Anyone else feel like they call the Dr. too much....

MrsJM11 · October 2011

Anytime I have some kind of different pain or anything I feel like I need to call the Dr. I'm a first time mom and just don't know what's normal and what to expect. They are always very nice when they call me back, but I'm I the only one that feels like they call all the time....

easjer05 · October 2011

You know what? Last time I didn't want to be a pain, didn't want to cause a fuss, didn't want to be 'that' patient. And I can't help but feel now that if I had been more insistent, more pressing, that perhaps my son would not have been born too soon, that he might have lived. Perhaps not - the issues I had were difficult to diagnose in pregnancy, but I wish I'd had a second opinion at least and I talked myself out of it by telling myself I was being a nuisance and I should just trust the doctor and midwife I was seeing.

Now that I've been through the dead baby thing? I'll call anytime. I don't care what kind of nuisance I am, or how much eye-rolling may go on behind my back. I'd rather be reassured, be heard, and know that my concerns are documented and find out if I need to be seen than lose another child.

Just my opinion.

dnhosking · October 2011

I feel the same way. Im a first time mom and pregnant after a miscarriage. I call the doc 1-2 times a wk with concerns. I just want to know that I've done everything I can for my little boy, even if it seems silly. My doc has been awesome and doesnt care if I call alot. I dont care either. I dont know what's normal and what's not, and I refuse to take any chances. Im a slightly higher risk for pre-term labor, so I am a hawk with any unusual symptoms.

Dont feel bad for doing it. You are doing the best you can for your baby, and that's what is important. Your doc is there for you, and I can assure you that you arent the only one calling alot.

MotherMonster · October 2011

I call about once a week, but I have a lot of health issues and my OBGYN is in charge of me so if I need to see someone else, she has to refer me or my insurance won't cover it.

However lately I've been calling about medications and I know they're sick of me, but I need my drugs damn it! Haha it's cough medicine mainly and if I have a question, even after hours, my OBGYN told me to call the on call doctor no matter how stupid it may seem. I try to let them breathe, but I'm high risk and I think they'd rather deal with me now vs. later when it could be a bigger issue than it is now.

I feel bad, but I'm doing what my doctor told me to do.

LilyPotter218 · October 2011

FTM here. I had a bad first tri and was in the office 1-2x a week for about 9 weeks dealing with a LOT of blood. I would say I still call too much but I don't care

I will call with any question I have and if they want me to be seen, I am the one who has to take time out of my day to go in. It is their job to deal with us and all of our lovely hormones and concerns!!

PALGal · October 2011

I call a lot. I had a MMC and bleeding with this one so I am petrified of anything slightly out of the ordinary... The nurses are nice but the doc acts like I am being over the top. I don't care. I pay them a lot of money and I want to do right by this baby. I'd rather call and have it turn out to be something silly than not call and have something serious happen...

samarella10 · October 2011

I call all the time. I'm pregnant with our first baby so I don't know what is or isn't normal. God forbid I think it's just nothing then it really be something, I'd rather be giggled about or eyes rolled about me than not have the reassurance that I need. I've had 2 uti's with this pregnancy and it's a first for me, never had one before. If I wouldn't have called about how I was feeling I wouldn't have known that's what it was and if a uti gets outta control and you get a kidney infection then it can cause pre-term labor. With that being said, who cares what they think? You call them whenever you want to, they're there to support you with your pregnancy and any crazy questions you think of Smile

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