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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you should definitely change doctors if you feel disrespected, uncomfortable, etc. but I think you're being a little ridiculous about the timing issue. The reason last menstral cycle is used as the standard way to determine the due date is because it's nearly impossible to know when conception happened. You know when you had sex, but you can't know what happened inside your body and when. Congrats and I wish you a happy and healthy 9 months![/quote]

I know that the last time I had sex with my husband was on May 13, so the latest possible day I could have conceived is May 18 (which would make sense with me getting a nearly non-existent line on one test and then a "no" on another test on the 27th, and then a "yes" on the 30th).  If I conceived on May 18, I am 7 weeks along.  My scan yesterday said I was 6 weeks 1 day, which is why I was confused and posted in the first place.  Since then, thoughtful and helpful people have warned me, based on their own experiences, that the discrepancy could be a sign that the fetus is not growing the way it should and will miscarry.  Based on this advice, I tried unsuccessfully to schedule a follow up sonogram next week to see how things are progressing, and was told (1) that I am 8 weeks and 3 days, then (2) that I am 6 weeks and 2 days and to just come in in four more weeks as planned, which doesn't address my concern that the fetus is measuring small.

I am not trying to be defensive, I am just confused, this is all new to me, and it's hard to feel like the professionals who are supposed to be advising me are giving me conflicting information and not really listening to my concerns.  I hope you're right and that I am being ridiculous.  Frankly, that is a better alternative than miscarrying.  [/quote]

I understand how you are feeling and I would insist on a sonogram next week if I were in your shoes.  However, I don't think you should give up on getting one with your current practice.  Maybe you will see Dr. DeSouza on July 13 and decide to switch to him immediately.  But that is nearly 3 weeks away.  What if a sonogram next week would show you are miscarrying? You wouldn't know that, and you wouldn't be in a position to choose intervention such as medication or D&C.  Would you want to wait 2 more weeks before you knew that? I would call back your current practice and tell the patient coordinator that you have a medical question for the doctor you saw yesterday, you are concerned about the pregnancy, and you want a call back with that doctor as soon as possible.  They should honor that.[/quote]

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