Week 11: Preparing for my first ultrasound

So after 11 weeks of hell, I'm about to get my first ultrasound tomorrow. I was good yesterday and then at around midnight i started to feel funny, and was up until 3pm when i finally puked and then was able to fall asleep.

I woke up this morning anxious. Is my appointment today or tomorrow? Crap - i haven't learned about what i'm supposed to expect yet and i need all the stuff listed and translated in french in case they miss something or i dont understand something. Why didn't i do this yesterday instead of laying waste on a couch watching 2 hours of Friends on Netflix when I own the entire DVD set and had even watched all of it with commentary?

Anyway, so here I am, getting prepped. I've been a bit nervous about not having done an ultrasound or even going to the doctors to get more info since I had gone the one time to get a prescription for a blood test. I havent taken my prenatals cuz i can't stomach it, and ive been looking online and chatting with friends, family, or friends of friends on what to do about my stomach - it feels a bit irresponsible but it feels like even if i went the french way does not care.

This was confirmed as soon as I googled "First ultrasound France" and this was the first link http://frenchmamma.com/2012/11/01/first-ultrasound-is-at-12-weeks-in-france-why-go-sooner/
Apparently even if you went out of your way to go, it's kinda pointless. Their attitude is so laissez-faire.

Here are the things i will need to ask or make sure i do tomorrow:

1. Make sure to get the "Declaration de grosesse" forms for declaration:

• The document is called "Premier examen medical prenatal"
• Pink slip + lab result go to Caisse d'assurance maladie
• 2 blue forms go to Caisse d'Allocation Familiales (CAF)
• Do it within 14 weeks to be reimbursed 100%

2. Determine actual due date of pregnancy (la date prévue d’accouchement)

• Last period (dernières règles) was 28th Mai commence

3. Provide all my symptoms (symptômes de grossesse)

• a lot of dry-heaving - at least 5 times a day (avoir des haut-le-cœur au moins 5 fois par jour)
• actual throw up 2-3 times week since july (vomir 2-3 fois par semaine depuis juillet)
• stomach hurts and burns all the time - symptoms of indigestions and a lot of gas (avoir mal d'estomac, L'ingestion cause des brûlures dans estomac, se sentir ballonnés et avoir davantage de gaz tout le temps, jamais arret)
• Diarrhea happens but not too often (parfois avoir des coliques/diarrhee)

4. Ask about

• Down's Syndrome test (si le bébé a la trisomie 21), 
• abnormalities (s’il existe des anomalies), 
• risks (les risques maternels et fœtaux)

5. Ask about next about appointment/ consultation (consultation prochaine, les autres examens)

• seeing a gynecologist (gynécologue) or a midwife (sage-femme) or obstetrician (gynécologues-obsétriciens)
• Low taxoplasmosis antibody - igg and igm (anticorps contre la toxoplasmose)
• Presence of infection from my first blood test
• Ask about Father's blood type being different (groupe sanguin de Caleb)

6. Ask about prenatal vitamins (vitamines prénatales)

• thinking about them makes me gag (j'ai essaye de prendres prenatales et acide folique mais j'ai des haut-le-coeur alors j'ai arrete - je veux le faire quand j'en pense)

7. Provide my medical history: asthma, severe allegy, eczema (atopy triad), a lot of stomachache/indigestion (no known cause)

• triade atopique: 
• urticaire (grave, quand j'ai chaud and quand je sors de maison, cetirizine)
• asthme (pas souvent, flovent & ventiline)
• eczema (plus depuis grosesse, betaderm)
• ingestion, haut le coeur souvent mais pas de diagnostique)

8.  Preparation for birth? (Préparation à l’accouchement)

9.  Drink lots of water as fluid is needed for ultrasound

10. Bring my test results!