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I will be having my first obstetrics appointment when i am 12 weeks pregnant. I remember when i was pregnant 1st time round, i never saw an obstetrician, and saw a midwife instead. So i am wondering what this involves? And also if i am referred to see the obstetrician, does that mean they consider me as high risk?
This will be my first appointment, so im not sure if this will involve the booking appointment, I will also be having my first scan at the same day.
All advice appreciated.
From UK.
Thanks for your reply. Im just abit confused why i am refered to obs, as i had a normal pregnancy. The only thing i think of is i am 1 point over obese. Hope its nothing to worry about though. :S
Answer
Obstetrician appointment - will discuss your medical history, previous pregnancy and birth, information on father to be, your current pregnancy, your due date, will take bp, maybe ultrasound (if obs has machine in office). It is a get to know you and your history and where you currently are at.
My first pregnancy i saw a midwife, 2nd pregnancy i requested an obstetrician, my 3rd (current) pregnancy, i automatically went back to my obs.
Being referred to an obs can mean your pregnancy is higher risk or it needs more monitoring, but this is not always he case.
My first pregnancy ended at 24 weeks when her heart stopped beating. My 2nd pregnancy was not considered high risk and i had the option of midwife or obs. I personally chose an obs, i wanted the special treatment, the regular reviews, a doctor. She was lovely, she also was/is into fetal medicine/research and reviewed my lost daughters autopsy/results and researched this further for me, but still no answers. She was caring, thorough, professional, observant and very reassuring.
Even though neither were high risk, previous pregnancy and current, i don't regret obs over a midwife. No offense to midwives, they are trained and do a great job, but for me, a specialist was reassuring even though not needed.
Good luck and congratulations
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Surely that wouldn't be the case, if it is that's weird :)
An obs is no bother, just more qualified than a midwife. If you had no problems with your first then your situation is unusual or the midwife/place is unusual. You can always ask the obs why you were referred, the are pretty honest most of the time.
Try not to worry, midwife or obs, your baby and you are being looked after :)
In Australia, those with private health insurance automatically go to obs for private hospitals for normal healthy pregnancies, where as midwifes treat/monitor public patients.
Obstetrician appointment - will discuss your medical history, previous pregnancy and birth, information on father to be, your current pregnancy, your due date, will take bp, maybe ultrasound (if obs has machine in office). It is a get to know you and your history and where you currently are at.
My first pregnancy i saw a midwife, 2nd pregnancy i requested an obstetrician, my 3rd (current) pregnancy, i automatically went back to my obs.
Being referred to an obs can mean your pregnancy is higher risk or it needs more monitoring, but this is not always he case.
My first pregnancy ended at 24 weeks when her heart stopped beating. My 2nd pregnancy was not considered high risk and i had the option of midwife or obs. I personally chose an obs, i wanted the special treatment, the regular reviews, a doctor. She was lovely, she also was/is into fetal medicine/research and reviewed my lost daughters autopsy/results and researched this further for me, but still no answers. She was caring, thorough, professional, observant and very reassuring.
Even though neither were high risk, previous pregnancy and current, i don't regret obs over a midwife. No offense to midwives, they are trained and do a great job, but for me, a specialist was reassuring even though not needed.
Good luck and congratulations
Add:
Surely that wouldn't be the case, if it is that's weird :)
An obs is no bother, just more qualified than a midwife. If you had no problems with your first then your situation is unusual or the midwife/place is unusual. You can always ask the obs why you were referred, the are pretty honest most of the time.
Try not to worry, midwife or obs, your baby and you are being looked after :)
In Australia, those with private health insurance automatically go to obs for private hospitals for normal healthy pregnancies, where as midwifes treat/monitor public patients.
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If you pre-focus by pressing the shutter button half-way down while aiming at your subject - or where you anticipate your subject will be when you want to take the picture - it will help considerably. You can set your camera in "Sport" mode or "Scenery" and this will minimize the lag. If you do not use the flash, it will help. If you turn off "face detection," it will help. If you turn off the LCD monitor and use the viewfinder only, it will help.
Some point and shoot cameras are better than others. I have a Canon Powershot SD900 that seems quite fast to me. If you go to http://www.dpreview.com and read the reviews (once they are available for the cameras you are considering), you can go to the page called "Performance" and see exactly what the tested shutter lag is, as well as several other performace benchmarks.
Here's a link showing a chart of various cameras and their shutter lag as well as the time it takes to shoot five frames. You will not see any DSLR's listed, because they have no shutter lag. If you click on the column heading, such as "One Shot," the chart will sort according to that measurement.
http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/shutter-lag-comparisons.cfm
Here's a list of five good cameras with brief shot-to-shot delays of less than 1.5 seconds (in good light) each: http://www.cnet.com.au/digitalcameras/cameras/0,239036184,339271492,00.htm
Canon Powershots SD850-IS and SD750, Sony Cybershots DSC-T100 and DSC-W55, Kodak Easyshare C875.
Digital SLR's have virtually no shutter lag at all.
If you pre-focus by pressing the shutter button half-way down while aiming at your subject - or where you anticipate your subject will be when you want to take the picture - it will help considerably. You can set your camera in "Sport" mode or "Scenery" and this will minimize the lag. If you do not use the flash, it will help. If you turn off "face detection," it will help. If you turn off the LCD monitor and use the viewfinder only, it will help.
Some point and shoot cameras are better than others. I have a Canon Powershot SD900 that seems quite fast to me. If you go to http://www.dpreview.com and read the reviews (once they are available for the cameras you are considering), you can go to the page called "Performance" and see exactly what the tested shutter lag is, as well as several other performace benchmarks.
Here's a link showing a chart of various cameras and their shutter lag as well as the time it takes to shoot five frames. You will not see any DSLR's listed, because they have no shutter lag. If you click on the column heading, such as "One Shot," the chart will sort according to that measurement.
http://www.cameras.co.uk/html/shutter-lag-comparisons.cfm
Here's a list of five good cameras with brief shot-to-shot delays of less than 1.5 seconds (in good light) each: http://www.cnet.com.au/digitalcameras/cameras/0,239036184,339271492,00.htm
Canon Powershots SD850-IS and SD750, Sony Cybershots DSC-T100 and DSC-W55, Kodak Easyshare C875.
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