OK, need to vent, I have my BP and the babies heartbeat way up over this, so hoping if I vent both will go down.
Today I has my NST and ultrasound scheduled. They were at 10:15am. I finally got my husband to go with me again. He hasn't gone with me to an apt. since my 18wk apt. Because the two times he went before that it took 2 1/2 hours one day and over 3 hours the next apt. I have had two apt. that took less than an hour. This is including the apt. with the nurse practitioners, etc. So today I was not even seeing a doctor. After waiting 25 minutes in the lobby, I went to the window to make sure I had the times correct. She said I did, but they had no one to do the NST, and were waiting till a nurse had some free time to do it. At this point I was ticked off. I told the lady at the window this was not ok, that everytime I come here I wait and wait, and they don't even have someone to do it. She said I could talk to the office manager about it, who wasn't available. So I sat and waited another ten minutes then a nurse came to get me. When we got to the NST room, the manager came in. She said that she is sorry I have had such long waits, but that they schedule their OB patients with the doctor on call so if something is wrong they can follow up at the hospital if need be. IS this not the most STUPID thing you have every heard of. They actually purposefully schedule the OB pt's with the person who is most likely to be running behind, just in case something is wrong. She said generally people are understanding since they know eventually they will be the person who is making the other apt. run behind when they need the doctor. I work in a medical office. I am a therapist, which I know is not the same thing as working OB. But come on, if my patients routinely had to wait hours each apt. they would never return. I told them, it is unreasonable to expect someone to take a half day off of work everytime they have an apt. Especially when the doctor litterally spends less than 10 minutes with me.
My NST went fine, and quick. With me so stressed, the babies heartbeat fluctuated between 145 and 169 the entire time. The nurse hooked me up, left the room, came back 25 minutes later, looked at the paper, said it looks good, took it to the doctor, unhooked me and sent me to wait (this time only 20 minutes) down the hall for the ultrasound. The last NST they checked on me at 5 minutes and 15 to make sure things were going ok. Today after complaining they didn't check once.
The ultrasound was fine. My fluid is good. The babies head is down. There is lots of hair. Baby is healthy!
I am just so ticked off. I have bit my tongue month after month, week after week. Finally I complain, not scream, and of course cried with my hormones, and it didn't make any difference. They told me I could go to the hospital for the rest of my NST if i wanted, which may or may not be faster, and which my insurance may or may not cover as much. Geez thanks! I am so fed up, I feel like trying to find another OBGYN. But with 6 1/2 weeks left and being high risk, I don't even know if anyone will take me. I feel like ELAINE on Seinfeld, like now they are going to mark my chart, and I will be black balled. So anytime I go there I will be given the bare minimum service.
Thank you for reading my extremely long venting!
Are you kidding me .....
Re: Are you kidding me .....
That is good to hear. Sorry you had to wait so long. I always have to wait FOREVER at the kids' doctor appts and it stinks...every time they go we all end up sick. LOL No wonder I only go once a year! HAHA Luckily with this mw I have, there are minimal waits. I think 15 minutes was the longest I waited, and even to see the dr- it isn't bad. The office used to be busier at the other place but I wonder if he lost some people when he moved to the new location. I remember because I was seeing the 2 midwives, and he was the only dr there but people seeing him were waiting and when I went, I would wait maybe 20 minutes. And you actually get to see the mw for more than 5 minutes.
Francine mom to 3 awesome boys~Keiran 2/18/01 Aidan 11/14/02 (water birth)Breylan 5/02/05(water birth)
