Mr. OB Dr., I'm Not Sure I Like You

[yellowsnapper]

The longest three hours of my life just came to an end about half an hour ago.  I write this while still on an adrenaline high and still a little teary.  I will try to make this story short.  No promises.

Today I had my first appointment with the regular OB.  I was really excited to be able to see what life is like on the other end of the fertility

Comments

[ext_200688]

Seriously, find a new doctor right now. That is absolutely ridiculous. Even if you can schedule your appointments with another doctor in that practice, you do not want that man to be the one on call the day you are going to deliver. I would find a new practice all together and when you call to get your records switched, I would tell them exactly why you are leaving. That is so not cool.

[eidolon_a]

HOLY FUCK!!!!!!!!

1) You absolutely have the right to not see him. What you do is make sure you see one of the other two when you are scheduling your next appointment. I did the same thing all the time. You just have to be aware that you might still get him when delivery time comes (unless for some reason you are scheduling your delivery).

2) HOLY FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3) I would submit a complaint about him with the nurse at the desk. This will not count against you with the other doctors, it is necessary for them to know what happened to smack his ass around.

4) Ask them if they always do the ultrasound in office or if they usually send you out to a facility for the big ones. Sometimes doctors have old equipment in office to check things for freaked out moms, but they send you to a real ultrasound location for scheduled ultrasounds. I did this in Baltimore all the time.

5) HOLY FUCK!!!!!!!

[billinaction]

I would definitely find a new dr. The dr who diagnosed my miscarriage was very cold and unfeeling. I was very glad to see my regular dr today and have her talk calmly to me about the process - the process that I'm SO GLAD you won't be going through.
I'm so happy for your munchkins beating heart!

it's jessi with an i ;~)

[anonymous]

i would encourage you to find a new doc. you are going to be going to the ob WAY too often... at least once a month for the first 2 trimesters... then once every two weeks... then once a week. then you will eventually push that gorgeous strong heartbeat out... do you really want to risk that jerk at the other end of your who-ha? this whole pregnancy thing is WAY too awesome to leave it to a jerk. i mean the docs aren't all warm and fuzzy but that guy is a rare breed of jerk. sorry you had to go through that... especially given your history. glad to hear the beautiful strong heartbeat!!! and weep away... that sound is amazing!

[magdelane]

/rage
I'd be leaving, too. Definitely tell them why you are leaving the practice.