The nurse practitioner makes you cry.
My old OB moved to Florida about a year before I got pregnant, so I started going to a new practice that came highly recommended from a number of people. I was told to expect long wait times because the doctors really take their time with you, they're so caring and blah blah blah. Well, I'm not sure who everyone has seen or where those caring doctors went, but I have yet to meet them.
At one of my earlier appointments (and I probably should have considered leaving at this point but what did I know?) I had written down a list of questions. As soon as I took out my list, the doctor looked at me like "oh God, here we go" (I thought maybe I was being overly sensitive) but I skipped around on my list and only asked [what I thought were] the important questions: what is the C-Section rate, episiotomy rate, and a couple of others. The doctor told me that I was way ahead of myself and she'd see me in a month. Alright then.
Fast forward to last month's appointment. I had started seeing a different doctor because the first one never so much as laid a hand on me (I'm honestly not sure if they're supposed to, but according to my pregnant friends they normally do feel for fundal height and swelling of the legs and feet which the new doctor did). At this point in time, I had started reading about birth plans. I wasn't exactly sure what they were, so I consulted with Dr. Google (I know, I know) and for the most part, their not something I'm really interested in: dimming the lights, soft music, and other hippy-dippy things to do during labor. My birth plan is as follows: say no to an induction, yes to an epidural, and do whatever the doctor/nurses tell me to do to ensure that my baby comes out in one piece.
Either way, I brought this up to my OB and her response was, "ugh ::eye roll:: do you know what 'birth plan' means to an OB?" Um, no. No I didn't but judging by your reaction I guess it's a stupid question. I shouldn't feel uncomfortable talking to my doctor and the bottom line is that at this practice, I do.
So back to this gem of a NP. I tried to explain this to her yesterday along with the fact that no doctor has ever spoken to me about pap results, anatomy scan results, or a subchorionic hemorrhage that had been detected in the very beginning of my pregnancy. Apparently, it is my responsibility to follow up on these things. I should be telling the doctors and sono techs what they should be looking at/for. Seriously? She was yet another person in this practice that made me feel like a total moron. She called the head doctor who wants to see me today and go over my chart from top to bottom and make sure I don't have any outstanding questions. I will be asking for a copy of my chart and making an appointment elsewhere.
I am officially in my third trimester, and I don't think that now is the time to be afraid of asking questions. Hopefully I can hold it together and not cry in his office today. Talk about uncomfortable but yesterday I just couldn't help it! Stupid hormones.
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