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Miscarriage/Pregnancy Loss
Froggy76
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Switching doctors?
Froggy76
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I wasn't thrilled with my old doctor, and I decided to take this opportunity to look for a new one. I think I finally found a good one. Should I still go to my follow-up with my old doctor, and then have an appointment with the new doctor? Or should I just have my records transferred to the new doctor and skip the appointment with my old doctor? Or maybe just wait to see the new doctor until I'm pg again?
Not sure what would be the best route...
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Re: Switching doctors?
DC#2 born silent at 22 weeks 1.11.11
Dc#3 born vbac 1/2012 <bra DC#4 born VBAC 3/2014
I am going through this same scenerio right now. My issue is I really really like my doctor but I absolutely hate the office that I must deal with. And I don't like my doctor's nurse either, she's just not personable. I've had a few situations where she has been extremely rude. Not to mention there are like 8 other doctor's in that same building and I know that at some points I will be seeing any of those eight other doctor's at any given time.
Here's what I chose to do. After my miscarriage which was on Jan. 4th (I was in the ER) I had a follow up appointment the next day with my doctor. Then I had another appointment scheduled with him for the following week for another follow up and labs and such. I have scheduled an appointment with a new doctor for Feb. 1 In the next few weeks. I am going to transfer my records to the new doctor after meeting with him for the 1st time, but I want to wait until after my 1st meeting/consultation with him before I have anything transfered.
My main reason for leaving was on the day I started to miscarry I tried for over 2 1/2 hours to call my OB office and they kept putting me on hold (twice that happened and I waited over 20+ minutes each time) then the phone lines wouldnt work. My husband even tried calling too and got nowhere. Finally I called my family doctor whom told me to go straight to the ER. I went to the ER at 9:45am and my husband finally got ahold of my OB office at 12:30pm. Crazy!! I just keep thinking if it's such a hassle now just think how much I will have to deal with that craziness when I am pregnant again. I feel guilty for leaving him, but I just don't feel like it's a dependable place.
My follow-up isn't scheduled until Feb 18 (6 weeks after D&E). I wonder if they have my lab results now... I'm sure they do. Maybe I could just get results over the phone and then have them transferred to the new doctor.
I would really like to TTC after my first period shows up, but I'd like to see a doctor first to discuss (especially since I was previously told to wait 2 cycles.)
I wasn't thrilled with my old doctor either. I had my follow-up with him (if you can even call it that because all that happened was he asked me about 3 hours after I left the ER if I had any questions for him. I said no because I obviously wasn't thinking clearly, and he sent me on my way). I decided I wanted to meet with a new doctor before I had my records transferred to them. I went blindly into the first one because I'm new to the area and had no references to go on, and I wasn't going to do that again. So I met with the new doctor and DH & I both loved her!! She gave us more information at our "consultation" appointment than my old doctor gave us at our "follow-up".
Whatever you decide to do, I recommend meeting with the new doctor before you commit to them.
11.10.10 from my belly to my heart at 11wks 5days
About your labs . . . if you had them done at a hospital you should beable to go directly medical records and they will release any of your results to you. You just have to sign a release form. I work at a hospital and when I have lab work or any type of tests done I go down to medical records and they release the information to me. I actually was told a few months ago by a nurse working in my family doctors office that it is not allowed and I shouldn't know my results before my doctor does. Unfortunately I know that it is my "right" to have access to my own medical records and they can't deny that. Which was what I basically told her and still continue to get my results on my own.