关于怀孕这件事（12）－产检（2）

8月21日－Week 9

How your baby's growing:

Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain. (BabyCenter.com)

终于等到了这一天，本来还以为今天要作SCREENING TEST的。一早起身做功课，因为自从上一个产检后，就没有做功课了。

到底＂做＂还是＂不做＂好呢？

问了哥和小青娃的看法，然后又与酷商量了好久，仍旧很矛盾。

正在怀孕的大嫂决定不做，因为他们觉得，既然结果不准，他们也不打算因为不准确的结果而冒险堕胎，为什么要做呢？

小青蛙说她和雀仔有作，因为求个心安理得吧？

后来与酷讨论，两个人在网上找资料，了解这些SCREENING的结果真的靠不准，于是决定不做了。

好了。最后我一个人赴诊去！

一登记好，护士就要我上洗手间小便验尿。有了上一次的乌龙，这一次，我比较精明了。把包包挂在门上，拿起笔在纸杯上写名字，然后就开始了。

然后又回到候厅室继续等。后来，量血压和体重后，提着护士给我一大包的阅读资料再一次回去候厅室等待。今天的体重仍旧是118磅。咦？没有加重啊？为什么一直觉得自己越来越胖呢？

今天是与 MIDWIFE LISA HOLT 见面，她负责告诉我怀孕是该注意的事项。然后解释关于TESTING的种种。最后我仍旧做了三个TESTING：CYSTIC FIBROSIS，SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY，和FRAGILE X SYNDROME。因为医生说这三个TEST总数只是$25。还好不贵，就决定做了。

然后我听MIDWIFE的话，先做APPOINTMENT要在三个星期后做SCREENING TEST，然后再回家想看到底决定如何再取消。因为做这个TESTING的DR。MOORE很忙，最好是做APPOINTMENT来BOOK她的时间，如果不要做也可以取消。我想也无妨。

所以，今天的产检就在抽血后结束。总共花了多少钱？还不知道。要等到医药费的单子来到才能知道。至少，今天的TESTING只是$25而已。不是吗？