Re: crazy to change doctor's now?

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At Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Cailin wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>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
>
>--
>Cailin
>

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