Maybe i'm over-reacting but I need to vent a little bit. DH just stops me and tells me to take a fetal love break because he doesn't want me upset and getting the baby upset. But I need to vent!!
So I had my weekly visit and i'm 39 weeks today. I was not expecting an internal exam. I guess I should have asked at my last visit but I thought this would be another quick weight/urine/measure the uterus/check fetal heartrate visit. Also was NOT expecting the internal exam to be so uncomfortable. My cervix is very high up and closed. Which is pretty much what I expected at 39 weeks. This is where I got upset.
To be fair I should mention that I went to my Doctor's alternate clinic today which I'd never been to before, He had a med student with him observing his appointments, and he had an emergency appt that he took before he saw me so he was severely backed up (waiting room was PACKED).
He checks my cervix, and looks at the calander and sees that my EDD is June 12th. He then goes into a little spiel about "As an OBGYN there's three things we can do. We can wait, induce or go ahead and schedule a C-section" and then he kind of chuckles and says the hospital i'm delivering at does not recommend induction until 41 weeks but its NOT for any medical reasons, it's simply based on bed occupancy rates. As if not inducing is a silly thing. So due to my hospitals policy he decided we should wait, but next week he'll want to discuss induction and c-sections and all those unnecessary interventions he'll be wanting to do.
I'm 39 weeks TODAY. She is NOT ready to come out yet!! Why did he even need to bring up induction when I'm not even "due" yet?! The reason this is so upsetting to me is because about a month ago I actually scheduled an appointment with him to go over my birth plan. My DH and I were almost done with our Bradley classes, and we wanted to make sure that the Doctor didn't have any problems with my going for a Bradley birth. We discussed in detail that obviously birth plans can't be set in stone and if interventions are medically necessary i'm not going to be all pigheaded about it and endanger my child. My doctor was fine with it. He said he saw no problems with my birthplan whatsoever, and it specifically states on there that I am very very very much opposed to induction unless it's medically necessary. Which means NOT inducing just because of "due dates" or baby size or anything like that. I'm perfectly healthy, my baby is perfectly healthy. What, did he just forget that whole appointment?! I didn't say anything to him today. I was kind of shell shocked, and also naked from the waist down and in an awkward position on the exam table. I didn't know what to say!! So now i'm dreading my appt next week, because it looks like i'm going to have to argue with him about waiting. I know they can't MAKE me do anything, I just didn't want to deal with battling a doctor. Which is why I set up the birthplan go-over appt. Am I overreacting? I dunno. I feel all crummy now
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I'm drinking my RRL tea, and eating lots of pineapple and parsley, I've got an induction massage scheduled, and my DH is very pleased because he's gonna start getting some action, all in hopes of getting things to kick off. It just sucks because I was just fine with patiently waiting until that stupid appointment. Now I feel like i'm on the clock. Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeech
So I had my weekly visit and i'm 39 weeks today. I was not expecting an internal exam. I guess I should have asked at my last visit but I thought this would be another quick weight/urine/measure the uterus/check fetal heartrate visit. Also was NOT expecting the internal exam to be so uncomfortable. My cervix is very high up and closed. Which is pretty much what I expected at 39 weeks. This is where I got upset.
To be fair I should mention that I went to my Doctor's alternate clinic today which I'd never been to before, He had a med student with him observing his appointments, and he had an emergency appt that he took before he saw me so he was severely backed up (waiting room was PACKED).
He checks my cervix, and looks at the calander and sees that my EDD is June 12th. He then goes into a little spiel about "As an OBGYN there's three things we can do. We can wait, induce or go ahead and schedule a C-section" and then he kind of chuckles and says the hospital i'm delivering at does not recommend induction until 41 weeks but its NOT for any medical reasons, it's simply based on bed occupancy rates. As if not inducing is a silly thing. So due to my hospitals policy he decided we should wait, but next week he'll want to discuss induction and c-sections and all those unnecessary interventions he'll be wanting to do.
I'm 39 weeks TODAY. She is NOT ready to come out yet!! Why did he even need to bring up induction when I'm not even "due" yet?! The reason this is so upsetting to me is because about a month ago I actually scheduled an appointment with him to go over my birth plan. My DH and I were almost done with our Bradley classes, and we wanted to make sure that the Doctor didn't have any problems with my going for a Bradley birth. We discussed in detail that obviously birth plans can't be set in stone and if interventions are medically necessary i'm not going to be all pigheaded about it and endanger my child. My doctor was fine with it. He said he saw no problems with my birthplan whatsoever, and it specifically states on there that I am very very very much opposed to induction unless it's medically necessary. Which means NOT inducing just because of "due dates" or baby size or anything like that. I'm perfectly healthy, my baby is perfectly healthy. What, did he just forget that whole appointment?! I didn't say anything to him today. I was kind of shell shocked, and also naked from the waist down and in an awkward position on the exam table. I didn't know what to say!! So now i'm dreading my appt next week, because it looks like i'm going to have to argue with him about waiting. I know they can't MAKE me do anything, I just didn't want to deal with battling a doctor. Which is why I set up the birthplan go-over appt. Am I overreacting? I dunno. I feel all crummy now
I'm drinking my RRL tea, and eating lots of pineapple and parsley, I've got an induction massage scheduled, and my DH is very pleased because he's gonna start getting some action, all in hopes of getting things to kick off. It just sucks because I was just fine with patiently waiting until that stupid appointment. Now I feel like i'm on the clock. Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeech