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I see my OB/GYN annually. When I suspected I was pregnant, I went to my PCP for the inital blood test confirmation, and then to my OB/GYN at 6 weeks.

same as MAE; I've been seeing an OBGYN since I was 17 for BCP. You can technically just go start see an OBGYN to get an annual exam and to tell them you're TTC!

I recently went t o a new OBGYN after moving, and after I told them I'm TTC they gave me an ultrasound to check things out! I asked the tech if she could tell whether I ovulated too haha. She actually said she thought I did b/c she saw shreds of something (I forgot what)!

My story is unnecessarily complicated, but that's what modern medicine has done for the birthing process and what cities have done for super yuppies, I guess.

Before we started TTC, I knew I wanted to see a MW, but I also knew I wanted to deliver in a hospital. Turns out that there was *one* really good hospital-based MW practice in my city and getting in is super competitive. So I booked my next annual with that practice so I would be "on their books" when I got KU (I was hoping this would give me an edge when it came time to get accepted). When I started having issues, the MW I saw for my annual referred me to a pelvic pain specialist in the same hospital practice and I started seeing her to diagnosis and treat my endometriosis. When I got pregnant, I called both - my endo doctor and the MWs - right away. My endo doctor scheduled me for an early ultrasound (because endo = higher rate of EP) and betas. The MWs scheduled me for a first appointment at 7 weeks. I started seeing the MWs for prenatal care, and didn't see my endo doctor again until after DD was born (when I went back to her for endo treatment).

Like the others, I've been seeing an OBGYN for annual exams since I was 18 or so.

When I came off BCP and had irregular periods, I started seeing an OBGYN who specializes in NaPro fertility methods to try to sort me out. I saw her as soon as I got a BFP.

For years I've gone to a midwife (at a practice with OBGYNs and CNMs) in lieu of a PCP. I have no health issues so my annual women's well visit/pap is all I need. Before TTC I switched practices so that I can deliver in a particular hospital, and because I didn't care for one of the OBs at my old practice

My PCP always did my annual exams so when I started TTC I asked her for an OB referral. I wanted to meet with the OB before I was pregnant just to make sure she was a good fit so that I didn't get into a situation where I was already pregnant and I didn't like the OB and then I was scrambling to find another option.

I started seeing an ob/gyn for my annual exams rather than a pcp when I was 22, I think, except for a brief break when I moved for grad school, and then I had one annual at my university's health services office (which is my pcp). I switched to an ob/gyn though who I saw for 2 years/2 annuals before bfp

I've been seeing an OBGYN for my annual exam every year, so that is who I continue to go to.

I'm not sure what I will do for next steps if they come.

I was due for a pap around the time we were about to start ttc (overdue actually, oops), so I went ahead and booked that with an ob/gyn. That way I felt like I had a real reason to bother going in, and I got to meet them. Due to moving and other stuff I actually switched, but had I liked them (I wound up not) and not moved, I would have stayed with them.

I saw my OB/GYN from the get go. She does my yearly pap smears also.

I saw a new OB/GYN for my annual pap and a preconception visit. I probably wouldn't have gone in right away unless I had been due for a pap. I did, however email her first to get her opinion. She said I didn't need to come in unless I was due for an exam. The only instructions she gave me as far as TTC were to take prenatal vitamins and have sex!

I went to my gyn to confirm the pregnancy (no appt, just went in for blood work), but she didn't do ob so once it was confirmed, I made an appt with an ob for 6 weeks.

Good luck!!!!

I think it would be helpful to see an obgyn for a consultation as you're ttc. It's good to have a professional to ask questions of and get to know. Then when you do get pregnant, you're already an established patient. Or you might realize you don't like the OB in the consultation and keep shopping around.

I was in the same boat, and just decided to go ahead and get established last month. We stopped BC in September, I saw my PCP for my annual in November, and then in January called to set up a new patient appointment. I was in the middle of a super-long cycle, which contributed to the timing, at least subconsciously! So, to answer your question of when, at least if you're looking to go to an OB/GYN, I'd say, "Whenever you feel like it!"

I see both.