Should I switch my OB or well, which place I’m going to have birth.
I’ve had nothing but trouble since the beginning of my pregnancy with my local hospital. One time they forgot about me for an hour and a half, and I ended up waiting 2 hours to be seen. They told me they forgot about me.
Another appointment I was waiting for an hour.
They keep switching what dr I see.
I have a history of high LDL levels (cholesterol), dangerously low potassium that can fluctuate between normal levels and ER visit levels, and I have iron deficiency anemia. One year I was hospitalized 17 times due to my potassium fluctuations. It got down to 1.9. 😰
My appointment before last, they told me not to eat anything, and do the glucose test. They didn’t warn me I could pass out. And I did. I hit the side of the waiting room chair and half my thigh was hurting to the point I couldn’t walk the next day, and the whole half of it was black two days later. This was 3 weeks ago and the bruise is still a very big dark purple spot that takes up most of my thigh. I would have been more cautious had I known.
They told me my appointment on the 19th, that they were going to check my iron levels again. It even said on my instructions/summary that they were going to check it. Well, I waited for an hour and a half, on the 19th, and finally stepped out, and asked if I could just reschedule. They looked surprised as they realized how long I was there, and another fill in doctor came in and asked if I was 2 weeks post partum. I looked confused and then she asked my name and was in the wrong room. Then the one they meant to come in, finally did, asked if I had any concerns, and I asked if they could possibly check my cholesterol and potassium, when they go to check my iron. She told me they aren’t checking my iron, until next time, and that my cholesterol levels wouldn’t be accurate because I’m pregnant and since my potassium was fine last month she refused to check it. I explained several times why I was worried but she kept sweeping it under the rug. I’m worried that if I give birth, and feel something is wrong, I will hemorrhage or something like that (I also have a bleeding disorder) and they won’t take me seriously.
Like, I’m scared. Are these reasons to find another OB? Or am I being dramatic? I really feel they don’t care. I didn’t have this much problems with the first hospital I had my first born with. But they were inappropriate at my 6 week pp check up. That is a whole other situation. There’s another womens health center I was thinking of calling Monday. But is this a valid reason to switch?
Achieve your health goals from period to parenting.