All of the posters saying that a doctor should give 24 hours notice before canceling, are you going to be providing your OB with 24 hours notice before you have your baby? Because I am pretty sure your doctor has had to cancel an appointment or two to deliver a baby. That is their job after all.
All of the posters saying that a doctor should give 24 hours notice before canceling, are you going to be providing your OB with 24 hours notice before you have your baby? Because I am pretty sure your doctor has had to cancel an appointment or two to deliver a baby. That is their job after all.
I agree with this. It's unrealistic to think last minute cancellations and schedule changes don't happen. I personally was never cancelled on, but have spent a decent amount of time in the waiting room. My guess is that my Dr had to run over to the hospital (which is right next door to her office building) to deliver a baby, had an emergency squeeze-in, etc. It happens. But I would start getting annoyed if the cancellations were frequent.
OP, you remind me of my verbally and physically abusive mother. She always gets her way from strangers by yelling at them and acting up. She always got her way with her kids by beating them.
OP, When it comes down to brass taxes, you bully people so much they eventually give in, and you have learned that being a spoiled brat gets you somewhere. In the medical field, there is such a thing as priority. When I went in for my D&C, I waited from 10 am in the hospital with no food or water and they kept pushing my appointment back until midnight because there were higher priority women ahead of me. And I can tell you how much I appreciated that when I went in for my emergency c section when I had my son. It's called perspective, get some! You can also get further ahead in life with sugar than you do with vinegar. Bragging about drama queen is certainly not one of your finer moments.
OP, you remind me of my verbally and physically abusive mother. She always gets her way from strangers by yelling at them and acting up. She always got her way with her kids by beating them.
For fucking real? Fuck you. So I am a brat, so I hussed and fussed until they rescheduled my appointment within an acceptable time frame, I am in no way comparable to some piece of shit abusive mother.
However any of you feel about my OPINION, it's just that and it's my own. If I am entitled to nothing else, I am entitled to my opinion. You've all spent hours telling me shit I've known about myself for years. What bothers you most of all is that you know I will keep getting what I want and that sucks. Yeah, it does. Nice people probably don't get away with as much as I do. Not my problem.
I seriously don't know what any of you want from me. I did apologize, I did acknowledge that I didn't actually SAY what I meant to say. I realize it is WAY more fun to keep talking shit than it is to go do something productive with your lives, but this is getting out of hand. You don't want an apology, you don't want to hear me say that I didn't mean it the way it came out. You all just LOVE hearing yourselves talk.
So far I've been compared to an obnoxious troll who called several members ugly and fat, a drama queen, a bitch, and now I am being compared to a serial child abuser.
OP, you remind me of my verbally and physically abusive mother. She always gets her way from strangers by yelling at them and acting up. She always got her way with her kids by beating them.
For fucking real? Fuck you. So I am a brat, so I hussed and fussed until they rescheduled my appointment within an acceptable time frame, I am in no way comparable to some piece of shit abusive mother.
However any of you feel about my OPINION, it's just that and it's my own. If I am entitled to nothing else, I am entitled to my opinion. You've all spent hours telling me shit I've known about myself for years. What bothers you most of all is that you know I will keep getting what I want and that sucks. Yeah, it does. Nice people probably don't get away with as much as I do. Not my problem.
I seriously don't know what any of you want from me. I did apologize, I did acknowledge that I didn't actually SAY what I meant to say. I realize it is WAY more fun to keep talking shit than it is to go do something productive with your lives, but this is getting out of hand. You don't want an apology, you don't want to hear me say that I didn't mean it the way it came out. You all just LOVE hearing yourselves talk.
So far I've been compared to an obnoxious troll who called several members ugly and fat, a drama queen, a bitch, and now I am being compared to a serial child abuser.
Who's being the drama queens now?
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You know, I was able to ignore a lot. But comparing me to a child abuser? However you feel about my "diva" attitude you honestly feel like this was a warranted comparison to make?
You know, I was able to ignore a lot. But comparing me to a child abuser? However you feel about my "diva" attitude you honestly feel like this was a warranted comparison to make?
She was saying that your temper tantrums remind her of the way her mother acts because she does the same thing.
You even said you threw a fit on the phone to get your way. So seriously, unclench.
Am I the only one who kind of hopes that her OB tells her that her appointment on Monday will be her last one with that office due to her behavior? People have been dropped as patients over less.
They don't need your bullshit. Nor do they deserve it, nor do you even need a fucking appointment at this point.
I'm hoping they call and cancel an hour before the appointment.
If I were the receptionist, I'd do it just to piss her off. I don't tolerate bitchy brats very well.
I know OP disagrees, but I've found being nice goes a lot farther in the long run than being a brat does...
Andplusalso those who are used to getting their own way all the time no matter the cost have a really hard time transitioning into a healthy parenting relationship. It's quite the rude awakening.
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Let's try this again. If you flip out to this extreme over an appointment that is, for the most part, a review of your family history and a Pap smear, then you are going to be a terrible mother.
I hope the bitchy ass entitlement doesn't rub off on her poor kid.
So, you're all being pretty over redundant. I've explained myself as best I can. I apologize that anyone was offended by my comments. It's how I felt, I was disappointed and irritated. There are way too many people here who literally are only on this board to stir the pot. I appreciate all the impartial and constructive feedback I was given. I DGAF about the rest of the comments that were simply intended to get me to "freak out". I lurked here for a while and saw a lot of this shit happening, it's pretty sad (insert all the "it's pretty sad that you're such a spoiled brat" variations, I love those).
Fact is, I am not going anywhere. I am not going to flag your BS and get banned. I am not going to call you names so you can justify being rude to me in the end. I am certain that the lot of you who have nothing better to do with your time, will continue talking shit here. Have fun with that!
I misspoke- take that for what it's worth and move on- or don't it effects my life in the following ways:
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I skipped a page so hopefully this hasn't been asked yet, but why on earth are you complaining about having to take a full unpaid day off work because they cancelled your appointment?
Go back to work?
"Your truth is different from my truth, and we're both right."
TTC since March 2013. BFP 4/13/13, blighted ovum discovered 6/6/13, m/c 6/8/13.
I can understand the frustration! I am very impatient and I can't wait till my first appt next Thursday. I remember how bummed I was when I found out I was pregnant and then told that I had to wait almost a month to be seen.
I think OP is honestly certifiably narcissistic. Others' feelings, emergencies, health or babies don't matter. As long as she gets exactly what she wants, when she wants it then no one gets hurt, right?
@111emd : You said that people are so redundant and blah blah blah. But has anyone told you how classy your truck driver mouth is?
You claim to not be bothered by anyone's comments but you've done an awful lot of flipping out and clearly, you are still following this thread.
And newsflash - I typically get my way too. All.The.Time. Wanna know how? I'm nice to people. You get your way so they can shut you the eff up because you truly sound like you are a horrendous individual.
OP, you remind me of my verbally and physically abusive mother. She always gets her way from strangers by yelling at them and acting up. She always got her way with her kids by beating them.
For fucking real? Fuck you. So I am a brat, so I hussed and fussed until they rescheduled my appointment within an acceptable time frame, I am in no way comparable to some piece of shit abusive mother.
However any of you feel about my OPINION, it's just that and it's my own. If I am entitled to nothing else, I am entitled to my opinion. You've all spent hours telling me shit I've known about myself for years. What bothers you most of all is that you know I will keep getting what I want and that sucks. Yeah, it does. Nice people probably don't get away with as much as I do. Not my problem.
I seriously don't know what any of you want from me. I did apologize, I did acknowledge that I didn't actually SAY what I meant to say. I realize it is WAY more fun to keep talking shit than it is to go do something productive with your lives, but this is getting out of hand. You don't want an apology, you don't want to hear me say that I didn't mean it the way it came out. You all just LOVE hearing yourselves talk.
So far I've been compared to an obnoxious troll who called several members ugly and fat, a drama queen, a bitch, and now I am being compared to a serial child abuser.
I have not read all the replies, but you are most likely being canceled because a woman is in labor or has to have an emergency c section and your OB is tending to them...not because the staff can't schedule.
It happens. When you go into labor, I bet you will take priority over that 7 week pregnant lady, too.
Edit; or maybe the nurse had an emergency. Nurses get sick, too! Personally, I would not want a sick nurse coming in and getting me sick for a non-essential appointment.
And if this keeps happening like you said, just find a new practice! Shit. They will probably be glad to see you go.
IF DX: DOR & Fragile X pre-mutation carrier
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54
2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4; BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
In any event, it appears as if they can get me in on Monday after all- and all I had to do was bite a few heads off. See, being a drama queen sometimes works out in your favor. ;-)
Anyone else waiting for Monday, when she complains that her appointment wasn't "good enough" ??? I can see that coming from a mile away.
I am most likely (okay, most certainly) overreacting, but I cannot help but feel beyond irritated that these morons have cancelled another of my appointments with less than an hours notice. Then they tell me they don't have another opening for WEEKS! I already waited 4 weeks for THIS appointment!
I love my OB, I mean she helped me get pregnant and all, but her office staff does know how to handle their schedules. I have had so many appointments cancelled because a nurse called off sick. This office isn't small, so I don't understand how they can't move something around (like perhaps reschedule a woman who ISNT pregnant) so that I can still be seen.
I'll be at 7 weeks tomorrow and I haven't been seen once. I was so looking forward to being able to see my baby today and hearing that everything was progressing normally. Now all that anxiety is coming back up and I am so disappointed.
Maybe I am just being a spoiled brat, I don't know. How would you feel? I am looking up other OB's right now because I am not looking forward to 9 months of cancelled doctors appointments.
Um..I couldn't read this whole thread without wanting to shoot myself, but how have you been waiting 4 weeks if you got your BFP on 12/16 ?
3 years of cancelled appointments, and you chose to stay. You have OB envy over your GF's, and you chose to stay. The office supposedly told you why other ladies were coming in (that prenatal visit you referenced) so you know they're violating HIPAA, and you chose to stay.
Tell us again what it is about this practice that made you expect preferential treatment?
You decided all this hassle was worth it to keep seeing the OB you adore. So either live with your decision, or move on to an office that will meet your needs.
It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s that I don’t know you. Stranger Danger.
Anyone else leap to the 'I feel sorry for her future children' level yet? I don't usually think that but in this situation OP is either A) in for a huge reality check or continue to put her needs before everyone else's needs like usual, including her children's. Hopefully for the sake all everyone, it'll be option A. Better her a rough adjustment to live of the selfless parenting than a child with an eternally selfish mother.
I worked in a dental office for years and we had patients like you. We labeled the inside of their charts PITA. I can promise we did not go out of our way for them. Some people just think they are entitled and then stomp on others and think that's how to get your way.
BFP 4/4/12 CP 4/10/12
9/20/2013 Came home with our little miracle from the Philippines
OP, you remind me of my verbally and physically abusive mother. She always gets her way from strangers by yelling at them and acting up. She always got her way with her kids by beating them.
I'm surprised at the posters who don't think it is acceptable for a doctor or nurse to get sick or have an emergency and reschedule you. Are they superhuman? Immune to all illness and personal problems? WTF? I fail to see how it is unprofessional or unacceptable to get sick.
IF DX: DOR & Fragile X pre-mutation carrier
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54
2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4; BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
OP, you remind me of my verbally and physically abusive mother. She always gets her way from strangers by yelling at them and acting up. She always got her way with her kids by beating them.
Am I the only one who thinks this is a low blow?
I see why you might think that but having the same kind of mom who verbally abuses receptionists, servers, retail workers and then went hime to physically and verbally abuse her kids, I get it. I think the chance that someone who acts this way in public is lovely behind closed doors is slim to none.
OP, you remind me of my verbally and physically abusive mother. She always gets her way from strangers by yelling at them and acting up. She always got her way with her kids by beating them.
Am I the only one who thinks this is a low blow?
I see why you might think that but having the same kind of mom who verbally abuses receptionists, servers, retail workers and then went hime to physically and verbally abuse her kids, I get it. I think the chance that someone who acts this way in public is lovely behind closed doors is slim to none.
Yup. She even says she always gets her way. When you are a tyrant, that tends to happen.
IF DX: DOR & Fragile X pre-mutation carrier
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54
2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4; BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
OP, you remind me of my verbally and physically abusive mother. She always gets her way from strangers by yelling at them and acting up. She always got her way with her kids by beating them.
Am I the only one who thinks this is a low blow?
Why? It's true. She has the verbal abuse and bullying down.
Your pretty fucking rude and judgemental. Why don't you get over yourself. This is a forum for people to express their thoughts, feelings and advice regarding being pregnant. Which is exactly what me and the person who started this thread were doing. Get a life!
Your pretty fucking rude and judgemental. Why don't you get over yourself. This is a forum for people to express their thoughts, feelings and advice regarding being pregnant. Which is exactly what me and the person who started this thread were doing. Get a life!
Your pretty fucking rude and judgemental. Why don't you get over yourself. This is a forum for people to express their thoughts, feelings and advice regarding being pregnant. Which is exactly what me and the person who started this thread were doing. Get a life!
Thanks for explaining the purpose of the forum. Guess you've got things all figured out, considering this is your second post and all. You're well on your way to being added to the post-it too...
It's just that they beat it into you that you should be at least 10 minutes early for every appointment, that you have to cancel at least 24 hours in advance, etc. and then they don't think to extend the same consideration to their patients.
LOL
What is the doc supposed to do, tell the woman with severe pre-e that she'll have to wait 24 hours for her emergency induction because he needs to give his non-urgent patients 24 hours' cancellation notice?
I'd love to hear your answer to this @tundrabunny.
Yeah, I was that woman with severe pree and iugr who could not get a phone call returned...likely due to bitches like the OP.
IF DX: DOR & Fragile X pre-mutation carrier
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54
2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4; BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
Your pretty fucking rude and judgemental. Why don't you get over yourself. This is a forum for people to express their thoughts, feelings and advice regarding being pregnant. Which is exactly what me and the person who started this thread were doing. Get a life!
Wrong. This is a forum for entertainment. Being pregnant is not a requirement. Thanks for playing.
Re: 1st prenatal visit cancelled- SUPER irritated
I agree with this. It's unrealistic to think last minute cancellations and schedule changes don't happen. I personally was never cancelled on, but have spent a decent amount of time in the waiting room. My guess is that my Dr had to run over to the hospital (which is right next door to her office building) to deliver a baby, had an emergency squeeze-in, etc. It happens. But I would start getting annoyed if the cancellations were frequent.
Wow...really not much more to say.
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Yet here you are....coming back for more.
You even said you threw a fit on the phone to get your way. So seriously, unclench.
If I were the receptionist, I'd do it just to piss her off. I don't tolerate bitchy brats very well.
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I skipped a page so hopefully this hasn't been asked yet, but why on earth are you complaining about having to take a full unpaid day off work because they cancelled your appointment?
Go back to work?
"Your truth is different from my truth, and we're both right."
TTC since March 2013. BFP 4/13/13, blighted ovum discovered 6/6/13, m/c 6/8/13.
BFP 11/10/13, EDD 7/25/13 - stick little owlet!
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It happens. When you go into labor, I bet you will take priority over that 7 week pregnant lady, too.
Edit; or maybe the nurse had an emergency. Nurses get sick, too! Personally, I would not want a sick nurse coming in and getting me sick for a non-essential appointment.
And if this keeps happening like you said, just find a new practice! Shit. They will probably be glad to see you go.
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
May 2014 January Siggy Challenge:
Tell us again what it is about this practice that made you expect preferential treatment?
You decided all this hassle was worth it to keep seeing the OB you adore. So either live with your decision, or move on to an office that will meet your needs.
It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s that I don’t know you. Stranger Danger.
BFP 4/4/12 CP 4/10/12
9/20/2013 Came home with our little miracle from the Philippines
11/26/2013 Surprise!!! BFP!
Am I the only one who thinks this is a low blow?
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
May 2014 January Siggy Challenge:
I see why you might think that but having the same kind of mom who verbally abuses receptionists, servers, retail workers and then went hime to physically and verbally abuse her kids, I get it. I think the chance that someone who acts this way in public is lovely behind closed doors is slim to none.
I see why you might think that but having the same kind of mom who verbally abuses receptionists, servers, retail workers and then went hime to physically and verbally abuse her kids, I get it. I think the chance that someone who acts this way in public is lovely behind closed doors is slim to none.
Yup. She even says she always gets her way. When you are a tyrant, that tends to happen.
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
May 2014 January Siggy Challenge:
Yeah, I was that woman with severe pree and iugr who could not get a phone call returned...likely due to bitches like the OP.
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014
May 2014 January Siggy Challenge:
LFAF Summer 2016 Awards: