A Visit to Gynae

And so, an appointment was made on the 26th Oct (5 days after the Home Pregnancy Test) to confirm the good news. We were both very excited to be able to have a confirmation on the good news by an expert but we were also fearing that the home pregnancy test might be a false alarm.

Upon reaching the Woman's Specialist Centre, the nurse registered me. Hubby was with me all the time. The nurse asked me stuffs like when's my last menstrual, how often we make love in a week, and others health related. Lastly she weighed and measured me. I was 160cm tall and 44kgs weight.

Then the nurse called us in and the doctor introduced himself as Dr. Leong to us. I wasn't really comfortable at the idea of having a male gynae but Dr.Leong makes it really easy for me to accept. He was very friendly and gentle. He makes me feel at ease almost instantly.

He had only asked me a few questions before asking me to lie down on the bed. Then he asked the nurse to prepare me for a vaginal scan. I was in shock and fears started to comes in. I wasn't prepared for such check-up. I thought it's just gonna be some blood test or something similar. I looked at my hubby and he looked back at me. It lasted for a few seconds. It was like we were exchanging conversations:
"What vaginal scan? Aren't he suppose to do some blood test to see if i am pregnant a not?" I asked.
"Don't worry! Just go ahead with doctor's instruction", he answered.

Reluctantly i walked to the bed, which is just 5-6 steps away from the doctor's table. The nurse closed the curtain, separating us from the doctor. She was also a friendly person. Gently, she asked me to take out my pants and undies. She held up a white blanket to cover my lower body so that i will not be too shy to get half naked in front of her. She then helped me up on the bed and positioned me with my knees up and covered my lower body with the white blanket. She smiled and me and said, "ok, you're ready!" before informing the doctor.

Dr. Leong stood next to me where the ultrasound machine was. He explained to me that this is perfectly safe for me and my baby. He then inserted a device called transducer into my vagina, close to the pelvic structures, and switched on the ultrasound monitor. I could see black and white things on it but couldn't determine what was it. He moved the transducer left and right to look for my baby. Then he said, "There you are!" and he continue,"ok, this is your baby." I looked at it, and it was just like a peanut. I almost cried. Dr.Leong then asked my hubby to come and have a look. He then zoom in to our baby and we could see its heart beating. It was like a peanut with two lines in the middle and both the lines were blinking. Dr. Leong even let us hear its heartbeat. "Dop..dop...dop..dop" Its heartbeat was so gentle and soft. Hubby had tears in his eyes and I knew he is gonna be a good father. We then had a print of our baby. Dr. Leong said that according to my menstrual cycle, i was 7 weeks pregnant but our baby seems to small for 7 weeks. He told us that he can only determine it at our next check up. Dr. Leong congratulate us and prescribed me with folic acid before dismissing us.


Diagram above taken from http://kolkataivf.net/pages/Imaging.html
Even tho' the scanning lasted for a few minutes only, but it was enough to cost me great discomfort. I told my hubby that if can, i would not want to have vaginal scan in our next check up nor near futures. He asked me to bear with it one or two more times until our baby is big enough for tummy scan. He then kissed me as a made up to my discomfort. "Easy for you to say!" i said in a sulky way.



Notes: First check up - RM150

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