Today we leave for Rio because tomorrow we have our first ultrasound (US)!!! The appointment is at 3pm our time so just around you all's lunch hour we should be finding out the sex of the baby! I guess that's not the most important thing but exciting none the less. I am not even sure if in Brazil the US tech will be able to tell us anything or if we have to wait for the doctor to interpret the results.... hmmmm
If the US tech is able to tell us things then that will be a subtle difference in health care policy from the States and Brazil. In the States, for liability reasons, the tech cannot tell the patient information. Of course they know what is going on most of the time but do they want to get sued? Absolutely not!
Anyway, I see Dr. J on Tuesday at 1pm so we will for sure now that everything is going good or if I need to make some changes. I bet that when we return to Macae I will need to go get more blood work done too. All this running around sure takes up so much time! So worth it though for the end result :)
Things I need to ask Dr. J:
I am actually having a hard time with questions. I am trying to leave my nursing at home and let her do her job. I don't really want to freak her out by asking tons of weird stuff to early. So I guess this should be things I want to know.
1. Which hospitals can I deliver at?
2. Which ones have NICU's and what levels?
3. Which ones have IN-HOUSE Neonatologists? I don't want any that on-call shit- what a load of crap.
4. Can I do Natural birth with no drugs?
5. Am I allowed to amend that decision if the pain is too much?
6. What interventions do you do before making a decision for C-section?
7. What's your policy on induction?
See- most of my questions are for later on when I am ready to pop. Should I wait to ask them? I mean things are going so great now that I really don't need to know anything now. I have books to tell me what to expect each week. I know that nutrition is important and so is exercise. Make sure to drink a ton of water which is starting to taste so bland!
I guess I am going to see the direction of the Dr. apt and then maybe ask the questions. It can't hurt right? Wish us safe travels and a healthy baby. We truly are very blessed.
Tchau,
Sara
Sara,
ReplyDeleteI don't have any experience with having babies, but just by reading Eric and Emily's adventures in Brazil, I could tell that it is probably a good thing to start asking all kinds of questions right now!
First of all, time will fly and your delivery date will be here before you can say "C-Section".
Second, if your doctor tells you things, options you don't like and they don't offer, you will have time to search, ask around and find out where you are able to get everything you want.
From as simple request as having Nate with you during the delivery, to having this drug or that drug at what point...of the procedure.
The earlier you find out about it, the more time you will have to find/get/prepare for what you want/need.
I think the success of this entire process is in the details...
Hope you have a good first and second appointment.
Ray
I didn't even think about asking if Nate could be with me... I jut assumed. Makes sense though to ask just in case. You are right about asking now to head off any problems. Thanks for the well wishes!
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