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April 2014 Moms
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sorry about the long rant to come. I just got called by the scheduling nurse and I'm all fired up because they had to change my appointment schedule again. I told them that I cannot change to the appointment time they want to set up for me that I have back to back meetings and that I've already rescheduled them once to accommodate the doctor's appointment schedule. I explained that I understand they want to see me 2 times a week but that I really couldn't make the times they have work without jeopardizing my job. I'd just have to be in once that week and then resume the 2 times a week the following week. She went off on me. started yelling and I told her that I really couldn't do anything more. I provided the times I could do for that week and asked her to call me back with a different solution if they had one, otherwise I'd just have to not see the doctor 2 times that week. I thought it was reasonable and didn't raise my voice but I'm tired of being bullied.
I'm usually pretty tolerant when it comes to doing what I need to for this pregnancy. I changed my fitness plan (no more running, and pretty much no more cardio), changed my diet (no sushi, no caffeine, blah blah), changed my work schedule to lessen my hours (from 11-12 hour days and weekends to 8 hour days no weekends), gave up a promotion that would have taken me out of the country for the end of my pregnancy (huge career opportunity. I was bummed), gave up the conferences I needed to fly across the country for, postposed a certification exam I've been studying for almost a year to pass, changed my diet again for the GD and test my blood sugar 4 times a day. I love this baby, I want this baby, and I want her healthy.
I guess I'm just tired of people pointing fingers and saying how could you possibly consider doing something other than what the doctors ask if you love your baby. I get that I had a stillbirth at 24 weeks prior to this pregnancy and I need to be careful. I really do. But this pregnancy has been pretty darn stable and I resent being told I'm not putting my baby first. I need to keep my job. I need to have money to pay for this baby and every single test I do she's just fine. very active and my amniotic levels are good. granted she's giant and measuring almost 2 weeks ahead of schedule but I cannot help that. No one can tell me this baby is in any danger or distress so why the freaking fuss over 1 appointment??
Anyone else feel like your doctors have used your gestational diabetes to brow beat or pressure you into things that you never would have let them talk you into before? like being induced early or coming in for multiple tests that really don't feel necessary?
If you made it to the end of this rant you deserve chocolate cake and a glass of wine. Love you girls! sorry to be such a beast today.
Edited b/c I posted too soon
@playingonadream - I personally would be calling back and speaking to the scheduling nurse's supervisor about how she spoke with you. (Though I have personally taken on a whole new attitude of "I'm pregnant, and you better not be treating me like cr-p.").
I also agree with you that GD seems (with the exception of more extreme cases) like an excuse to order extra everything. I understand the concern to an extent, but yes, it does seem like some doctors go overboard. Not sure if it's a liability issue or (about to sound like my mother, and usually roll my eyes at this remark) an opportunity for them to keep billing your insurance.
It sounds like you are doing an amazing job taking care of your LO, and yes, appointments twice a week seem excessive. I will end up with two growth ultrasounds because of GD, but I'm okay with that at the end b/c I like to see what LO is up to. However, if they tried to push any more than that, I would have issues (sugars are in check with diet, baby is a little on the larger side - 69th percentile - but not a concern).
Hang in there... and in a few more weeks, we can all have chocolate cake and wine!
I am so over all of this. The next time my GD nurse tells me that I'm endangering my baby by not sending her my numbers spreadsheet on time, I'm probably going flip my shit.
You ladies are all awesome. Thanks for the support. I do my best to be pleasant and friendly with this staff. I am going to have them staring at my nether regions and working with me to bring my baby into this world so I'm trying really hard not to be a raging B*tch.
I'm just glad to hear that maybe I'm not just super sensitive and that its not crazy to think that missing one appointment isn't the end of the world. its not even one of the testing appointments. Its just the 15 minutes appointment where the MW asks me if everything is going ok and if I am having any bleeding, contractions etc. If I were I'd call and make an emergency appointment or go to the hospital. Ugg,
I'm so sorry you're going through this too. Gummi Bears! I loved that show as a kid. mad eme smile thank you so much!
My unofficial goal now is that whatever doctor arrives for my delivery thinks "ah man, it's HER."
I've started questioning everything and demanding explainations from my doctors if anything is up. But actually, I've found the last few visits (with the exception of the wacky GD nurse who was beyond reasoning) is that the doctors seem more engaged when I do question and explain my reasoning for questioning. It almost seems like they appreciate me asking legitimate things instead of vague, open-ended questions.
The best, though, was when I complained about the illogical GD nurse, and the doctor actually sat down and had a conversation with me about it. It's a very high volume practice, and I never experienced that at earlier appointments.
Jesster11 being a nurse I typically know which questions to ask and when to ask them. I have found pregnancy to be the most irrational of all the divisions of medicine. No where else in medicine is it ok to say "because I say so" or "that's our practice policy". I worked in oncology for years and if I had told a patient you need to have this regimen of chemo and they asked why and the only answer I could give is "its our standard practice" people would have laughed all the way to another doctor.
I'm not well versed in maternity, OB or NICU care but I know enough to ask questions. I also know that some nurses will drag their feet when providing care for certain troublesome patients. It is not unheard of for that your request to get "dropped" to the bottom of the pile and you have to wait an extra hour for pain medication. That type of thing.
I find that being assertive and inquisitive to be rewarded but more than that to get the opposite.
I'm supposed to be under 130 at an hour. I'm not worried, and I obviously knew it wasn't exactly on the diet, but it made me laugh. At two hours I was already at 122, so it couldn't have been that bad
Two days ago I had a protein bar with a banana for breakfast and was at 125.
This just doesn't make sense to me!
@Rrrrrachel - I don't know what it is about McDonalds breakfast, but that place shoots my numbers up ridiculously high too