When did you get B/T to confirm

[Mum2Romone]

When did you get blood tests to confirm your pregnancy?

with my last pregnancy I found out at 5 weeks but couldn't get into a gp until 12 weeks because I was a NEW patient and we had moved..... So I never got a b/t until I started to miscarry, so I'm wondering....

This time, obviously I have taken numerous pregnancy tests but when should i book my appt for a blood test ? At how many weeks? And when is the best time for a dating scan ( for EDD ) although I'm pretty sure....

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

i never had a blood test - my gp and ob both said the hpt was enuff for them....having said that, my dating scan wasn't set until i was 8 weeks...longest 8 weeks of my life!!

[CinderToriella]

I had mine at 6 weeks

[Ahurani]

I never had one

[CinderToriella]

I had to have a few scans and blood tests as they thought bub was ectopic... I would not have had a dating scan if that had not have been the case(bad cramping)

[MummaSue]

I had my bloods done at 4w3d. I had my scan at 6w1d (we didn't do that for dating though as it was IVF, we just wanted to make sure the embryo had implanted where it should have).

The best time for a dating scan is around the 7 week mark.

xx

[toomanyshoes]

The only time I've had BT's and scans (other than the 3 dating scans) was because something was wrong.

usually just give the GP my pee and then I get the referral to the OB...I hate the part where you walk out of the dr's room and down the hall to the loo then have to carry the little pot of pee back to his room I'm always worried someone will run into me and I'll end up covered in it.

[misty]

Have never had a blood pregnancy test or a dating scan. The doctors have alway just taken my word that I was pregnant and given me a referral for the 12week NT scan and I get all my other bloodwork done at the same time as the NT bloods.

[toomanyshoes]

Are dating scans the norm if you know your dates? Out of all my pregnancies I've only ever had them if I didn't know the dates, which has only been 3 times.

[PumpkinZulu]

Had my bloods taken at....ermmm, I THINK it was like 5w5d, just because I wanted to make sure they were rising. They were sooo high, 38,000! So had a scan to make sure there was 1 at 6w5d. Measured spot on dates then and still spot on dates at the last scan, definately know when we concieved?