Before I begin today's post, I just want to state a disclaimer that this procedures noted here is what I have personally gone through on 12th March 2013 for my 1st check-up (3rd pregnancy now) and I apologize if I have left out any important routines/procedures or accidentally added any extra procedures. It is best for you to call up the hospital and follow their instructions.
Please note that prior to my 12th March check-up, it has been over 1 year since I last went to the hospital after giving birth to Alyson in September 2011 so I have definitely missed out and did not realised the new procedures in the hospital, especially those under the Full Paying Patient (FPP) Scheme.
Prior to this for my 2 earlier pregnancies, I actually just go to the registration counter and reopened my FPP account and immediately arranged for an appointment with my gynae on the same day. But now, the procedures are different as you will need to arrange for an appointment with your gynae first as any immediate walk-in to register for FPP and wanting to see gynae right after that will not be entertained. The staff at the registration counter will check whether you have arranged for any appointment with your gynae before they process your registration, so please spare yourself some headache and stress, call up to make your 1st appointment with your gynae before you go to the hospital straight.
So for my case, I actually called up early March and managed to speak to my gynae directly and I booked for the earliest date he can slot me in his busy schedule, which is 12th March 2013 2pm. I asked for afternoon time as I remember the crowds are lesser in the afternoon.
I actually arrived at 12.30pm on my check-up date, I thought I should be there earlier as the staff might need some time to reopened my FPP account and process my documents. But no, they said my appointment is made at 2pm, come back at 2pm. They are THAT strict now. No kidding! So I had no choice but to go lunch at cafetaria with my 2 kiddos and my kind-hearted sister in law who fetched us there and accompanied me for my check-up (hubby caught up with meetings back to back and not able to go with me), we also spent some time at the indoor playground in the hospital (not very well-kept and clean but better than have my kids running around outside exposed to the germs and etc)
At 5 minutes before 2pm, I quickly get my queue number and only have to wait for another person before me. Once I was at the registration counter, the staff passed me an FPP consent form to fill up. I have previously filled up this form twice so it's just routine task for me. You can click at the link to print your own form to save time, make sure you use yellow A4 paper since theirs are in yellow colored paper.
I also told the nurse I want to go back to my previous gynae who attended my 2nd pregnancy. He didn't delivered Alyson because he was on holiday that time but I like this gynae as he is soft spoken and gentle and did not rush through our appointments.
*** Confession: I think because of my previous blog post on the factors I chose Putrajaya Hospital and also recommending my gynae, he is now the doctor with the most FPP patients, so I am now quite hesitant to recommend him further as I'm really sorry to flood his schedule, and I'm very lucky to still be able to have him as my gynae.
I then have to pay RM110 for the FPP registration (one time fee to open FPP account in the hospital) and they reused my previous hospital card (no problem for me since it's still not fully used and I wrote all the important contact numbers in the booklet) If you noticed, I also used a marker pen to write the word 'FPP' in the cover of the booklet, I wanted my card to be easily seen by the staff there that I'm an FPP patient hahahaha....
I was also given a pink visiting slip with a small note that I'm seeing my gynae at the A counter (gynae section)
Armed with the small hospital booklet and the pink slip above, I walked to the O&G section and passed them to the nurse at the counter. Not much crowd at all on that day and there's a board written with doctors' names for the day too...
The nurse did asked me for my pink medical record book (apparently you can get this book from any government clinics / hospitals) but I don't have a new one with me as my previous 2 books were given by my gynae hahaha.. I told the nurse the same thing and they issued a new book for me. The nurse filled up all the details, including my contact details, previous pregnancies history, family health history and then took my blood pressure.
I was then asked to go do my urine test, left my sister in law taking care of my 2 kiddos near the toilet where I went. For urine test, you need to take just 1 strip of the urine test sample, 1 empty bottle to store your urine and some toilet papers which are all provided at a trolley right outside the toilet. Once you were done, dip the urine test strip into the bottle filled with your urine and throw the rest (bottle in a yellow chemical dustbin in the toilet) while the urine you throw into the toilet seat of course... Then you show your urine test strip to any nurse around the hallway and she will write down the results on your urine test in your pink medical booklet. You will then be asked to wait for your turn.
I walked back all the way to the O&G counter, leaving my kiddos and SIL (which is why you see the picture below they were so far away hahaha) because I don't want to miss out my name being called by the nurse at the counter.
I was initially told my gynae has gone upstairs to check on his patients and later a nurse telling me my gynae have to go operating room for an emergency c-sect case, so I was fine with having to be checked by other specialists there since my primary goal is to reopen my FPP account and to have my 1st check-up to make sure everything is fine. But to my surprise, when the nurse called for my name, I saw my gynae in his room. I almost wanted to hug him actually!
Too bad he doesn't remember me (no hard feelings, he sees hundreds and thousands of patients since my time) but his service is still the same. Soft spoken, gentle and no rushing at all. But I think he starts to remember a bit when I mentioned to him that I'm still nursing Alyson now, same as how I was still nursing Benjamin when I was preggy with Alyson in 2011. Anyway, he did the ultrasound scan and everything is fine, baby doesn't move much but we can see baby's heart movement which according to my gynae is the most important as baby might be sleeping now and at 10 weeks, still too early to see much movement.
Before we scheduled for our next appointment, I requested for a longer duration because with 2 kiddos now and staying 40 minutes away from the hospital (no traffic jam scenario), it is tiring and troublesome to go for monthly check-ups so our next appointment will be at 28 weeks. That's me at 7 months pregnancy. Woohooo!!! I think my gynae is fine with that seeing I have no problems with my previous 2 pregnancies anyway.
Please note that if it is your first pregnancy or you have risks or complications in your pregnancy, you do need to see your gynae as frequent as possible, do not follow my steps ya!
That's all the updates I can share for now. Again, a disclaimer that the procedures noted here is what I have personally gone through on 12th March 2013 for my 1st check-up (3rd pregnancy now) and I apologize if I have left out any important routines/procedures or accidentally added any extra procedures. It is best for you to call up the hospital and follow their instructions.
