2 thumbs & a dummy

Can you believe that I am now close to 20 weeks???? Although this is round 3 for us, I am just as excited as I was when I was preggers with Arianna when I went for my 20 weeks scan. Although with Arianna I was still in Malaysia and had only done the scan at 26 weeks after we got back from Malaysia.

Of course the results were not so clear since she had grown so much but it was enough to satisfy the doc. With KR, I had picked the wrong doc for my checkups and didn’t really have a say when he took merely 5 minutes to carry out what should have been at LEAST a 20 minutes scan. Turns out that it is not a routine scan done here in Malaysia and if you do want it done, you’d have to go to a specialist. Hence, I’ll be booking my appointment with Dr. Maha from Island Hospital this week.

If you didn’t know (especially my non-Penangite readers), Island Hospital is the most expensive on the island. And given the choice, it would not have been my pick due to several reasons. Mainly because it is located in Penang Island and I am in Kulim (now). The drive takes approximately 1hr (most times less) and I have to drag the kids along. Of course the cost is also another factor as well. It will burn a hole as big as RM260 in my pocket for just that one scan and it is not something I can claim back, which is a mighty big bugger for me. :/ And the only other reason why I am going to her is because my aunt’s doc told me to when I called to ask if he does the morphological scan. In fact, he recommended her and when I asked him about getting my glucose test done, he was kind enough to tell to go straight to the lab and get it done instead of going to a clinic. Told me that it was the cheapest shortcut for me. *lol* Guess he knew I’d be paying through my nose when I go to Island Hospital.

Anyway, I’m not sure what to expect but Aunty B reckons we should bring our ipods along just in case to keep the kids entertain in case they are not equip with stuff for kids to play with, etc. One would think that they should have toys and such there because mums go there and they should have something there for kids to play with to occupy themselves, right? In any case, I am not expecting much because the lower my expectations, the less horrid I’d feel if they did turn out to be below the standard that I’ve put them on. *sigh*