Did I call the doctor too early?

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Registered: 04-03-2003
Did I call the doctor too early?
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Mon, 03-26-2007 - 9:03pm
My period’s about 4 days late and I’ve been wondering when to test (my last period was exactly 5 weeks ago). I kind of wanted to wait until 1 week had passed, but I just don't physically feel like myself and I am hoping it's for a good reason. For the last 2 days or so I’ve had low back pain and bloating (especially in my boobs) and last night I started having nausea bad enough that I couldn’t sleep or eat. I called my doctor today, and the nurse didn’t seem to think there was any urgency to come in and take a pregnancy test. Argh! She even told me it was more important for me to go get a non-pregnancy ultrasound for a heavy period I had over a month ago which the doctor forgot to give me a referral for when I went in last time. I told her I suspected I was pregnant and the nurse said “Yeah, but we have no proof that you are, so just take the ultrasound.”
This is so frustrating! At first I was kind of excited and thinking about doing an hpt tomorrow, but the doctor’s office call took some wind out of my sails. Argh!
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Registered: 03-26-2007
Mon, 03-26-2007 - 10:00pm
Have you taken a home pregnancy test yet? I was feeling the same way and just spent a little money on the home test. Guess what...I took it this morning and it showed positive. I'm so excited! Don't wait on the doctor just go take a test and relieve some of that stress.
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Registered: 08-25-2006
Mon, 03-26-2007 - 11:29pm
I'm a gotta-know-now kinda girl, so I took a home test when I was 2 days late, since I never am. 3 positives later, I called the doctor; since I didn't know how long the wait would be to see him. Well, I'm going in Wednesday - that will be 7 days late for me. I plan on taking another test before the appointment. I don't think it's early, but who am I to know? I've never done this before! *grin*