crazy to change doctor's now?

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This is my first post and I am doing it because I am having doubts about my obgyn and the care I am receiving. First of all, I am 29 weeks so changing doctor's at this point is kind of scary. I'll try to tell it as briefly as possible.

I've had a difficult pregnancy in that I was quite sick through most of it, but rarely have I bothered my doctor. I have only called him on two occasions outside of office visits - once because I was spotting and having abdominal pain and once because I was having Braxton Hicks contractions every ten minutes for more than three hours. This is my first child, so I had no basis to gear Braxton Hicks contractions and they simply called me back and told me not to worry. In the other instance the doctor reponded to my page and told me to call his office and set an appointment for me first thing that morning. Without going into detail I'll say getting an appointment that day was a nightmare. His office staff gave me a run around, and after I had explained what was happening and why I was calling never bothered to even look up my chart. When they called me back to give me a time to come in they told me I couldn't see him until the next day because he had too many pregnancy emergencies! It wasn't until I was in tears and almost screaming that they set me up to see him - at noon that day.

At that appointment I was told that things appeared normal, but if the abdominal pain continued or got worse to call. This morning I woke up with abdominal pain again and frequent Braxton Hicks contractions. Not wanting to beep the doctor, I called after his office had opened, at 9:00 am and explained my situation. I told them I simply wanted to know if I should be limiting my activities for a day or two or if this was just pain I would have to live with until the baby came. It's now 5:10 and I still have not received a call back - despite making three more calls to his office since this morning.

Am I being over reactive or is this not the type of care I should be getting? I'm scared to change doctor's at this point, but I'm also scared that when the time comes for something serious, like birth, that I won't have the support I need.

Any advice would be most welcome.

Thanks

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Cailin

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