This morning's visit to the High Risk Clinic went much better than the last. I saw the same OB that I'd originally seen on my first visit, and without my even prompting her she immediately crossed off the name of the [horrible] OB from last time and replaced it with the name of the incoming Perinatologist because he's much better qualified with high risk pregnancies like mine. So that's, apparently, who will be doing the c-section. Wonderful result.
I then said to her that of all the women with Protein S Deficiency that I know of, they're all having multiple scans to check growth / for blood clots. She asked me where they were, and I replied in the US & the UK. She said she'd asked because obviously in the USA you're more likely to be given multiple tests because then the DR can bill the insurance company for more money. I replied that I appreciated that, however given that some of these women are in the UK where you practically have to be dead before you're given any extra attention, I felt there may be some merit to these scans. She laughed and said she agreed, were these women anti-coagulated? Yep. So she said OK, therefore would (and did) schedule me for scans at 28, 32, and 36 wks. Hurrah! And all done without having to be even the slightest bit confrontational!
Lastly she did a swab for Group B Strep which I'm happy to have been tested for. They don't test you for that in the UK and I remember reading and thinking they should, as they do elsewhere by default, because it can be very damaging to the baby at birth.
Excellent result, came away feeling MUCH less stressed and concerned than I've been for the previous 2 wks since the last appointment!
Now, after a trip downtown with the rellies, I'm knackered so going for a snooze.
Posted by katie at April 15, 2004 03:46 PM