Today was our first appointment with a doctor to confirm that I am pregnant! I expected a blood test or something, but instead a pee test was given, which is what I did at home. The doctor gave me a due date of 30 April, which I had also figured out from the internet. The doctor seems nice, though. She was recommended to me by a friend who had a c-section. I will need a c-section again, as well, so we decided to go the private medical route to guarantee that I will be given a c-section.
I will be delivering at this hospital, which is older than the USA. It has had a lot of interesting history. You can read about it here. It took us about an hour by public transport to get to the hospital, and it was not the easiest thing with LG. She was really good about it all, though, and she enjoyed playing with the maze toy in reception/the lobby while we waited for our doctor, who was late.
We asked at all the nursing stations about our doctor and our appointment, and no one seemed to know about us. One nurse even had us call the doctor's secretary, and she didn't know about us! This really scared us, but we have now learned that since we are private patients, we will never be on any appointment books. Appointment books are for those who use the national insurance.
Anyway, it was an interesting day. It wasn't at all what we expected, but we are happy to have now seen a doctor. :)
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