as of right now, i am 100% super happy that i chose to go to high river and not to calgary. i had my first appointment today and today it was with dr. makhdoom (or dr. doom as her kid patients call her, which couldn't be more contradictory as i think she is the nicest doctor i've ever met). with the way this clinic works, i doubt i'll get dr. doom again, but it sounds like the rest of the docs are just as nice.
i got to the clinic and the admin assistant showed me how to dip my own pee and write down the results. then i got some info to read and barely waited 1 minute when dr. doom came in. we chatted for a moment, she took the family/personal history, reviewed my prenatal bloodwork with me (apparently it's true - i have no immunity to rubella, which is weird... i only had my vaccination 4 years ago), and then proceeded to a Pap... but she explained every step of the way of what she was doing as if it was my first ever. she measured my uterus and i'm right at 18 cm, correlating to 18 weeks! woo hoo!!!!
then the funny part. now, dr. mccracken has had so much trouble trying to find and sustain the baby's heartbeat on the doppler. at the most, i've heard about 5 beats in a row before he would lose it and not be able to find it again. i told dr. doom this and said this baby has been very uncooperative in the past with the doppler. she said, "oh really?", then just put the doppler probe down and *voila* there's the heartbeat. stronger and clearer than i've ever heard it and we had it for probably at least 30 seconds before the baby moved. we could also hear the baby's kicking movements, at which dr. doom got so excited and shouted, "it's kicking!"
i was very worried with me being sick and all this past week... and it was so reassuring to hear the heartbeat so nice and strong. it was about 150 bpm. so i'm measuring the right size, the heartbeat is right on, and now i really really REALLY can't wait for the ultrasound on Monday!!!
next appointment at LRC - August 4.
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