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I kind of want to switch my OB (really long) **update**
I know this is late in the game, but I'm just so frustrated with them right now.
1. I already told y'all about not getting the GD news until 2 weeks later. Even then, I was given no guildlines, no information, just "don't eat chocolate and someone will call you Monday". That I'll be testing my blood sugar 4 times a day... Oh and BTW, you now need to be seen weekly. So this makes me feel like this is serious, along with needing the growth scan. I figure, get a call on Monday and go in that day or Tuesday at least to get my meter and instructions... just gotta get through the weekend.
2. I did get a call last Monday, telling me I had to take a class Friday. Only I had my next OB then too, but I thought it was Thursday. Stupid pregnacy brain. I got it in my head I'd have more info Thursday with my appt... but when I realized it was Friday, I called. I was already told this week was fully booked, but I tried anyway. I have an appt the 30th, but I really didn't want to wait 2.5 weeks when I'm suppose to go weekly. AND I really just needed to talk to someone. Receptionist put me on a wait list for this week, so I called the nurses line, thinking... they can answer some of my questions. I'm trying really hard not to google. And I'm eating and feeling guilty because I don't know what I should be doing. Both parents are diabetic, so I know what's good what's bad, but I also know it's different from GD. Baby needs carbs, I just didn't know how much.
I called the nurse and left a message at 930 am. Wait 6 hours, nothing. Call and leave another message - nothing. So finally I'm at my wits end, and probably mostly driven by hormones. So I call the receptionist and see why I'm not getting a call back, especially when I know they turn the phones off in 15 mins. And I feel like if you call early enough, they should call back that day. "they are realy busy today and there's still more people in front of you to call back". Did they get 10000000 calls between 8-930?!
Nurse finally called me 10 mins later, and I have never had a more useless conversation in my life. She didn't answer any of my questions. Told me to ask questions at my class. Didn't even know when or where I'd get my meter. Oh of my concerns for Eliza... "just cross that bridge when you get to it". ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?! ~X( So, I'm crying out of frustration at my desk... freaking out my work husbands.
I guess my breakdown caused 3 hour blocks of openings for this week. So I'm going Wednesday after my growth scan. So game plan - see Eliza, make sure she's doing good - go cuss out my OB practice. I mean, discuss my concerns with my treatment.
3. I take the class, I was being way more strict on myself then I should have been. I'm allowed a lot more carbs then I thought. Got my meter, learned to use it. Watched a video that answered all my questions, and even was shown my test results. Why they would make a pregnant woman wait a week for that is beyond me. I love my dietician, she's really nice and helpful. And I talked to a woman who had this with her first kid, so I was happy to hear a "it's not bad, and we're fine" story.
ONLY - It's Friday at 330pm, I have 10 test strips to last me until my OB can write me a rx. Oh and I'm suppose to test 4 times a day. First thing I do, even before calling Jeff, is call them for a rx. I get another answering service - could take up to 48 hours. So of course it doesn't get in by the end of the day or the weekend. WHY IS EVERYTHING SO HARD!? I didn't want to spend $40 for strips and I couldn't find the thing that pokes your finger anyway - I tried to be smart and buy another meter, same as I got for $18. Thinking, I'd have 10 of each to get me through. Nope... didn't realize until I opened it it didn't come with strips. So, it's useless and I can't take it back. I wanted to punch someone in the face. Why couldn't they have all this set up before Friday? Am I the first freaking person to get GD in the practice?! I doubt it.
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Plus side when I was able to test, my numbers were great, if not too low. My fasting is way lower then it should be (mid 50s when it should be 60-90). I stuck to the plan Saturday and left like crap until I had lunch and they finally got above 100. So Sunday, I said screw it and had double what I should have for breakfast, felt great, and my sugar was still lower than the guildline. I was curious if it was still low on weekdays when I get up at 530 vs 8ish - but you know... no testing supplies. I see the dietician again Wednesday... yes, I have 3 appts all Wednesday morning all at the hospital.
And my rx is in now, so yay. I seriously don't want to relive the last week or so ever again. And after Eliza I'm probably going to be in search for a new OB... I hear all about women is good 
Re: I kind of want to switch my OB (really long) **update**
I would have felt better if they explained what it meant for me and baby when they told me. Even a handout of rough guild lines and note it might change when I see the dietician. I would have been fine. Not just wait until someone else deals with you... Geez thanks. Sorry I have GD, I don't already feel bad enough.
and you know I love AAW:)
The Rowdy Roberts
You have legit concerns & they shouldn't be treating you like that at all. I, too, am all about AAW.
boy (n): a noise with dirt on it
Well, had my appt today... waited in the exam room for an hour. I peaked my head out and one of the midwifes and a woman in scrub were just sitting and chatting.
Scrubs - "Do you have to pee?"
Me - "Um, no, i've been waiting an hour in here..."
S - "No you haven't"
Me - "Um yea, I have. I came back at 1030, it's 1130".
S - "Name? i'll see what's going on"
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I guess Scrubs was who my appt was with. NO ONE TOLD HER! First she tried to say I need to ask if my OB is on call and how long it'll take and how she's back and forth with the L&D. OH NO! I'd understand if you were delievering a baby, you were SITTING AND TALKING! I broke down... yup, full on sobbing. Not a proud momment.
She sat down, got tissues and we talked about what has been going on. The test results, the nurse... everything. She told me I need to do what's best for me and baby... basically go somewhere else. I was shocked. I was like, isn't it too late in the game? She's like no, not until 36 weeks. I'm like ok. she said a doctor left the practice and a MW is leaving soon too. They have too many patients and people are falling in the cracks, like me.
Then I tried to schedule my appt for 2 weeks to start the NST monitoring... THEY ARE BOOKED! I'm on a freaking wait list! TO BE MONITORED! I go next Wednesday, but I have to seriously think how I want this to play out... I feel like a crazycakes on TB but I can't even get an appt and I'm 8 months!
Seriously!!!
They're all wonderful.
I hate that you're dealing with this right now!
The Rowdy Roberts