I had my first doctor's appointment today - Aug 26, 2010 - and it was just a medical background check, question period. And I can't remember the guy's name. And I think he said he was just filling in, so I'm assuming that I'll be seeing someone the next time?? If not, I'll find out his name!
I received a huge stack of booklets, pamphlets, etc:
*Baby's Best Chance: Parent's Handbook of Pregnancy and Baby Care (BC Goverment)
*Prenatal Genetic Screening pamphlet (Provincial Health Services Authority)
*Your Baby's Journey: Prince George's guide to services and information from pregnancy to parenting (Northern Health Authority)
*forms for blood work
*Parents Canada magazine
*Prenatal registry
Wow. So, we talked about health history, both mine and my family's, as well as drink/drug/smoking usages. Since I don't do any of those, I think we're good to go. We did discuss prenatal genetic testing - which would test to see if my baby could have trisomy 25, down syndrome or spinabifida - but usually those tests are more relevant if the mother's age is over 35. Since those tests are invasive, they're only helpful if the baby is at risk of a genetic defect. And if you plan on doing anything about it (abortion, adoption, etc). If you're just curious, it would definitely not be recommended.
I have another appointment scheduled for September 10th and I should definitely have my blood taken by then, so we'll do a physical exam as well as discuss results from that!
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