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1st ultrasound end with more questions than answers

I had my first ultrasound two days ago. During, the tech looked really uncomfortable. I tried making small talk but she was focused on the screen so I said things like, "That's my ovary" "That's my uterus" "Right?" She got paranoid and asked what I did for a living, "Health Care Administration" then she asked, "Do you have a medical background?" and turned off the screen that allowed me to see.
I responded very little.
She finished and logged out of everything. She said she needed to "Go tell the doctor she was done" and was gone for 15 minutes.
The doctor (my doctor is on vacation so this was a partner) came back in and said she wanted to run some blood work.
I asked if everything was fine on the ultrasound and she said "it's too early to tell" and she would "need to confer with my ob-gyn when she gets back"
They took my blood and said the results would be back today.
I called today and was given a back and forth "call back later/someone will call you" then finally right at the end of the day, I get a call from a nurse saying that my labs were sent to California and won't be expected until mid to late next week. (I'm in Illinois so what does California have that Barnes in St Louis, IU Medical in Indianapolis or any of the huge hospitals in Chicago does not have?)
She says "sometimes our labs go there."
Also that my obgyn isn't coming back until Monday and the doctor that saw me wants to wait until they review the ultrasound together to give me results.
BUT the nurse threw in at the last second, "If your period doesn't come by the time we talk to you next week, we will give you something to make it come."
"UM WHAT?"
"Is there anything else I can do for you, you sound upset?"
"I'm concerned. I'm worried. I don't understand what's going on."
"Well there is not much more information I can give you, you'll just have to wait for the results and for your doctor to call you back."

So, WTF???
I'm so worried. I've had a period come a week or more late twice before after strong positives.
Why the hell would a nurse say that when I am waiting on results that she can't tell me?
Not being told why the labs went to California, why I was told two days for test results and now over a week, what exactly the doctor saw that wants to discuss with my doctor.
I just wish I had some answers.

Does anyone know why a doctor wouldn't just tell me, why she would want to talk to another doctor about my ultrasound?
Or why labs would take longer that they originally told me?
Or why labs from Illinois would get sent to California? (They use Quest Diagnostics which has hundreds of other locations closer than California.)

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