So today is the KKH appointment we have been waiting so long for. The last few weeks felt like months. I find myself freaking out every time I go to the washroom, every time I felt a discharge, only to breathe a sigh of relief to find no blood or spotting.
I realized that my morning sickness only comes when I am too hungry. So now I just keep eating. But it does help that my BMI is 18 pre-pregnancy.
And the day begins
So reading online about the waiting times of KKH public, Daniel and I braced ourselves for the long day ahead. We canceled all appointments and made sure we had biscuits in my bag and ketones in our bottles.
When we arrived, DAMN the place was packed! So scanning due to Covid took about 5 mins, that’s not too bad! And we walked aimlessly around looking for Clinic C, found it, scanned my IC then a paper popped out.
Registration fail, please go to counters 1-4.. DAMMIT!
Okayyy.. breath!!! Its gonna be fine!!!
The place was PACKED!!!!! So we asked the closest person in uniform we could grab if we needed to wait or talk to someone.
The senior administrative staff just told us “Just take a seat, they will call your name”. Okayyyy..
There were no seats as the place was packed and half the seats were unavailable due to social distancing.
OKAY!!!! Let’s do this. Daniel and I anxiously looked at the ladies at the counter, who were constantly bombarded with questions and people talking to them.
Then, 10 mins in, I heard my name! Oh helllooooo nurse.
Ding Dong
They passed me a slip and told me to wait in front of the counter and watch my number. But they are very sweet la. After another 5 min of waiting, to the counter where they took the letter from the polyclinic, explained to me what is going on, double checked if I wanted to go the public/subsidized route, explained to me what that means and that I can change my mind anytime.
She also explained to me as a first-time mum, these are the resources opened to me, also vaccinating options for my baby, epidural or not (this can change as the dates get closer), getting Daniel’s documents to make sure he was my hubby.. hahaha..
Then after signing a bunch of papers, off to the scanning we goooo!
Scanning and nervous waiting starts
When we got to the scanning clinic (yes it is a different area), we passed our paper to the reception and got ready to wait. We were pleasantly surprised when our number flashed before we even got to sit down. We went over and the lady told us “This is your first time here right? There is actually quite a long queue, so it will take about 1 hour. Have you guys had breakfast? Do you want to go have breakfast first and walk around before coming back for the scan?”
That is so so sweet! So off to the food court we go!
An hour later, we came back to the clinic, I went to say hi to the nurse so that she knows we are back, and within 10 mins, it is our turn! SUPER EXCITED!
Finally into the room. Will we see what we wanna see?
We got into the room, the lady confirmed my NRIC number and told me to pull my jeans down below my waist and scoot into the bed/chair thingy. Then she squirts the gel on my belly and it begins!
Scan scan scan
And we saw our little bean for the first and the first thing we saw was the beating heart. It was beating fast and furious.
I cried.
To know that there was life within me brought crazy emotions. Daniel and I were just smiling like crazy and I saw tears in his eyes too! So here is our little bean. Already fighting for his or her life.
I think this is the moment it hit me. I am really a mom. Not just because I saw a line on the pregnancy test but I am carrying a living baby that will be growing and growing every moment!
After the scan is done, we got the ultrasound photo, dan and I just held it for a second and the lady was kind enough to give us a second before we left the room. We thanked her and she was super kind, congratulated us, and told us where to go next.
Test test and more test!
So next was the height and weight and pee test. Basically, wait outside a room then go in (this is starting to feel like clockwork), take your height and weight and pee on a test stick and show the stick to the nurse. Painless done in less than 5 min.
Then finally doctor consultation.
Dan and I prayed outside the room for good results from the doc. And within 2 mins of us sitting down, our number rang/dinged!
In we go! The doctor was so nice!!! She asked if everything was ok, how I was feeling, and if I was active before pregnancy.
I told her I was and I asked if I could continue to take my ketones. After taking a quick look and asking if I know that this is something that I’ve been taking, she just said, I don’t see any issues if you are comfortable continuing, only no Keto diet. One of the best news of the day! Hehe..
And of cos my coffee question. How much mg can I take a day? Hehe.. 200mg? GREAT!!!!!!
So all done! And I had the option to take a flu jab now or in 3 weeks. Might as well get it done. And with that, the last step!
Pay and off we go!
NETS payment at the kiosk and we are DONE FOR the day! It actually did not take as long as I thought it would. And with a 50% government subsidized fee yooooo!!!!! woohooo!
So that’s my experience at KKH for the first time! Hehehe.. I’m just looking at the little bean bean photo as I type away!
Love you all, till next time, byeeee!!!
