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Second Hospital Visit   (Part 2)

8/27/2014

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Registration in the Emergency department is different when you are pregnant. The first question you get is not “can I see your health Card” it is “are you in labour” and then they ask for your health card.  (In case you ever need to know this, pregnant women before 20 weeks are seen first by an Emergency room doctor and after that they are sent immediately up to Fetal Assessment in the Labour and Delivery department.) I found this out when she asked if I wanted to see an emergency room doctor and I told her I wanted to see an obstruction since I was 25 weeks pregnant. 
Shortly after that I was up in the section of the labour and delivery department where they do the fetal assessment.  I was asked all the normal questions " when was your last BM, describe whats the concern, have you felt the baby move recently? and was then taken to a room. In the room I was then hooked up to two monitors, one for the babies heartbeat and the other for measuring movement. After a bit I also had my blood pressure taken. For a bit they they decided to leave it on and ever twenty mins or so the cuff would inflate and do its thing. Finally the resident came in and asked alot of the same questions the nurse asked and did some other assessments. I was then informed that she would talk to the Obstetrician and decide on a course of action. After some time I felt better and because it was getting better by the time the obstetrician came It was decided that I was not having preterm labour. So I was released and went home to rest. 
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