Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll begins:

Yesterday at 3:15 I had an U/S. I had a sense of calm and reassurance that as soon as the tech put that probe on my stomach, everything would be fine, and it was. As soon as she put the probe on my stomach, I could see the baby! Heart pumping away and MOVING! It was so amazing to see the baby in there moving it's body! It's arms and legs were flailing, and it really looked like a human baby! Exciting stuff. I think it has finally sunk in that there is something in there. No matter how sick I felt, no matter how many times I listened to the heartbeat with the doppler, this just made things more real for me. Here are some pictures from yesterday.

The tech said that everything looked great, and that the heart rate was 158 bpm, which is exactly what I got by doppler the night before. She also moved my due date up 2 days to 9-7-09. I was liking 9-9-09, but I guess it really doesn't matter because baby's going to come whenever it gets ready to.

Mr. Hyde arrives:

That warm fuzzy feeling I felt was overshadowed by my irritation with my dr's office. I can't help but wonder if I have chosen the wrong dr. I have not met the dr yet, so nothing personal against her, but it's just the environment. There are 7 doctors in the office, and it's super busy in there! 4 receptionists. 4 waiting rooms. People in and out everywhere. I was amazed at the amount of traffic I saw. It just doesn't have that intimate feel that I wanted. That's not my only gripe though, so I guess I'll list them off.

1. The doctor only sees patients on Monday and Thursday mornings only.

2. They made ME do the leg work for insurance. Never in my life have I been made to call the insurance company about preliminary info. I mean, don't they employ people to handle that for you??

3. I don't like how they schedule appointments. They had me coming in different days for different things, and I can't see the logic in that. Specifically, I didn't like that they made me schedule my nurses visit and sonogram on two different days. That makes no sense at all.

4. My nurse called me to move my 3-9 appointment up from 2:15 to 12:15. That was cool with me, but when I talked to the scheduler to tell her it was OK to go ahead with the switch she said, "Oh, well she already did it anyway. " The nerve. I mean how can you change my appointment time without first ok'ing it with me.?

5. I was forced into taking the 3-9 appointment at 2:15 in the first place because they told me the dr was going out of town the following week for spring break and if I didn't take that time I was out of luck for another 2 weeks. So that means I would be 16 weeks before I even SEE the dr! Bad enough I'll be 14 when I finally get to go.
Tim and I are in the process of seeing if a switch should be in order. I mean, this is my first child, and I don't know if I want the memory of this experience tarnished by busy offices and neglectful doctors. Plus, my patience level is at 0. I would really hate to have my buttons pushed even more than they are already.

Sigh. Update coming soon.