This was the result of Transvaginal Ultrasound I had yesterday. The picture shows my uterus, at the middle of it (black) is the gestational sac, the embryo on the upper left corner and underneath are the size of the baby which is .67 cm, currently at 6 wks and 5 days today and my due date as it says is Nov. 24, 2006.
How does it feel that finally I had my first prenatal visit? I am Very Happy. For the first time in this period of my pregnancy, I saw his/her heartbeat flickering on the screen.
The movement of its heartbeat can be likened to the flashing light of a firefly or lightning bug. Somehow, I found my self in serenity for awhile knowing that there's a tiny living creature hiding behind my belly and indeed there's a baby. Its probably isn't enough to be happy all throughout but this marks the beginning of a new phase in our life, my next adventure towards motherhood, and the waving of a red flag to be more mindful of my health and well-being.
I reached the doctors clinic yesterday morning fifteen minutes behind my scheduled appointment. I got lost along the way and found myself parked the car at the wrong building across the street where the clinic could be found. So I moved the car and the heavy rain didn't stopped me from seeing my ob for the first time. Im not even sure how it will turn out but my mind was set of having to know my ob and their staff, their procedures, my status, vitamins and medications. Upon my arrival, I was asked to signed different kinds of papers including Arbitration Agreement which is required for every patient to sign so they could tender their procedures and practices, and without it, they couldn't accept you. This is my main problem with my previous ob-gyne, and with that, I am very disappointed. But then as I've said, my priority yesterday was more on my status and the baby, its vitamins and other medication necessary at this period. After signing all the papers, submitting insurance and IDs, I was able to meet the midwife in charge at that time. Unexpectedly, my ob-gyne of choice is in a group practice not a solo. That means how often will I see her on my next visits depends largely on her availability and most of the time, I have to deal with their Nurse-Midwives. In their group, there are two physicians and the rest are CNM(Certified Nurse-Midwife). Basically, that is something I really have to think about because in my opinion, I will feel more comfortable if Im gonna talk all along with the same person and trusting her about my feelings about this pregnancy means a lot. On my initial visit, the midwife took my weight which is now 127lbs. She gave me pregnancy information kit and AFP booklet. She did a pap smear and send me home a request for initial labs and blood works. I was given samples of prenatal vitamins (two kinds), something I could try which works better on me and their prescriptions. The first meeting was more of an interview and getting to know each other. The funny thing was she almost forgot to take my blood pressure, the only thing that made her remember to do the bp was because I asked her whats the standard procedures on every visits like urine tests, weight check and bp. At the same time, I was able to asked how many babies do they deliver in a month and she said, 30. So roughly one baby a day. And I asked her how about her, how many babies does she delivers in a month and she said 5 to 8 babies. So if they were six in the group, each has an average of 5 babies in a month to deliver which is obviously less than I expected.
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