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Question for Moms and anyone else with an opinion...

I know I have some time before I get to weekly appointments, but the subject of internals and how to handle those appointments has me worried already.

DH comes to all of my appointments with me.  Well, he will be coming with me later on for sure when I am getting checked.  But, is it proper for him to sit in the waiting room, out in the hall, or to stay in the room?

For the moms, when you had your internal exams done, was your DH in the room with you?  Obviously, this question only applies if he came to the appointment.

Everyone else...how would y'all handle this situation? 

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Re: Question for Moms and anyone else with an opinion...

  • Don was there the whole time for my first appt, where I had an internal sonogram. The doc didn't seem phased by him being there at all. I guess it's up to your comfort level, and maybe his. Of course, I'm adding my opinion when I don't know what an internal really consists of.
  • Joe was in on all my appts.

     Why wouldn't it be okay for your DH to be in with you? 

  • I assumed it would be fine...I am more than okay with DH being in there.  Like Nicole said, DH was in there for my internal ultrasounds.  I just didn't want to bust up in there with DH and them think I was nuts if that is not the norm.

     

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  • I'm answering this without knowing what any appointment is like.... but I'd want TJ there for internals. That is, in the room with me. If there are exams where they're not doing much besides checking up on my vitals or something, then I wouldn't ask him to rearrange work to be there. Especially since I'd just be running up stairs on my lunch break for those (if i'm still at this hospital).
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  • When I had internal ultrasounds DH was in the room.  He was a little grossed out when I was going through the mc and the blood, but he stayed right there. 
  • My DH only went for the big appointments (heartbeat, ultrasounds)...most of the other ones seemed kind of boring to me! Just blood pressure and questions. The internals aren't much more exciting IMO.
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  • My DH only came to the big appts. too, but he was there for one internal u/s I had at the ER.  It was no big deal and if he wanted to go to all my appts I would've let him. I don't think it's out of the norm. 
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  • Brad was in the room during the internal. He has seen everything and plus he's going to see me give birth and he will see a little more then too! I would let your Dh in the room with you during the internals.

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