Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
Jan
19
Posted by My OB said WHAT?!?.
Thoughtful Thursday! “We Would Always Rather You Call, Even If It Turns Out To Be Nothing…”
“We would always rather you call, even if it turns out to be nothing! That’s our job!” – OB to mother who was concerned that she had needed to call during the night for a pregnancy concern.
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This was MaGee Womancare Associates, in Pittsburgh (there are a few practices with this name, this one is associated with the MaGee Women’s Hospital with one office and they’re also in Wexford), and I really love them! As an overweight mama, I never had to worry about how I’d be treated–in fact, the only time weight was ever brought up was when *I* brought it up. While they do weigh at every appointment, the nurses don’t automatically tell you what it is, and I’m confident that if I asked them not to, they wouldn’t bother.
The specific situation for this statement (though it’s similar to other statements that have been made by various OBs in the practice) was for this current pregnancy, which is my 4th–I had a loss, then a healthy vaginal delivery with this practice, and another loss. Both losses were the sort where as soon as I bled at all, it was all over, so when I had pain at around the 9th week, close to other losses, I freaked out and ended up calling in the middle of the night. I expressed concern over calling about nothing, and was rewarded with this lovely quote. I’ve never felt like I’ve inconvenienced them, and wasn’t forced into anything I didn’t want to do, even when I went over my due date with my first (which is as it should be!). I did end up getting induced, but I was spilling protein and my BP (which is usually 110/60) was in the 160/98 range before they even talked about inducing. The induction was quick and lovely, and took about 5 hours all told (which is luck, but still makes me think fondly of the hospital and the on-call OB from Womancare). Never during the induction was I belittled or forced into anything, though I did have to have constant BP monitoring, which tethered me to the bed, sadly.
I could go on, but I just feel so glad that I found this practice from the first try! I’m a big worrywart so I don’t feel comfortable with the idea of homebirth, though if I didn’t feel so safe with this practice I would have looked into a birth center. I’m looking forward to having another empowering experience with this group of doctors in about two months!
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This is so nice to hear! There are so many stories on this site (and elsewhere) that talk about doctors blowing off a woman’s concern and that infuriates me. After all, we’re “suppose” to see a doctor because pregnancy and childbirth has to be under their control, right? I mean, what if something goes wrong?! But then they don’t want to listen, check out and reassure a Momma to be. ::sigh::
OP, I’m glad you had such a sweet doctor and hope you went on to have a lovely birth!
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Awesome! Someone who is actually willing to work for the thousands of dollars they are getting paid! Where was this? They deserve a recommendation on Angies list.
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