Thread: WEDDINGBELLS Message Board Community: do I need family MD to refer me to a OB/GYN?

thank you ladies, if I can't get an appointment with my family MD (as usual) then I'll go to a walk-in clinic.

No you don't really need a referal, but if your pregnancy is high risk you should already be seeing your Family MD for regular appointments. There are a number of them in Ottawa. You can go on the College of Surgeons and Physicians to find OB's accepting patients. If you are high risk you will want to look for OB's at the Civic or the General. One of those places has a high risk clinic as well. Good Luck.

All I did was go into a walk in clinic they did the test I told them why I was high risk (diabetes) and they called the clinic at the Civic and got me set up.

you do need a referal from a GP to a Obgyn ... i don't think it matters if its your GP or not.. but in gral obgyn's wont see you until you are 12 weeks at least.. i'm also high risk (gestational diabetes and biocournate uterus with 2 previous misscarriages) for the diabetes they refer you to the special pregancy unit (either at the gral or at the civic) its dif. from your obgyn apointments though..

I was told in Ontario you did need a referral from you MD. However mine is much like yours so I went to the walk in clinic and got them to refer me. I was in to the OB within a week

In Saskatchewan I needed a referral but in Manitoba I didn't.