:05 +0000 pachamama 2898124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You and I were in exactly the same boat almost! from the loss to the D&amp;c to the receptionist not letting me check in more on baby 😭😭. I was a mess emotionally. I had a really hard time being pregnant after the loss, it shook me. my nice OB also said she could do early ultrasounds but the reality is they wouldn't let me. I did have an 8w dating ultrasound bc that's the practice's norm (and the only early one my insurance would cover). Then I'm embarrassed to say at 10 weeks I pretended to have spotting just to get another one 🤪 the tech was rude about it but 🤷. I had a missed mc and was on progesterone so I didn't want that to happen again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-prenatal-appt-after-miscarriage#post-2898121 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:11:09 +0000 SweetCaroline 2898121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When did you have your first prenatal appointment, after you experienced a loss in previous pregnancies? Post D&amp;C, my doctor said she would be happy to see me whenever, to ease anxiety. However, the receptionist booked me at 10 weeks despite my request to be on the earlier side. </p> <p>I've just had the one loss. Last time I found out at 9 weeks that the baby stopped growing at 6 weeks. I don't want to wait that long again, just trying to gauge what might be common. </p>