Switching doctors at 26 weeks..
Super long rant about my stupid doctor.
Thank you to anyone who takes their time to read and respond.
I honest to god am switching doctors as soon as I can. I'm so over the way my pregnancy has been with this doctor, I feel like she just doesn't care.
I've been her patient for five years, I absolutely loved her when it came to all of my female problems, I'm pretty bummed she doesn't give me the same vibe for pregnancy. She (along with four other professionals) had told me I would probably never concieve and if I did it would be through <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">ivf</a>. I have severe endometriosis, cysts, and only one functioning ovary, which makes my cycles 42 day cycles. I've been told if I were to get pregnant all of my health problems would make me high risk, I had a miscarriage at 7w4d and once finding out I was pregnant this time(early at 8dpo), I called and was hoping to be able to get right in for blood work, to come back in a few days and make sure my levels were rising, and then set up a sono to make sure it was in my uterus, she refused to see me until 8 weeks. At 6w1d I had severe cramping and was terrified I was having another mc. I went to the hospital and at my sono I was given two heart rates and told congratulations, I'm forsure pregnant, their was only one baby but it's still early so they expected my doctor to schedule a sono outside of the ER. I called my doctor and she didn't want to see me until my appointment two weeks later. At that appointment she told me she wasn't going to send me for another sono if I was having twins I'd find out at 20 weeks. I was diagnosed with hyperemesis and pregnancy syncope after almost passing out at subway. She noted the hyperemesis and tried a few different meds for my sickness but nothing helped. At 16 weeks during my appointment she listened to my baby's heart rate and had a puzzled look, she wouldn't tell me why but she scheduled a sono for the following week (17 weeks) I wasn't supposed to get one until 20 weeks so I thought something was wrong. At my sono the tech didn't ease my mind at all, my daughter was asleep so he couldn't get all of the measurements he needed, he ended my sono by saying "I wouldn't be surprised if they send you for another in a week or two", so I'm tripping thinking there is definitely something wrong. I didn't have and appointment to see my doctor for another 3 weeks, no news was good news right? At my appointment she didn't have the sonos sent over from the hospital, SHE KNEW NOTHING NEW ABOUT MY BABY, so frustrating, especially when something could be wrong. I waited 2 months to find out that the radiologist said the sonos were fine, even though they didn't get the measurements needed he thinks the baby is fine, the radiologist and my doctor didn't think I needed to get another sono they had no concerns. I told my doctor no its bullshit send me for another and she decided to because she knows I'm fed up. Unfortunately it doesn't end with just the twin/scary sent early and stupid tech sono fiasc. My lovely doctor doesn't give a care in the world that I've had bacterial vaginosis for five months! I've been through four rounds of medication, 3 different kinds, and nothing has helped. She literally doesn't think it's a big deal at all. Every appointment I have I have to specifically ask her to swab me and check and see if the antibiotics that time worked. I also have a friend who just found out her liver is failing because of some disease or something pregnancy related (I don't remember the name) and she goes to the same doctor so it makes me feel like she's just a shitty doctor and doesn't care about any of her patients, what if she could have caught it before it got bad enough for my friend to have to be induced? I'm just so fed the hell up. I'm sorry the post was soooo long. Anyone have any advice for switching doctors at 26 weeks? I'm nervous another doctor won't really care because they didn't diagnose any of my problems.
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