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Miscarriage/Pregnancy Loss
Clerk9
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Petition for a separate waiting room... (Rant, long)
Clerk9
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Okay, who's gonna sign? I feel like I should get a phonebook-sized book of blank paper...alright, SEVERAL phonebook-sized books.
So, my D&E f/u was today & I felt a huge sigh of relief when I walked into the office to see just two little old ladies waiting there. DH & I sat down, & I started in on a new crossword puzzle to burn time (I came prepared).
Fast forward about 20 minutes. In stroll KU'ed trashy teenage girl + mom. (Warning: the gloves are off. If you're easily offended, stop now!)
My blood pressure jumped a good 20 points just seeing her. But, of course, it got better. They start talking really loudly about childcare options for her unborn LO & she's complaining because she doesn't want to take it to either option (apparently, one of the prospective daycare ladies smokes). After a few minutes of this, I made some sort of loudish sound along the lines of "clearing my throat" & the conversation ended. Then she gets on her cell phone (there's a sign explicitly asking people to NOT do this in the waiting room) & I can only imagine she was talking with the baby daddy & is trying to figure out if her mom is going to pick him up on the way home or if he's going to get there before them & "crash on [her] bed". Once she gets off the phone, she starts complaining about how bored she is & how much she hates doctor's appointments & what's taking so long (her appointment was scheduled 20 minutes after mine--which I know because of her complaining--& I was still waiting). The whole time, her mom is over there hacking up a lung.
By this point, I was SO thankful that I'd brought the crossword puzzle instead of a regular book because I was tapping my pencil like a drummer on speed & I am entirely convinced that this action ALONE prevented me from exercising my homicidal urges. Although I did have several fantasies where the pencil became my weapon of choice. 
I thought it was bad when I went in for my first post-m/c appointment & had to deal with a brand new baby in the waiting room. Didn't hold a candle to putting up with this totally insipid, idiotic girl.
I KNOW THE WORLD IS UNFAIR & RANDOM...WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SHOVED IN MY FACE LIKE THIS?!?
On a happier note, my innards are totally "back to normal" 
, & my Dr. said we can TTC again after only ONE normal cycle if we want (instead of two). And, for the grand finale, she told me that when we get another BFP, if the receptionists tell me they can't get me in for 3 months or so (since they're backed up right now because a Dr. just left) to leave her a message because she's going to get me in sooner to monitor our next pregnancy more closely (HCG levels, U/S & the whole nine) so I'll feel better/more reassured.
Sorry for the loooong post, but I needed to get this out & I knew you ladies would understand. Thanks for putting up with me, if you've read this far!
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Re: Petition for a separate waiting room... (Rant, long)
m/c 12/25/09 (5w5d) mm/c D&C 4/9/10 (11w1d) Take home baby 2/22/11
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Jenn
IVF#1 BFN IVF#2 BFP, loss at 19 weeks FET#1 BFN IVF#3 BFP, m/c FET#2 BFN
Missing our twins Zachary and Madison, lost at 19 weeks on 11/13/09, edd 4/9/10
BFP 7/17/10, m/c 7/25/10, edd 3/25/11
Ectopic, lost left tube 4/20/11, edd 12/6/11
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At my post D&C appointment I was in a waiting room full of pg women and I openly cried the entire time.
I say let it all out!
Yay for hearing that all is well and you can TTC sooner than originally thought! Boo for stupid teenagers!! I totally think there should be a separate waiting room, and thought this before my m/c when I would just go in for annual visits. For some reason pregnant teens/moms with unruly kids who they didn't try to hush bothered me then!
I sat way in the far corner of my Ob's office all by myself. The waiting room is huge. On the other side were 3 pg women doing their glucose tests and making faces and bitching about drinking the orange stuff.
I was intently playing on my iPhone when a 4th pg woman comes in, surveys the room, and sits RIGHT NEXT to me, despite there still being 2 other entirely unoccupied sections in the waiting room (it's huge). She tries to talk to me about being pg. I burst into tears and they thankfully called my name.
I would have pretty much cut a biatch for my own waiting rooms sans fertile myrtles.
BFP #2 4/13/10. Bridget born 12/28/10
BFP #3 Finn born 8/11/15
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Thank you so much, ladies, for your support! I'll see what I can do about that separate waiting room (which, by the way, will also have coffee & alcohol, if it's up to me). It really helped just to get that story out, even though I'm still simmering a little inside. Hope you all have a good day!
P.S. I forgot to add that DH told me I got called in for my appointment just in time...apparently, idiotic KU teenager decided she was going to alleviate her boredom by trying to take pictures of her un-shirted pregnant belly with her cellphone. When she couldn't figure it out, she had trashy mom come over & try. So, by the time she got called to go back to the room, she had her shirt totally up with mom still messing with her cellphone. I am not making this up. And to say that I AM glad I missed that is an understatement! ::sigh::
The lack of compassion of most doctor's offices is amazing. I had the same exact thing happen to me. Why the hell does she get to have a baby and why do I have to hear about it after hearing bad news? Ick!
I'm very glad you have the green light to TTC sooner rather than later.
I totally agree with the separate waiting rooms, but pepomntpat's statement is completely spot on as well. At my d&c follow up appt, the nurse asks for the last menstrual cycle. I say July 30th and she goes 'WHAT?!?' I had to remind the person holding my chart that I had a d&c following a miscarriage. I tell her this and she says 'but you haven't had a period since the d&c?!?' Again dipstick, if you'd read my chart, you'd realize it had only been a couple of weeks. But thanks for playing! Sheesh.
Missed m/c at 17 weeks, partial molar pregnancy d&c 11/30/09