Anyway, my appointment was for 115. My mom came over to watch D and I took the bus. I had a bit of a mishap at first, because I had thought the unit was located at St Joe's Hospital. When I called for more detailed info about where to go, I found out it is located at University Hospital. Yikes! That was right before I left, so I had to re-plan my bus routes. Thanks to Ben, who told me the Wellington goes right there.
I arrived early enough that I could get a coffee and a tea biscuit at the Tim Horton's just inside the entrance. I took it up to the 9th floor to the EPAU to eat and drink.
A nurse came to get me shortly after 115. She asked some basic info and took my blood pressure. (129/89). A little high on the systolic side, but understandable.
A few minutes later, the intern came in (I didn't catch her name) and didn't realize I was there to confirm a miscarriage. She was talking like "how far along are you, how do you feel" etc and I said, "I should be 7w4d but I miscarried on Saturday." She seemed a little shocked. I guess she should have read my file before she came in to talk to me.
We discussed what happened, then she left and then both her and the Dr came in. He gave me the standard "If you refuse the ultrasound, all of these ______ bad things could happen to you." I understand it's a matter of informed consent, and that they need to cover themselves in case of lawsuit, but grrr. Really.
They gave me some bloodwork requisitions and I headed to the basement to get blood drawn for the quantitative hcg test.
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I called the EPAU this morning to get the results and it was 65. They want to see it go to 0 so I'll be going back on Monday. If it's not to 0 at that point, I'll have to get another vial drawn the following week.
The thing that bothered me the most (but I expected it) was when the Dr called the baby the "product of conception"...seems a little insensitive to me, but I guess when they don't know if there was even a baby in the first place, it's impractical to call it so. Also, I was so put-off by his words that I didn't even get to talk to him about future conception, whether I should supplement with anything special in the next little while (like iron, B vitamins, etc) or things like that. I guess I'll just do the research myself, like I always do.
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