Cheeseburger
02-09-2007, 06:53 PM
I haven't made a doctor's appointment yet. I don't know which one to go to.
The doctor I went to with my last pg did not keep good charts and sent me for tests later than he was supposed to (like the diabetes screen 3 weeks before I was due!) I didn't know a lot of things, and we went to the hospital, but ended up having to drive to another one while I was in labor because all the doctors were "out of town" for holidays and the one on call wasn't certified to deliver, so insurance wouldn't cover it.
So, when we got to the city, the ob/gyn there I was assigned to was freaking out over lack of charting and the fact that the doc never sent me for the part 2 diabetes test b/c my blood sugar was high... and that he tested late...so it was a real pain with my blood sugar and them watching katherine's blood sugar, we had to stay an extra day so they could monitor me and baby, which MAY have been avoided if the 2nd test (that i never took) had come back negative, but no the doctor was stupid and didn't send me for it .
So, I kindof don't want to go to our family doc for it. But, if we go to the ob/gyn that delivered Katherine, we have to drive an hour and a half to each appointment and then an hour and a half back. I don't know if I can do that, much less when I get REALLY BIG. But I am freaked out about going to the family doc in town because what if he doesn't chart my blood pressure etc again. We had a healthy baby but a lot of trouble could have been avoided at the hospital had i had the proper tests at the right time etc.
DH wants to go back to the same doc, but just make it clear that we want proper charting and tests. I'm not sure about that, because he might be offended if we ask him to do that, and i want to feel comfortable with the doctor that is doing my prenatals. I do not feel comfortable with this doctor because I feel like I have to do so much research myself on what is supposed to be happening. I did not even know how much he was not doing during last pg... and I missed out on very simple things like getting my blood pressure checked every time which can be important (he did it only every other time or something like that.)
Another thing is the ob/gyn in the city is one of the best ob/gyns in the city and has a VERY good reputation for being an excellent doctor and especially handling deliveries, and my MIL said he was probably the best I could have had. I was mostly freaked out from the complications, but looking back he handled them all REALLY well, and the nurses were ALWAYS able to get ahold of him by phone to let him know if something was happening during labor - which isn't the case with doctors here, here they can't even get ahold of doctors because they simply won't answer their phones because they don't want to get called in sometimes.
I am going to talk to DH about it tonight... the thing is I don't think we can afford gas to go to the city for checkups every month etc. It would be really expensive. :( But I am really unhappy with the doc options here. Sorry for the long rant. I just am stressed over this part, even though I know God is in control, and I had a healthy pregnancy last time, it's just nice to have that comfort zone of knowing you have a doc that is doing the right stuff!
The doctor I went to with my last pg did not keep good charts and sent me for tests later than he was supposed to (like the diabetes screen 3 weeks before I was due!) I didn't know a lot of things, and we went to the hospital, but ended up having to drive to another one while I was in labor because all the doctors were "out of town" for holidays and the one on call wasn't certified to deliver, so insurance wouldn't cover it.
So, when we got to the city, the ob/gyn there I was assigned to was freaking out over lack of charting and the fact that the doc never sent me for the part 2 diabetes test b/c my blood sugar was high... and that he tested late...so it was a real pain with my blood sugar and them watching katherine's blood sugar, we had to stay an extra day so they could monitor me and baby, which MAY have been avoided if the 2nd test (that i never took) had come back negative, but no the doctor was stupid and didn't send me for it .
So, I kindof don't want to go to our family doc for it. But, if we go to the ob/gyn that delivered Katherine, we have to drive an hour and a half to each appointment and then an hour and a half back. I don't know if I can do that, much less when I get REALLY BIG. But I am freaked out about going to the family doc in town because what if he doesn't chart my blood pressure etc again. We had a healthy baby but a lot of trouble could have been avoided at the hospital had i had the proper tests at the right time etc.
DH wants to go back to the same doc, but just make it clear that we want proper charting and tests. I'm not sure about that, because he might be offended if we ask him to do that, and i want to feel comfortable with the doctor that is doing my prenatals. I do not feel comfortable with this doctor because I feel like I have to do so much research myself on what is supposed to be happening. I did not even know how much he was not doing during last pg... and I missed out on very simple things like getting my blood pressure checked every time which can be important (he did it only every other time or something like that.)
Another thing is the ob/gyn in the city is one of the best ob/gyns in the city and has a VERY good reputation for being an excellent doctor and especially handling deliveries, and my MIL said he was probably the best I could have had. I was mostly freaked out from the complications, but looking back he handled them all REALLY well, and the nurses were ALWAYS able to get ahold of him by phone to let him know if something was happening during labor - which isn't the case with doctors here, here they can't even get ahold of doctors because they simply won't answer their phones because they don't want to get called in sometimes.
I am going to talk to DH about it tonight... the thing is I don't think we can afford gas to go to the city for checkups every month etc. It would be really expensive. :( But I am really unhappy with the doc options here. Sorry for the long rant. I just am stressed over this part, even though I know God is in control, and I had a healthy pregnancy last time, it's just nice to have that comfort zone of knowing you have a doc that is doing the right stuff!