First OB Appt was a drag..Not happy!

 First of all i had to wait 2 hours to see the OB! She was at the hospital doing a csection that took to long. Then I had the exam done and No Ultrasound until I am 18 weeks along!! Then my OB will do one then and that is when I would be able to find out the sex. So no Ultrasound to see how well the baby is growing until I am 18 weeks along which they say is normal and how they work their Program there. And they assuming my due date is right as long as I was getting my periods on time like clock work then they have the right date choosen. If the baby measures different come 18 weeks then I will have a different one then. so far she felt my uterus and seems to be growing fine. Will not get to hear heartbeat of the baby for another four weeks!! She just does an appt once a month until Jan then it will be every two weeks and in Feb will be once a wee****il I am due.  I have some of my family members telling me to seek another Ob however she was very nice and did recommend some nausea pills for me. I just maybe over reacting but to me I am not happy cause I do not see how they think its healthy not to know how the baby is growing until Im like half way thru my pregnancy! Guess ill be alright cause back in the days they did not do much ultrasounds either and I guess the less Ultrasounds the better Idk. 

I'm sure this isn't what you want to hear, but everything you said seems pretty standard for a low risk pregnancy.  One anatomy ultrasound about halfway through, appointments once a month until closer to the end...all standard.  Also, don't be surprised/scared/disappointed if you DON'T hear the heartbeat in four weeks.  They can't always find it that early with doppler.

As far as the long wait, that's just part of an OB practice.  Doctors have to go deliver babies.  If the doctor has to keep someone else waiting to deliver YOUR baby, I think you'll be ok with that.

If you aren't comfortable with the doctor or the way they run the practice, you should find someone else but it all sounds pretty typical to me!

Good luck!

 I do not see how they consider me a Low risk pregnancy When I have High Blood Pressure and a Thyroid Condition. I am 9 weeks pregnant so in 4 more weeks I will be 13 weeks. I am sure by then we should be able to hear the heartbeat cause I was told normally around 12 weeks you can. At least thats what they said to me. Idk this is my first pregnancy and I do not see how I am not High risk with the conditions I have. Being on pills already to control HBP and my thyroid problem. And I was understanding with the waiting for the 2 hours cause she had to deliver someones baby..just did not see why they could not reschedule the appt or push them up or something. I ended up puking while driving on my way home cause I had not ate in a few hours. Which was hard to drive and puke at the same time. Luckily I had a bag in my car to do that in. That is what made the whole thing bad for me was getting sick after the visit. That just makes anyone unhappy.

You didn't mention any risk factors in your original post.  I honestly don't know if HBP or thyroid issues make you high risk if they are currently under control.  I was on thyroid meds but my numbers were good so that I wasn't considered high risk.  I had previous blood pressure issues but was no longer on medication and they didn't consider that a risk either.  I'm also Type II Diabetic but since that was also well controlled, they didn't consider that high risk. 

I understand why you would be anxious to have an ultrasound.  My first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage so when I got pregnant again, I went to a reproductive endocrinologist instead of an OB to start and had ultrasounds every week then every two weeks until 12 weeks.  Once I graduated to the OB, I was back to being considered a normal pregnancy and on the same schedule as everyone else.  Appointments once a month, anatomy ultrasound at 20 weeks...etc. and that was with Diabetes.

If you really think you need to be seen more often and be considered high risk, maybe you should call some other OBs in your area and find out what their criteria are to be considered high risk and what their procedures are.

 Totally standard practice.  Did you happen to ask her what they are going to do about your herpes or clap or whatever it was you have?  

 Yeah I did talk to her about my HSV2 and if i have any flare ups she will give me Valtrex to suppress it and as far as a birth plan we will wait and see if my HSV2 is active or not before delivery and if it is then csection if not natural birth it will be.

This is normal procedure. Not sure what you were expecting but this is a typical routine for pregnancy.

Unfortunately babies being delivered come first. You never know, it could have been an extreme premie or a mother in danger having a c-section, it probably wasn't planned. Most OB's offices this is standard practice if you pick an office with 1-2 Drs. I use a group of 5 so there are always 3 Drs in the office and one at the hospital, the other is off.

Almost all offices do a standard level 2 ultrasound at 18-21 weeks to make sure all is good. Most don't do an early ultrasound unless there is a reason (bleeding etc). If everything seems to be going well they wait. As far as a due date goes many OBs go with the LMP to set the due date as long as you know what it was roughly. Basically the baby is going to come when it is ready, unless they have to iduce or do a planned c-section. If a planned CS is the route then they will set a date usually much later in the pregnancy.

The once a month appointments are also totally normal until the end.

As a WLS patient and especially being pregnant you always have to have a snack and a drink with you, period. You never know when you are going to get low blood sugar or delayed and you need to eat.

If the BP and Tyroid are controlled with meds then you are still considered low risk. Even if they aren't you won't become "high risk" issues until they get to a certain level (If at all). If blood work was done and the Dr is happy with the results you will remain low risk.

You will also find that almost everything that worries you about pregnancy is totally normal - the OBs have seen it all and will tell you when there is something to worry about. Keep a list and ask about these things at your appts.

Did you talk to her about your STD too - that may have changed their tune on some accounts

for hearing the heartbeat - 12 weeks is the minimum to hear it usually. Sometimes it is more like 14 weeks. A day off makes a huge difference at this point

 Yeah Liz i did talk to them about the STD--She said she will suppress it when I have a flare up and will keep an eye on that when it comes down to delivery time. If the virus is active then I will have no choice in having a c-section but as long as she can suppress it with Valtrex then I would be able to do natural birth. which Id rather do the natural because that heals faster than a c-section would. Well at the office I go to there is 2 drs..I think the other one was at the hospital too. I waited though and ended up meeting her and had my exam done. 

I agree with the other posters that this it typical, and exactly what happened with my first.  I only ever had 1 ultrasound at 20 weeks.  With this pregnancy, I'm 30 weeks and just barely went from appts every 4 weeks to every 3 weeks.  You can try to find an OB who does more ultrasounds, etc., but I think the one you went to is probably playing by the book.