How often does your MD check you?

I just switched from a Midwife to a MD b/c she can't deliver twins where we live. He has been checking me every 2 weeks (I'm almost 31wks). I have not had any complications & he says everything looks awesome. I have my monthly u/s with the peri where he measures my cervix but the MD still checks me every 2wks on top of that. I appreciate him being cautious but arggggg I hate always being checked, my DH almost died yesterday when he saw him do it (it was the 1st appoint he'd ever been to).

 

I am only 20 weeks right now.. I am seeing both a MW and OB. .and neither one will check me until atleast 30 weeks.. unless reason to prior. Atleast this is what they say.

 

I have been going weekly since 28 weeks, and he has checked me every time. He only checked before that if there was a problem.

 

My Dr hasn't checked me yet. I asked him about it at my last appt and he said he's not going to check me unless there are problems. I have a scheduled c-section for 37w5d. I haven't had any contractions or anything yet so he doesn't seem to be worried. He said he doesn't want to irritate my cervix unnecessarily

It does make me a little nervous that he hasn't checked at all but I trust his judgement and if I feel things have changed I will question him further. I do get an u/s every 3 weeks with a peri.

 

mine only started at 32 wks, it's a midwife practice.

 

I've had my cervix checked every two weeks or so but only with the vaginal u/s wand. No manual checks. I see a Maternal/Fetal specialist OB and get scanned every visit to see their HB's and growth. I much prefer u/s to a manual cervix check. Ugh!

 

I got checked at 32 weeks for the first time and only because I was contracting. I got checked the next week (33 wks) again only because i was contracting again. Then a couple times the following week due to contractions. then again the day I delivered because of ptl.

 

I've been checked weekly since 28 weeks. They weren't going to start internals until 32 weeks but I slipped and feel on the ice and went into preterm labor.

 

I haven't been checked at all and won't be checked unless otherwise indicated....not even during labour - it is not the done practice where I live..... Less Intervention has much better outcomes unless indicated. :FIFblush:

 

My doctor manually checks my cervix every 2 weeks and has since the beginning. He also does a quick ultrasound to see the 2 heartbeats. Every 4 weeks starting from week 20 I'm supposed to go for a full sonogram. He's a perinatologist and was on the Times best doctors list last year so I trust his judgement but I think he's very conservative.

 

My ob doesent do checks but i was checked once while he was on vacation but the other ob in the office.
but she asked me if she could just to be safe

 

Man, my DH would have a problem too - but I have a female OB and he didn't seem bothered by the birthing process at all with all those women up in my business (with my first).

As for being checked - my Doc checked me in the beginning and then two weeks ago. Maybe because I had a good first pregnancy... I don't know. I do have another US and appt in four weeks. I don't know if she will check me then unless I am having problems. ???

 

I have been checked every single visit, manually. My doc just wanted to make sure I wasn't dialating early (which is not uncommon). She's very careful, so it never bothered me, and it certainly didn't cause labor!