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@NYCaliMama: Yeah, but that seems like overkill
It certainly did cross my mind though! I guess I just really thought there'd be SOMETHING in the first trimester. Seems like most of my friends have a dating scan from 8 or 9 weeks, or similar. I'm disappointed by that. Guess that's my fault for having such a regular cycle?And then was concerned that a 20 week ultrasound was mentioned but no indication of an NT scan or anything like that. No bloodwork, just... nothing.
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Oh, they will definitely do blood tests. They don't trust people to know their own blood type. I bet the nurse will give you the whole story at your first appointment.
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@Rock n Roll: I hope so! I thought it was weird that the receptionist was all "nope she just talks to you".
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@nodakiddo: i'm sure she'll schedule tests if they don't do them there. hope you get your questions answered in two weeks!
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My good friend just got pregnant and this is essentially what she was told to. She has an appt in 2 weeks but the only reason its that quick is because she already had it scheduled for more fertility testing. Her sister who used the same doc said they just give you the no no list and different vitamins. Very odd, I just thought there would be something done in the first tri.
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@jetsa: yep that's what I was told too. "she'll tell you what you can and can't do/eat/etc and what to expect, recommend some tips, things like that." not at all what I expected for a first tri appt.
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UPDATE
I just wanted to update you all on what happened at my appointment with the nurse (7 weeks).She took my height and weight, gave me a bunch of literature, and told me my first ultrasound will be 20 weeks and called that the dating ultrasound. (WTH??)
At 12 week appointment they just do a pap and blood work. I asked her about the NT scan and when she didn't know what that was, I asked about first tri screening. She told me in 29 years no one has ever asked her about that, and had to google what it was. Then she said she'd have to call me back as she isn't sure our U/S techs know how to do that stuff. She said if I really wanted it she could refer me to a perinatal specialist in another state.
wtf. At least, when she googled it, she came upon the same pages I had seen that stated it's "offered to all women in their first tri in the USA"... lol.
I live in a city of 50k with a 100k metro area. This is the only place in the city/region to have babies, and it's a large hospital where people are brought for all kinds of reasons from around the state and region. We have a decent sized, semi-selective medical school right in our city too. Most of our OBs and nurses, techs, etc went there. I just can't believe she didn't know what this was. And like I said, the dating ultrasound isn't till 20 weeks (and that's the only ultrasound). I've been told and read over and over that dating is most accurate several weeks before this. What gives.
Anyway after the appointment she talked to the doc and he told her if a woman wants an NT scan, they can send her to a city 80 miles away to get it done, it'd be a referral. So freaking odd. I said yes, I want the referral...
I wish I had another option of a hospital to have care and give birth in. Not interested in midwife/homebirth though - it's just not me. I mean, here I am trying to get MORE tests...tests I thought were standard... lol.
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@LazyLightning: I would definitely take the referral as well. And I wish you had someplace else to give birth/have prenatal care as well. I mean Im sure they deliver hundreds/thousands of healthy babies per year, but its a huge red flag to me that the nurse hadnt even heard of an NT scan or even of first tri screening. How has she not even HEARD of it in 29 years?
Also, you are correct in that the dating u/s is more accurate prior to 20 weeks. Thats just odd.
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@LazyLightning: How weird. There's absolutely no other OB office in a city that size?
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@travelingbrit: nope. One opened a couple of years ago but this hospital bought it out and shut it down within a year. Just sad.
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Wow...that is just so weird! Sorry I don't have any advice...I would definitely be concerned with the answers the nurse gave you, but not sure what to do if you don't have an alternative.
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Wow, that seems odd they don't offer the NT test. Sorry you have to go through this with your OB's office. Hopefully you can get one done. Maybe there's not a place to have that done near you so they don't offer it? Good luck with it and I hope you can get it done, even if you have to drive a little bit to get it done. For me, it was definitely worth it to get peace of mind.
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@LazyLightning: That seems really odd that no one else does them. 80 miles is a drive. Sorry!
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I know that I was not offered an NT scan by my very medical OB. Then I switched to a midwife at 15 weeks when we moved, and she talked me into the quad screen. I think for women under 30, the NT scan is not standard. If you want it, though, do it. You might get stuck paying out of pocket though.
Also, I rented a doppler for at home use when I was about where you were. Maybe that's overkill, but I loved it. You can buy them on ebay for what I paid for a few month's rental. I loved using that thing, it was so worth it.
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@LazyLightning: I live in a small rural area too so I wonder if I'll have the same type of response when I get pregnant. This is just crazy to me and makes me ask where are the other informed women, surely you cannot be the first to ask.
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@LazyLightning: I just wanted to add that I wasn't offered the NT scan it must be a rural thing. I had an ultrasound at 6 weeks, and I'll get 2 more at 20 & 32 weeks but thats it.
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@jetsa: At least you get 3 ultrasounds! I got 1 - 21 weeks. haha. Luckily have had an uncomplicated pregnancy thus far!
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@LazyLightning: lol yea I agree.
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That doesn't sound too crazy. We had one at 8 weeks just to make sure there weren't two babies in there and since they were there they did the dating and heartbeat as well. Our next one isn't until 20 weeks and it is KILLING me. I want to know the gender and see our baby again before then! Especially now that it looks more like a baby and less like a deformed lima bean!
I see your concern though. I was going to go to an OB who didn't offer any scans until the third tri and even then we weren't allowed to see the monitor incase there was something wrong, so the tech wouldn't have to stress about us wanting to talk... Uhm, yeah, no thanks.
Maybe see about finding another OB if that really bothers you?
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We technically only had three. The first one was at 8 weeks because I was having heavy spotting to check viability. The second was our NT scan and the third was an anatomy scan around 20ish weeks. But we didn't have any more after that.
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I had one at 14 weeks (NT) and 2 at 20 weeks (she was moving too much to get a couple of pics they wanted. Then I was diagnosed with GD, so had an u/s every two weeks when I saw the perinatologist to check on size - and she was breech, so we kept an eye on that. But I guess my situation isn't the norm...
It certainly did cross my mind though! I guess I just really thought there'd be SOMETHING in the first trimester. Seems like most of my friends have a dating scan from 8 or 9 weeks, or similar. I'm disappointed by that. Guess that's my fault for having such a regular cycle?
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