@%$@ I hate doctors!!!! - Page 2

[chrissy]

hey mamas! sorry i just started this thread then disappeared. things are much better here. thanks for all the support and ideas. they all were very helpful.

my midwife is hard to reach and it does make me nervous. i need to talk to her about that. last time we spoke, she mentioned her cell phone and after out talk i realized i don't even have her cell phone number! maybe that would fix that whole problem.

she has a backup ob but he is about an hour and a half from me. because of that (and also i think because she was wanting to find some supportive ob's or hospital privilege cnm's closer to me) she was trying to find me a way to get the u/s closer. but that isn't happening so she faxed her backup ob a referral and i'm calling him monday to make an appointment. it's funny though- now i've been considering not even having the u/s. haven't mentioned that to dh though and i know he'd prefer i get it. the whole thing was just causing me so much stress and dwelling on was making me dwell on the possibility that something was wrong with my baby. and that was really sad and scary and stressful. but now that i've realized all this i'm feeling much calmer about the whole thing.

thank you all again!

[lorijds]

It shouldn't be a problem for the back up doc to fax an order to your local hospital for you to get and ultrasound in the area. I'm not sure why you mw has not thought of this. This is what we do for our out of town clients all the time. Never been a problem.

Lori

[chrissy]

She said that he would have to have privileges at that hospital to order it. I'll check when I call his office tomorrow though.

Thanks for the idea!

[doctorjen]

I order tests at hospitals I don't have privileges at all the time. Generally, it means the patient has to arrange scheduling themselves, whereas my office does it at our own hospital, but it's really not a problem.