Did your H go to your first doctors appointment with you?

[litasail]

Yes, my husband came to every appointment.

[Deleted]

H came to my first two appts and will come for the anatomy scan. But as there is an appt every month, I don't see the need for him to come to the in between ones.

[carawestt]

My H goes to all my appts with me.

[magpie]

he came to the first with me. It was good because we went over family history and got a lot of information about various tests that were available. Since then, he came to the ultrasound appointments, but not all my regular appointments, which tend to be pretty uneventful. It's also not super convenient for him to come to the appointments if I go straight from work, since we only have one car (he bikes to work, I get the car) and the doctor is close to my work, not his. He did come to a recent doctor's appointment a couple of weeks ago, now that we are so close to the due dates, to go over the birth plan with the doctor and talk/be informed a little more about specifics with labor/delivery. That was nice.

[sookie]

Mine went because we thought we'd get the ultrasound then, but ended up having to go the next day to get it done. Honestly, I'm more interested in him coming to the appointments now since we're so close to the finish as opposed to having him there previously. He's gone to 4 (I think) total, and it was either because we thought we'd have an ultrasound (1st appointment), thought we'd hear the heartbeat but didn't (2nd appointment), had the 20 week ultrasound, and was off work anyhow for one so decided to go. He's going today because he'll be off work, and he'll try to go to the remaining ones, though if he can't it's not the end of the world. I work just a few blocks from the OB and hospital, whereas he works across town.

It's really up to the two of you how you want to handle it. I've known people who felt like their H absolutely had to be there, and I've known people who were bit more like me who felt like them missing the paperwork parts weren't an issue.

[annabear07]

He came to the first one since I was a bit nervous, but other than that he's only been to the ones with u/s. The other ones aren't really worth him being there!

[trafficgirl]

My first appt was around the 9 week mark and H came with me b/c I knew there'd be a ton of questions about both our histories and that they'd probably do an u/s. That and I was freaking out about being pregnant in the first place so I needed him for support.

[humpforfree]

Not to my first- I asked the scheduler and she said they just ask bunch of questions.. They did a pap too but that's it.

At the appt I mentioned spotting so they sent me to a different place for an ultrasound so my husband just met me there. He did come to the second appointment when they were going to try another ultrasound but hasn't been since- it is just a quick 10 minutes with heartbeat check. He has been to all ultrasounds though..

[sent]

No. I didn't even realize husbands join their wives at appointments until I read it on here.

I did have him come to the 16 week ultrasound with the MFM. Mainly because I had seen the baby twice by then and I thought it was really cool and he should get to see it too. Also because he kept nagging me after every visit if I had learned the gender, so I said he had to come to this appointment and ask the doctor himself. But he won't be joining me for any other appointments.

[soozy87]

Yes, he went with me. My first appointment was also my first ultra sound.