Donations and the waiting game

Our baby doctor is about 2 blocks from our house so it is very easy getting here.

Saturday's are the only days we are available to see the doctor due to our work schedule.

Today we arrived for our appointment at 11am for J's exam and now we having been here since then awaiting the results.  It is now 12:48 and we were told it should be one more hour.

Not complaining though because in Korea this is the ONLY time we have waited longer than a few minutes for the doctor.

Since this is a Saturday it is very, very busy.  We did not even have a seat in the waiting room for about 40 minutes and had to stand.

When I am finally pregnant it will be easier scheduling appointments during the week because I will not be working. Or I will have less hours allowing visits to the doctor during the week. I shall insist upon it.

Until then, alas, here we are. Waiting.

On a more personal side, J's exam went swimmingly. He had a room, a Lazy Boy and  T.V. with only one channel. For some reason I find myself giggling over this and have no idea why.

Improvements?

Well, we have found a fertility doctor which is open on Saturday's.  Yippee!

We went this past Saturday and actually had to wait a little over an hour to see the doctor.  This is unusual in Korea as the normal wait time is about 5-10 minutes.  Saturday however, is a very busy day for this hospital so it is fine with us.

It is important to note that we did not make an appointment before going.  It is not really needed or wanted in Korea but it depends upon where you are going.

I had another check up and the doctor wants me to have a HSG test coming up.  My better half will have an examination next Saturday and we will go from there.

It is called Maria Infiritility Hospital.  There are locations throughout South Korea and a few other locations in Asia and even one in New York City.  If you are interested the link is below.

http://mariababy.com/neweng/about/about_01.asp

Our doctor did not speak perfect English but it wasn't hard to understand what was going on.  He asked us many questions.  Communication was fine, we had no trouble.  

The nurses and doctor were very kind and nice and the hospital is very clean and spacious.  All medical equipment was top notch (so far) and I did not feel strange being there.

Our bill was a tiny bit higher here versus the same things done at the other baby doctor but not so much that it is a problem. 
Maria's bill: 23,000W and the other place was 15,000W.

Not bad for our first trip to a new hospital.  Let's see how it goes...

Round 2!