I hated the glucose test. They wouldn't let me pee during the waiting time, either, and I believe I threatened to vomit on the front desk staff because they were being bitchy.
Oo... they didn't say anything about not peeing. They just gave me a bottle of syrup (*yuck*) and told me to drink it an hour before coming in next time. I'll read the instructions again...
Oh, nice, they made me come in to drink the barfy syrup. And, yeah, no one had warned me beforehand that I couldn't pee. To this day I suspect the nurse got confused between the procedures for the glucose test and the ultrasound.
Yeah, the nurse mentioned putting at least three hours between breakfast and the bottle o' sugar. Which is a shame, since it would probably go down better with a chaser of toast and yogurt.
RNs wear red and white uniforms with a big golden "M" on them, right?
I'm gonna say that a "pee first" ultrasound is definitely outside the norm. I've had lots of ultrasounds (had to have weekly ones toward the end of my pregnancy, and with all the ovary and stomach issues I've had recently, well ... let's just say it's a good thing those aren't X-rays because my nether regions and abdomen would glow in the dark!) Anyway, I've had lots of ultrasounds and they always wanted me to start off with a full bladder. Sometimes they have me pee and then they do it again, but they always want me to start ready to burst.
Maybe they don't do that any more to pregnant ladies because too many women lost it with the pressure and peed on the table.
If they're doing 'the probe' type of ultrasound, they tell you to pee first. If they're doing the rolly on the outside of the belly, you have to hold it. But of course that would be for the non-preggars version...I heard they made the occupied folks hold the pee too...
Oh, yeah! I was assuming Karen had gotten the belly roller/giant dildo combo punch -- ie, first the belly roller, then ya get to pee, then they pull out the fetish toys. But if she just had the dildo, that would explain not having to pee first.
Transvaginal ultrasound is usually only done in the early early weeks, when the baby is still kinda small, cos it allows for closer imaging. After 14 weeks or so, abdominal is used.
And yeah, they say they want a full bladder, but aren't gonna, you know, lynch you if you whiz beforehand. Providing you have enough amniotic fluid, peeing won't make or break the images. I go before every US, and it's not been a problem.
Ugh, the "probe." Only had to get that one once. Thank god. "I know you do this every day, but usually I at least insist you to buy me dinner before we go sticking things where they don't belong."
They only made me pee before the belly-rolling one, and they was after I'd sat in the waiting room for almost two hours with nothing to do but walk back and forth to the water cooler.
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And in case they didn't warn you. Watch what you eat or drink beforehand, you can screw yourself with a carb/sugar heavy meal before.
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Maybe I'll mix it with rum. ;)
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You're sure it was an actual RN helping you out, right? ;)
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I'm gonna say that a "pee first" ultrasound is definitely outside the norm. I've had lots of ultrasounds (had to have weekly ones toward the end of my pregnancy, and with all the ovary and stomach issues I've had recently, well ... let's just say it's a good thing those aren't X-rays because my nether regions and abdomen would glow in the dark!) Anyway, I've had lots of ultrasounds and they always wanted me to start off with a full bladder. Sometimes they have me pee and then they do it again, but they always want me to start ready to burst.
Maybe they don't do that any more to pregnant ladies because too many women lost it with the pressure and peed on the table.
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And yeah, they say they want a full bladder, but aren't gonna, you know, lynch you if you whiz beforehand. Providing you have enough amniotic fluid, peeing won't make or break the images. I go before every US, and it's not been a problem.
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They only made me pee before the belly-rolling one, and they was after I'd sat in the waiting room for almost two hours with nothing to do but walk back and forth to the water cooler.
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