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May 2013 Babies

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Manu - I can't believe they wanted you to pee like that! If they wanted sterile urine that badly, they should've just used a catheter. Otherwise, even if they want a "clean catch" you're just supposed to wipe with an antibacterial wipe then pee midstream. That's so crazy!!! Well, I'm glad it's all over and done with for you and hopefully they don't make you pee like that at every appointment!
 
manuiti said:
Big hugs Mizz! I'm glad you're going to the Dr tomorrow, so your mind can be put as ease soon.

Afm - I'm just back from my first lot of blood and urine tests. It's so backward here sometimes it makes me giggle. Now normally when I've gone for blood tests, they stick the needle in and then pop on and off the different vials that they're going to use for the tests and the blood just comes out at it's own rate. Not in the place I had to go to today, I got my blood sucked out with a big syringe, I could feel it coming out and it was really weird! Then for the urine tests normally you're just given a cup and told to pee in it. Oh no, not here, I had to have my feet up in stirrups for this. She cleaned me and then told me to pee while I was lying down. For me, that is impossible! Even after my embryo transfer when I did my IVF and I was absolutely bursting for a wee, I couldn't relax myself enough to use the bed pan, even when they left me alone. There's no way I was going to manage to wee with my legs in stirrups and some random woman holding a cup up against me! lol I argued enough that she eventually agreed to let me wee in the cup in the normal way, though she did put a bit of cotton up me so as no potential discharge could contaminate the urine sample. oh my word! *sigh*
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Um...as a health care professional...I cannot imagine why they wanted you to wee in STIRRUPS. If you don't want the sample contaminated you use the "clean catch" procedure. You can't pee with your legs up. Literally, you CAN'T. Your kegels close. That's why women often poop in labor but never pee (no matter how hard they push).
 
Manu: that's terrible and completely degrading and unprofessional!!!! I would make a complaint about that! Omg so sorry you went through that! I can't believe a medical professional would do that to someone!
 
Holy headaches for the past two days and both of my kiddos have been waking up through the night and I've gotten NO sleep
 
Awwww, thanks for the support girls, that means a lot. Bizarrely it didn't bother me too much so I think I'm getting into good training for being poked and prodded and having lots of random people looking at my foo foo throughout this pregnancy. lol

I do remember about 15 years ago, being here and getting cystisis & them needing a urine sample and having to go through the same procedure (& yet again, not managing to pee! :haha:). So I think here in South America, it is/was standard practice - maybe it's their way of not having to do much work because they must never get any urine samples to process. lol However, last pregnancy I went to the clinic at the mall (much more modern) and for the urine tests they just told you how to clean yourself and gave you a cup. What I would consider normal. So if my ob/gyn sends me back to this last clinic I'm going to request/demand/not give him a choice that he does the paperwork so I can go to the mall clinic.

Oh and a good milestone today - last pregnancy 10w+6, which I am today, is the day we went for the scan where we found out that baby's heart had stopped beating a few days before. I'm thrilled to say that I had a go with my doppler today and this baby's heart is still happily thumping away. So I am now officially the furthest along that I've ever been. :happydance:
 
Manu - congrats on getting the furthest you've been! It feels so good to get to those milestones!

Amanda - tell me about the headaches! I've had them on and off for the past week and they're miserable!

Mizz - any news? How'd your appointment go?

So, scan went well! Baby measuring 11 + 1 which gives me a due date of May 14, but we're sticking with May 18. Doctor assures me that baby will come well before due date, however. I'm not surprised... I always go early. I have to call to make my appointment for NT scan as my doctor didn't give me the option to refuse. He said, "I'm sending you to this perinatologist so he can do another ultrasound look very closely at baby." I'm not sure if I should be worried by this as if he saw something on my scan, but when we were looking at the baby, I asked him how everything looked and he said, "Everything looks perfect." There I go... looking for bad news! I really just need to let go and enjoy this pregnancy, but I don't think I'll be able to at all this time around. Anyway, :hi: to everyone!!!
 
Manu-That is too stinkin weird!!! With my m/c in March I was hemmorhaging and they wouldn't let me out of bed. I had to pee so bad and that bed pan was useless!!!!!
 
Got my appts made!!!! Nurse visit Monday and then I see the OB Friday Nov 2. Praying to God they don't do a pap! UG!!!! Oh and found out we owe our $500 deductible for the birth by 20 weeks which is right at Christmas. Joy!!!
 
Manu, you must have the patience of a saint! I would have had a few words to say about being told to pee in stirrups!

Just a short post to say hi to you all and..... *drum roll*...... I'm 12 weeks today!! Second tri! Woot woot! I'm still puking though.
 
Happy 12 weeks Tourney!! (I thought 3rd Tri was 13th week, awesome if it's 12 means I onyl have 2 days to wait!)

Hann - glad you got your date - what a pain your DH can't go, hope it gets sorted either way. XX
 
Happy 12 weeks tourney. I thought 2nd tri was 13 weeks too :shrug:

How's everyone doing today? X
 
Tournesol said:
Manu, you must have the patience of a saint! I would have had a few words to say about being told to pee in stirrups!

Just a short post to say hi to you all and..... *drum roll*...... I'm 12 weeks today!! Second tri! Woot woot! I'm still puking though.
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Congrats on 12 weeks :)
 
Thank you all! It's week 12, which is also the start of the 13th week. Either way, it's the end of the 1st tri :happydance:
 
Hey everyone! How are you all?? Congrats on your 12 weeks Tour btw :)

Um okay, it was a looooooooooooong interesresting, scary appt and I just got to my hometown in GA (8 hr drive), so I will post on here about the appt tomorrow... But baby is great with 150 bpm...
 
Yay MMM!!!

Have fun at your scan!!!

Only one more work day until mine. :)

I've only been counting weekdays as its on Monday but weekends always go quick. :)
 
Good luck with all the scans!!! If I don't go and electively do one, I'm out until 20 weeks. So sad.... :(
 
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