09/28/2025
August 3: Sunday morning update:
10 weeks, 3 days
It's been a whole week since I have shared my exciting news publicly. I've been just as busy as usual, thinking ahead and planning out the next few months as much as possible. My life is definitely going to change!
This past week I was expecting a call from doctor first thing Monday morning, assuming he would read my ultrasound results and s**t kittens! When the call did not come, I wrote it off as maybe just a busy day at the office, or perhaps he was out for the day. Tuesday morning passed as well, and still nothing. Okay... that's weird.
Time to start investigating!
I phoned the doctors office and his assistant informed me that my results had not yet come in from the ultrasound. Maybe wait one more day. Sometimes there are lags in the system.
Wednesday morning came and went, and still nothing. I phoned again to check on the status of things. I was told that the results were posted to my patient accessible Netcare, but had still not shown up on "my chart", which the doctor can see, and work off of. The assistant was kind enough to print the results from Netcare and show them to my doctor so he would be aware of the situation. She also advised that I might want to phone the hospital where I had gotten the ultrasound from and have them resend the results- which I immediately did!
|Another hard stop: the ultrasound lab explained to me that they could NOT resend the results. Once it is completed, and they hit the send button, there's nothing more they can do. It goes 'into the system' and it's out of their hands. "For all we know, it's lost in Ontario!"
In short- My official ultrasound results, which were needed for a referral to the Royal Alexandria hospital, were lost! 🤦♀️
My doctor phoned me personally Friday morning and explained the situation he was in, being unable to act without the official doctors version of the ultrasound. He was amazed of course, that I was carrying four children and had only minor nausea and just a few other symptoms! He booked another ultrasound for me on Thursday August 7th and congratulated me on the pregnancy. I think he was a little sad he wouldn't be handling the case, as it is classified as high risk, and only Edmonton monitors such cases.
I did manage to bring up my Netcare and find the patient copy of my ultrasound. All four babies are measuring appropriately for their age and heart beats are high and steady. They did notice a hematoma, which would account for the bleeding I have experienced twice so far. (Each time was about half of a day with light spotting, which cleared up without issue.) This is usually something that resolves on its own over the course of pregnancy, but is definitely something to monitor.
I have gone ahead and booked a naturopathic doctor's appointment for the 19th as well, to get nutritional advice and a detailed blood test for my micronutrient counts. Although I have already started a supplement routine, I would like to have it more personalized and monitored to be sure I am not falling short on any vital nutrients needed for this pregnancy.
Overall, I've been feeling quite well. A little nausea if I have an empty stomach and my resting heart rate is on average about 20 beats higher than my non pregnant rates. I'm still getting around and doing as much as I can with Alivia, while I can. We have been taking advantage of the summer heat and spending lots of time outside, swimming, going to spray parks and visiting friends. I've told her she's going to be a big sister and she's so excited! She keeps asking when the babies will come out of mommy's tummy;
"Not too long" I tell her, "only 6 more months to go!"
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