I had my first session as part of the "All Our Babies" Research Study. I was a little anxious about doing it intially, mostly because I was worried it would be a repeat of what Owen and I did when we took the 10w course through the Calgary Health Region. What drew me to say yes was that I got in to see the Dr. before 20w and my wait time in a clinic was reduced to less then half. So instead of sitting for 2hrs in a clinic to wait to see a Dr. with Tash getting bored, I have 2hr session (where childcare is provided) that I sit through with 3 other pg women and see the dr. within 5mins.
I looked over the course material and while a lot of it is going to be repetitive, I'll deal. Everyone seems nice, and Dr. Panich (sp?) is really nice and has great bedside manner.
My doppler arrived this morning and since I'm still bleeding :-( I wanted to try it out. It took me 20 mins to find the heartbeat but when I did it was sooo nice to hear. It's still reading at 145-150 bpm which was what Tash's was when she was in utero.
I have another u/s tomorrow to check on things (Niki things I might have a low placenta that is causing the bleeding) and I'm going to ask if they can tell the gender, even though I know it's not clearly visible until 18w. My diagnostic u/s is on the 21st of november. I'll be close to 20w then so hopefully we'll know for sure then.
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