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frustrated with Doctor. Am I rightfullt so? (a bit long, but needhelp!)
Hi;
So, I am due July 31st. My doctor is irritating the hell out of me. I started seeing him even before I got pregnant & I must admit that I had 100% faith in his medical abilities. He is not too friendly, but he knows what he's doing. Then when I got pregnant, we didn't feel the need to shop for a doctor, since we knew how much we believed in his medical knowledge. Now we are seriously having doubts. I did the blood work, then around 16-17 weeks I had the AFP test (came negative), then around 20 weeks I went for y ultrasound (at a prenatal place & everything was fine with our little girl). Then we had an appointment with my dr the next day, we let him know that we're having a girl. Because I wasn't sure the report would arrive to him so soon, I had taken an initial copy of the report to show him. A month later was our next appointment, he acted like we hadn't met after we had the ultrasound. He asked me if we already know the gender of the baby (I was annoyed, but tried to convince myself that I am not the only atient he has & that it might have sliped his mind. Realy all it would have taken is to write it down on a piece of paper in my file) Anyways, every single visit, we go there he puts that thing on my belly & we listen to the heartbeat. That is all he does. Then he asks me if I have any questions and off I go. Sorry, but this is not enough for me, I want more interaction and more attention (especially that this is my first child. Everything freaks me out and I am clueless most of the time). Anyway, I had my glucose test and it also came back negative. I realize that so far, I don't seem to be a high risk patient (my sister wasn't a high risk patient, until she lost a child in her 9th month, so that is already freaking me out). Last visit, he told me that now I will start to visit him every 2 weeks. I asked him when my next ultrasound is gonna be (I thought one should have another ultrasound in the 3rd trimester), he said that therewasn't gonna be another one. I tried to transform my disappointment and my frustration into a joke, so I asked if it was ok to just do it for fun. He gave me a 3/4 smile (I actually never had a full smile from him) and said that it is useless, cause the baby's head is gonna tae up all the pics I get. Now I am left to wonder is this all normal? I mean, the baby's heartbeat is fine and all, but doesn't he need to check if maybe baby is too small or too large? Am I just being sensitive about all that? What kind of tests did other people have during their 3rd trimester? Sorry for the long message, but this is not even enough to satisfy my frustration. Mona due 07-31-04 |
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