I went to the doctor today...
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muck_a_luck...and now I need to vent.
The saga of the OB/GYN continues. You may recall that I have had a very troubled relationship with my current doctor.
Last year's annual doctor visit.
This year's fucked up visit.
This year's final visit.
BEWARE TMI in those two posts. Very TMI.
But then I saw Dr. Adams, who was really great. And my last two visits were OK. (You go to the doctor a lot when your pregnant in America.)
But at my last visit, the nurse gave me a pamphlet and said, you might want to do this test. It's a pre-test using ultrasound to check for risk of birth defects. But the pamphlet cleary said that if I was going to be 35 or older when the baby was born, I might be getting an amnio, and if so, the test was pointless.
This was NOT something the nurse mentioned to me in the appointment.
So I called the doctor back. I told the advice nurse three different times what the problem was and that I was trying to find out if I was going to be getting an amnio by default or if I sould go ahead with this other test. I could not get a straight answer from the nurse, so I hung up with her planning to just get the test. What could it hurt. Except the unpleasantness of having to pee. Remind me to open that post.
But the nurse called back and said that Dr. Franklin told her that I would be having an amnio. Good enough. I did not schedule the test.
So TODAY, I saw Dr. Franklin. Dr. Franklin asked if I had done the ultrascreen. I said, perkily, no, because "they told me I'd probably be doing an amnio."
Dr. Franklin then gave me a look that told me I was the dumbest, dirtiest slut she had ever met. And she said, "Nooooooooo. We wouldn't necessarily be giving you an amnio. That's why you get this test." And she proceeded to tell me how useful the test was for a woman my age, as if I were a total idiot, and the sneer and grinding teeth look did not go away when I explained that the pamphlet clearly said that if I was going to be 35 when the baby was born the test was NOT necessarily recommended.
No doctor has EVER been that rude to me. Ever. I was furious. She proceeded to check the baby's heartbeat. No word was said about my current status or why I might have been in the office today. They took me 45 minutes late and I continued to wait about 10 minutes in the exam room before seeing the doctor. (This is after I called ahead and was told they were "right on schedule" today.) So in sum, I peed in a cup, had my bloodpressure taken, was weighed in, I ment the hideous Dr. Franklin, I was insulted, and was sent home with an appointment for the ultrasound test.
I'm going to the test on Monday.
I am never going back to this doctor again. I called my old OB, who delivered Small Boy. She is not a convenient to my regular schedule but I HATE this office so much. My only regret is that Dr. Adams my be the best doctor I have ever seen, but she is even more inconvenient for my schedule and it is the nature of the OB practice that you rarely see your selected doctor.
And now, my washer machine has been declared dead, and I am on my way back to work.
UPDATE: I added in the link to the horrid visit in August. I'm sure you remember. Where I sat around naked forever?
The saga of the OB/GYN continues. You may recall that I have had a very troubled relationship with my current doctor.
Last year's annual doctor visit.
This year's fucked up visit.
This year's final visit.
BEWARE TMI in those two posts. Very TMI.
But then I saw Dr. Adams, who was really great. And my last two visits were OK. (You go to the doctor a lot when your pregnant in America.)
But at my last visit, the nurse gave me a pamphlet and said, you might want to do this test. It's a pre-test using ultrasound to check for risk of birth defects. But the pamphlet cleary said that if I was going to be 35 or older when the baby was born, I might be getting an amnio, and if so, the test was pointless.
This was NOT something the nurse mentioned to me in the appointment.
So I called the doctor back. I told the advice nurse three different times what the problem was and that I was trying to find out if I was going to be getting an amnio by default or if I sould go ahead with this other test. I could not get a straight answer from the nurse, so I hung up with her planning to just get the test. What could it hurt. Except the unpleasantness of having to pee. Remind me to open that post.
But the nurse called back and said that Dr. Franklin told her that I would be having an amnio. Good enough. I did not schedule the test.
So TODAY, I saw Dr. Franklin. Dr. Franklin asked if I had done the ultrascreen. I said, perkily, no, because "they told me I'd probably be doing an amnio."
Dr. Franklin then gave me a look that told me I was the dumbest, dirtiest slut she had ever met. And she said, "Nooooooooo. We wouldn't necessarily be giving you an amnio. That's why you get this test." And she proceeded to tell me how useful the test was for a woman my age, as if I were a total idiot, and the sneer and grinding teeth look did not go away when I explained that the pamphlet clearly said that if I was going to be 35 when the baby was born the test was NOT necessarily recommended.
No doctor has EVER been that rude to me. Ever. I was furious. She proceeded to check the baby's heartbeat. No word was said about my current status or why I might have been in the office today. They took me 45 minutes late and I continued to wait about 10 minutes in the exam room before seeing the doctor. (This is after I called ahead and was told they were "right on schedule" today.) So in sum, I peed in a cup, had my bloodpressure taken, was weighed in, I ment the hideous Dr. Franklin, I was insulted, and was sent home with an appointment for the ultrasound test.
I'm going to the test on Monday.
I am never going back to this doctor again. I called my old OB, who delivered Small Boy. She is not a convenient to my regular schedule but I HATE this office so much. My only regret is that Dr. Adams my be the best doctor I have ever seen, but she is even more inconvenient for my schedule and it is the nature of the OB practice that you rarely see your selected doctor.
And now, my washer machine has been declared dead, and I am on my way back to work.
UPDATE: I added in the link to the horrid visit in August. I'm sure you remember. Where I sat around naked forever?
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Date: 2005-11-10 08:42 pm (UTC)I'm sorry you had such a horrid time. Again. :(
*hugs*
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Date: 2005-11-10 10:34 pm (UTC)Anyway, I must say I love my naturopath.
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Date: 2005-11-10 10:35 pm (UTC)really hope you get better luck on this doctor thing.. ♥
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Date: 2005-11-10 11:55 pm (UTC)If i ever get pregnant (not likely) I'll go through any amount of inconvenience to have a doctor I trust and like.
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Date: 2005-11-12 03:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-12 03:08 am (UTC)But for some reason, I am very uneasy with the amount of technology they use for pregnancy. I am hoping to do a natural birth this time. Small Boy had to be induced. But I am uneasy about using my local hospital to deliver. It's where Small Boy was born and I go the distinct impression that they were unhappy that I didn't just take my epidural like a good little girl last time. I was in labor for 9 hours before I caved and let them give it to me (I've been told it's nearly impossible to do a natural birth with pitocin on a drip). Anyway, plan to talk to my doctor about that this time.
Bleh. Stupid doctors. :)
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Date: 2005-11-12 03:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-11-12 03:12 am (UTC)