医疗英语会话26-30

《医生诊疗英语会话》每日一听第026期

5 PAST PREGNANCIES

past pregnancies

3-5-A

D: is this your first pregnancy

P: no

D: how many times have you been pregnant?

P: i have been pregnant six times

D: how many children do you have?

P: i've got 3 children.

D: were they all normal deliveries?

P: i had one of them by a cesarean because i had problems with the delivery, but the other two were normal deliveries

D: what about miscarriages?

P: well, i had one miscarrige quite early on before the first child, and then

my third pregnancy ended in stillbirth, i also had a tubal pregnancy which needed an operation

D: have you had any terminations/abortions?

P: no

D: do you have any problems at the moment?

P: i've noticed that my hands and feet are getting a bit swollen, and my

rings are getting tight.

D: how did you feed your children? breast or bottle?

P: i breast-fed all of them, but only managed for about the first 3 months and after that, we began to top them up with bottle milk.

D: ok, that's good. we just need to do a little internal examination now.

3-5-B

D: have you ever been pregnant?

P: yes

D: do you have any children?

P: yes, i've got 2 boys.

D: how old are they?

P: 3 and 5.

D: when your older child was born, do you remember if he was early or late or on time?

P: well, he was about 4 weeks early, doctor

D: i see, he was slightly premature then. did you have any problems during your first pregnancy?

P: i had a little bit of a problem with my blood pressure. it went a bit

high, and i was in/the/ hospital for a few weeks towards the end. but he was absolutely fine and it was a straightforward delivery.

D: and the younger child? was he early, or late or on time?

P: he was actually a week late, and they had to start him off/induce labour/,

and then they need the forceps to pull him out, but since then he's been absolutely fine

D: ok, are they quite well now?

P: yes, they're absolutely fine.

《医生诊疗英语会话》每日一听第027期

6 PREECLAMPSIA / TOXAEMIA

preeclampsia

D: we've noticed that your blood pressure is a little bit high on this admission. how have you been feeling?

P: not too bad, apart from the odd/an occasional/ headache

D: how often have you been getting these headaches

P: well, i've had them for the last 2 days

D: anything like dizziness or blurred vision.

P: i've been getting some flashing lights in front of my eyes, but i just put that down to tiredness. i've also noticed my rings are really tight on my fingers, and my feet are getting to be quite swollen

《医生诊疗英语会话》每日一听第028期

7 GENERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING PAST PREGNANCIES

When you had your first child ,do you remember what kind of anesthetics you had for the delivery？

I managed at first for a little while using gas and air but after that it

really became too painful and I had to have an epidural

Did your start labor by yourself, or did they have to give you some help? No,it began by itself. although I remember some of the other women in the ward having to get started off/getting help, to get it started/

Do you remember how long the labor went on for?

It was quite long, it was at least 24 hours.

And the delivery itself; was it caesarean, a forceps or was it normal?

Welll, in the end have to use forceps to help get the baby out because he was beginning to get a bit tired as well.

Did you have any problems after that?

he went to the special care unit just for a few hours because I think he was

a little bit tired and after that his head leaned to one side for a week or

2 but then he was all right.

What kind of feeding did you use for the first child? did you breast-feed or bottle-feed him?

He was breast-fed for the first six weeks, but after that he didn’t seems to

be getting enough milk and health visitor suggested we top him up with bottles/formula/. eventually we just gradually change him over to bottle feeding. I also had to express milk for a while because after he tried the bottle he was lazy about sucking at the breast.