I am now 30 weeks after TTC for 5 yrs, YEAH! But I have felt like a number during my pregnancy. I have not had the easiest pregnancy (hemrroids, migraines, constipation, nerve issues, heartburn, severe vomiting everyday, fatigue, "mom brain", weight loss, ....) but I have an HMO that allows me to see a group of doctors. I feel like when I see these doctors they treat me and my issues like another cog in the machine.
Me: Doctor I am 20 weeks and I throw up 7 times a day and your scale says I lost a few pounds.
Doctor: Try drinking some ginger ale and saltines.
It wasn't until my last appointment (wk 30) that I barely missed throwing up on the doctor that they finally wanted to run tests to check my organs.
I was given the name of an OTC drug to take for my vomiting. FF a few hours later Ihave my husband rush me to the hospital because I started bleeding and feared miscarriage.
Doctor: Okay what brings you in?
Me: I am bleeding down there. Not enough to fill a pad, but it's bright red and my honeypot hurts.
Doctor: OK let's monitor baby's heartbeat and check your honeypot. ::::After checking using a speculum with no light:::: Well everything looks fine, it may have been your organs rubbing together down there but just in case let's draw blood and give you a shot.
Now I am the home remedy queen, but when I go to the doctor's office I often leave feeling more confused and distrustful that today's doctors know anything least of all bedside manner. I wonder am I the only one who feels this way?