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My Not-So-Lovely First Appt.  

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Ok....VENT ON!

SO, I go to my first appt right, I fill out the paper work and than she takes me in and decides to do an u/s because I have NO idea how far along I am. She does the u/s and finds that the sac measures 5w3d and cant find a heartbeat because its too soon. Im still concerned about the math but thats for a later paragraph.

So than the midwife tells me that basically all we're gonna do is my history b/c Im too early to do a thing. So, before she starts she asks me how I found them. I said I lookd on my insurances website, she than looks at me like Im nuts and tells me that she doesnt have any idea how I got into their office b/c they specialize in high risk and only take referrals but since Im here she GUESSES she'll take me. Than goes on about my history, mentioning like 3 times that she GUESSES she'll take me. SO heres what really pissed me off and took the cake. She tells me that shes not gonna do anything and that they wont do anything until they see a heartbeat because Im just far to early and according to her, IM NOT EVEN PREGNANT YET, so theres no reason to do a thing. WTF??? I mean its normal to not see a heartbeat at 5w3d but gosh damnit woman, your sooo reassuring by telling me that u personally dont think Im even pg yet.

Also, tells me that Im not even high risk enough for them. I guess that fact that I had a sub-chorionic hemmorage and had to deliver emerg c/s because if not my organs would have shut down and our lives were at risk because of sever pre-e. But I guess thats not high risk enough for her. Chances of it reaccuring are 30% and while those numbers are not high, its high enough for me to want someone who cares about my pg enough to watch me, yk?

They didnt give me any pictures and shoved me out. Than later I was talking to DH about switching, well the woman calls me and tells me, we arent going to take you, we know you have a high risk last pg but since this is a different preg, so there is no reason to take me since I dont have a referral, and that I need find someone else. I was like THANK GOD and THANK YOU, GREAT! Im glad, I dont want to be somewhere Im not wanted. This may have been an oopsy but this pg is important to me, just as important as the last and that pisses me off big time. The reason I switched doctors was b/c my last one put my life in danger and I wanted someone I clicked with, didnt click with her!

Anyways, so I called a midwifery practice and scheduled an appt for Oct 22nd at 3pm. This is what I wanted anyways, I am so sick of doctors right now, Id almost prefer to have a homebirth, ugh. I pray that this midwifery works for me, this is the type of practice I wanted in the first place.

Anyways, so to the math. Ok, Lets say I found out at 10dpo at the earliest and its been 17 days since I found out. Thats 27days dpo plus the 2 weeks they add on as of when I supposedly started my AF, thats 41 days pregnant divided by 7 days a week, thats still 5.8 weeks pregnant, and that would be if I found out at the earliest. So Now I worried something is wrong. Is my math wack or whats going on??? HELP!
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First,

2nd: thats a yucky medical person. No nice way to put it. I've never had a high risk pg, but I actually went to a perinatology clinic b/c my mom works at the med school with them and I wanted to go with people my mom knew after some unpleasant gyn experiences. SO, theres absolutely no reason a high risk group can't see you except that they are goobers and you don't need them...find another practice.

3rd: early US dating for me was off by about a week for a couple of my babies. I even told them "I know I didn't have sex during the theoretical ovulation period" for that baby... and we just all agreed to smile and know that babies don't come on their due date anyway. So were L and C a week early? or right on time? According to me, right on their due dates

I have had one m/c. Shd've been at 8+ wks, but that was my first u/s and showed at 5+ weeks. That is a big difference. Even then, my nice drs said not to give up all hope until we knew for sure. They were kind and loving, hopeful and yet also realistic. And I saw primarily middle-aged men in the practice at that time. But they were sensitive to my needs as a person and a pg hormonal woman. I hope you can find similar loving care to help you through your pg.

Good luck.
post #3 of 6
Lindsay, I'm sorry they made you feel bad

I had high-risk pg's with both of my girls and had to see the perinatologists. I know that here, they are the only really "good" group of perinates in the state and are overwhelmed, so they have no choice but to only accept women with current high-risk pgs. But that's no excuse to make you feel bad, even if that's the case with the place you went to. No reason for that at all.

I hope you really click with the midwife. And your pg is just as important as anyone elses- don't let her question your dates, either. Likely the midwife will be more nurturing and spend more time with you and she will reassure you on the dates.

I'm sorry you had such a rotten first appt.
post #4 of 6
Sorry you had such a rotten experience! I wouldn't worry about the ultrasound dates, when I was preg with Devlin I tried and tried to tell my OB that I had been charting and I knew exactly when I conceived and that I have very long cycles so if she used the 28-day model her due date would be off. WAY off. Like, almost a month. But she didn't even act like she heard me. Devlin was born at 40 weeks according to HER timetable, but I still think he was 2 weeks early. I hate when Doctors are so snotty, they went to medical school but they damn well don't know everything. : I hope you have better luck with the midwife, I hope to see a midwife for my next PG too (NOT for awhile though, I hope, lol!) Tell us how it goes at your next appt - stupid doc, thought she was doing you some big favor by taking you on! Well, she can take her high-risk practice and stuff it, and you can tell her I said so, lol!
post #5 of 6
I'm sorry you had to go through this. Maybe you should send a letter of file a complaint? I hope you find the right MW for you.
post #6 of 6
What a cow!

An experience similar to yours made me vow never to go to antother dr during my pg or birth when I was pg with my dd back in '99. I am so glad that I followed my gut and found a midwife and had a homebirth.

I really hope that you find a mw that you click with and who will offer you the love, support, respect and honesty you deserve!
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