https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:23:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-884524 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:21:59 +0000 sarac 884524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had one, and at it I found out that I was severely anemic. Fixing that changed my life. Glad I did it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-884061 Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:40:50 +0000 deactivated_account 884061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Becksabee: I just recently had a preconception visit because, if I recall correctly, I read on the Bee that I should! I incorporated the visit into my annual well woman exam. My ob/gyn ordered a blood test to check for various pregnancy related things as well as a pelvic ultrasound. Everything came back normal. She also prescribed a super expensive prenatal vitamin that I am not sure I am going to purchase. (I'm cheap about some things and feel/hope a regular Costco vitamin would suffice. Advice on this issue would be appreciated!!) But I would think if you have already been pregnant before, a preconception visit might not be necessary. My insurance copay was $40 for that visit so I didn't care too much. I love utilitzing my insurance any way I can and tend to choose such services where they are available. </p> <p>Best of luck with baby #2! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-875628 Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:01:51 +0000 Glitter 875628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a pre-conception visit a few weeks ago (we're waiting to TTC). My concern was primarily that I have an umbilical hernia that could rupture with pregnancy, but it was also a valuable visit as I learnt I was behind on MMR and TDAP (hence the waiting to TTC status :sad: ). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-863008 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:22:42 +0000 kjpugs 863008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did, but I didn't necessarily schedule it as such. I was due for my annual, had just moved, and had been TTC without results. So I scheduled my annual, met the new doc, and told her our history since my last appt. We discussed things I should be doing and she put me on metformin (I had been on in the past and really should have been on then). We discussed a 3 month plan and when I should come back in if we didn't conceive. Well I got knocked up a few weeks later so it didn't come to that!</p> <p>I think just making an annual appointment and discussing it with them would be the best option! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-863001 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:20:14 +0000 PEAPIE 863001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I called my OBGYN to make a preconception appointment and they were confused as to why I wanted to come in. ??? So I just got a normal physical at my PCP including routine blood work. Even the PCP was like, "So you don't have symptoms of anything? You're just here for a check up?" I mean, do people NOT go to the doctor anymore unless they're ill?! So weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-862931 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:01:50 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 862931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I checked in with my Dr before going off the pill. We went over the meds I was on and she advised starting pre-natals and to switch from Motrin to Tylenol whenever I needed a pain killer (but Loradadine for allergies was okay to keep taking). But other than that she just said to call back when we got pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-862318 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:17:48 +0000 GrapeCrush 862318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only saw my doctor before we started NTNP with #1 because 2 months before we started I had my annual. I just asked about going off my BC. he told me when I should stop and to take prenantals and to call when I was pregnant.<br /> with #2, it was a surprise, so no. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-862308 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:09:45 +0000 Crisark 862308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only had one because we wanted clearance from my ob to TTC. I had two previous rough pregnancies and a miscarriage so we wanted to make sure she medically advised it safe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-860512 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:19:16 +0000 shopaholic 860512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I told my Dr. a couple off months before we went of The Pill (NTNP) and she told me to start prenatals and gave me the Tdap shot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-860508 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:16:57 +0000 LindsayInNY 860508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked at my annual last August and my doctor basically said to take prenatals and come back to see her when I'm pregnant, LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-860492 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:04:44 +0000 Foodnerd81 860492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked about it at my annual, just basics like vitamins and anything I needed to be aware of, plus advice on going off the pill, which happened about a year before we started. When my next annual came up, I switched to the midwife practice I wanted to use for prenatal care anyway and asked a little more about things to watch out for, and the process once I got pregnant, so I wasn't surprised when they didn't want me to come in for 8 weeks. I ended up getting pregnant days after that visit :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-860491 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:02:42 +0000 Becksabee 860491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, I should be good then. I've been taking my prenatal since I became pregnant the first time, never switched to a regular multi-vitamin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-860489 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:01:28 +0000 avivoca 860489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have one. I asked questions at my annual nine months before we got pregnant. They basically told me to take prenatals and said I was healthy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pre-conception-doctor-visit#post-860479 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:57:11 +0000 Becksabee 860479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has anyone had a pre-conception doctor visit before TTC? Just wondering because one first baby was unplanned, so of course I didn't see my OB until after the fact. I'm just curious if I should have one this time around. </p>