squamgirl
December 7th, 2012, 11:40 PM
I'm not yet five weeks along and I'm already wanting to switch my ob.
Long story....
Pregnancy #1: OB was so-so. Lots of morning sickness. OB didn't care, didn't help.
Pregnancy #2: I switched to a new OB and he was wonderful. I found out at my first appt that I was miscarrying and he was so kind and compassionate. More morning sickness than the 1st pregnancy.
Pregnancy #3: I stayed with the good dr. When I called to make my first appt, they started to set it up for 8 weeks until I told them that I had had a miscarriage and that Dr B said he's see me sooner. They said, yes of course, let's get you in right away. Dr saw me at 5 weeks and did an ultrasound so I could see my baby. He then saw me every two weeks (with and ultrasound) until I was out of the 1st trimester. There was no medical reason to do it. He was just awesome and wanted to give me peace of mind. Even more morning sickness than pregnancies #1 and #2. Dr was very good to me, tried to get me the right meds to help. I had a number of complications pop up during the pregnancy and he saw me through them all. I'm worried that with pregnancy #4, the sickness and complications could get even worse.
Pregnancy #4 (this one): We've moved across country. I found a new OB and I went for an annual exam in October to establish myself as a patient. I called today to get an appt. My dr practices in two locations. One is less than ten minutes away. The other is 30-45 minutes away. The staff member at the close location told me to call the further location to set up my appt because she didn't know how to. The staff member at the further location put me on hold several times and it took quite awhile to set the appt. My appt isn't until I'm 10 1/2 weeks along. And it's at the further location because it would have been even later at the closer location. Later in the afternoon when I had stewed about it and realized that it was really bugging me, I called back (and had to hold for over five minutes) and asked why the appt is so far out and they said that's the first one they have and that they don't book before 8 weeks anyway (which I understand is the policy of several doctors). When I explained that my previous dr saw me earlier because of the miscarriage, the staff member had no reply. I guess they just don't care? In previous pregnancies, I was already sick as can be by 10 weeks. And if the staff doesn't care....
I don't know. I'm just feeling like I should find a different OB. I just haven't been able to find any here that I like. She was the closest thing. But if her staff is going to be lame.... making me hold, difficult to set up appointments, I just got an overall vibe that they're difficult to work with.
I don't have anyone that I can talk to about this because we haven't announced the pregnancy. DH is super sick today and I don't want to stress him because he already feels bad about getting sick and doesn't want to get me sick. So, I'm coming to you ladies to talk about it. Ugh- why does finding a good dr have to be so difficult?
Long story....
Pregnancy #1: OB was so-so. Lots of morning sickness. OB didn't care, didn't help.
Pregnancy #2: I switched to a new OB and he was wonderful. I found out at my first appt that I was miscarrying and he was so kind and compassionate. More morning sickness than the 1st pregnancy.
Pregnancy #3: I stayed with the good dr. When I called to make my first appt, they started to set it up for 8 weeks until I told them that I had had a miscarriage and that Dr B said he's see me sooner. They said, yes of course, let's get you in right away. Dr saw me at 5 weeks and did an ultrasound so I could see my baby. He then saw me every two weeks (with and ultrasound) until I was out of the 1st trimester. There was no medical reason to do it. He was just awesome and wanted to give me peace of mind. Even more morning sickness than pregnancies #1 and #2. Dr was very good to me, tried to get me the right meds to help. I had a number of complications pop up during the pregnancy and he saw me through them all. I'm worried that with pregnancy #4, the sickness and complications could get even worse.
Pregnancy #4 (this one): We've moved across country. I found a new OB and I went for an annual exam in October to establish myself as a patient. I called today to get an appt. My dr practices in two locations. One is less than ten minutes away. The other is 30-45 minutes away. The staff member at the close location told me to call the further location to set up my appt because she didn't know how to. The staff member at the further location put me on hold several times and it took quite awhile to set the appt. My appt isn't until I'm 10 1/2 weeks along. And it's at the further location because it would have been even later at the closer location. Later in the afternoon when I had stewed about it and realized that it was really bugging me, I called back (and had to hold for over five minutes) and asked why the appt is so far out and they said that's the first one they have and that they don't book before 8 weeks anyway (which I understand is the policy of several doctors). When I explained that my previous dr saw me earlier because of the miscarriage, the staff member had no reply. I guess they just don't care? In previous pregnancies, I was already sick as can be by 10 weeks. And if the staff doesn't care....
I don't know. I'm just feeling like I should find a different OB. I just haven't been able to find any here that I like. She was the closest thing. But if her staff is going to be lame.... making me hold, difficult to set up appointments, I just got an overall vibe that they're difficult to work with.
I don't have anyone that I can talk to about this because we haven't announced the pregnancy. DH is super sick today and I don't want to stress him because he already feels bad about getting sick and doesn't want to get me sick. So, I'm coming to you ladies to talk about it. Ugh- why does finding a good dr have to be so difficult?