I hate my doctor

There are 4 high risk doctors in the office ...but I always end up with the jackass of the 4. Our personalities clash...he is very mellow and I am a bit on the hyper side. Today he was talking to me as if I was a child...its obvious he doesn't like me , and normally I wouldn't give a shit but since there is the possibility of him delivering my child there is cause for concern. I wanted to go off on him so bad you have no idea...He suggested to me that I had an anxiety problem...and yeah...so 'effin what if I do? That really had nothing to do with our topic of conversation. I think I am going to have to tell someone at this office that I can no longer see him...but what if he gets pissed off and then on the day I am having my baby he is the only one available? Or shoould I just switch doctors completely?...Will another doctor take me or am I to far along? Help!!!!

Try to switch doctors. You need someone you are comfortable with.

Switch doctors. It's better to do it late in the game than end up being screwed over while in labour.

Quoting lexii526:“ There are 4 high risk doctors in the office ...but I always end up with the jackass of the 4. Our personalities ... [snip!] ... only one available? Or shoould I just switch doctors completely?...Will another doctor take me or am I to far along? Help!!!!”

When you are getting scheduled, spefically tell the staff that you do not want him for your next appointment and when you go in,same thing.

I switched Drs when i was 7 months along..

&& I'm completely glad I did!

Quoting Ashley!Megan:“ I switched Drs when i was 7 months along.. && I'm completely glad I did!”

That is your other option. I know women who have switched a couple weeks before their due dates. You have to be happy with your OB.

I am in the same position as you. There are four doctors at my office and I really LOVE two of them. The third is great as well, but I can't stand the fourth one. I just schedule my appointments with the other three doctors and I am just hoping that one I like will be on call when I deliver. If the one I don't like is on call I will just suck it up and deal with it, but at least I get my appoimtments with the ones I really like. I don't want to switch offices because three of the four are super good doctors that I really love.

get a midwife you will be sooooo pleased.... trust me... I have 3 and LOVE them all... 

Quoting Ashley!Megan:“ I switched Drs when i was 7 months along.. && I'm completely glad I did!”

Thanks! I wasn't sure if I could switch b/c I am so far along...that was what I needed to hear...

Quoting lexii526:“ Thanks! I wasn't sure if I could switch b/c I am so far along...that was what I needed to hear...”

All I had to do was contact the new Dr. Tell them the situation, why I didn't liek the Dr, who it was, and they had me in there the next day switching my records, checking me out and picking up the other Dr.'s garabage and making me have a peice of mind again.

My old Dr. tried to send me to a physc. and said I was depressed... he didn't want to have any contact whatsoever, it was always his nurses.. and he def. favored other girls more than me..

Quoting Ashley!Megan:“ All I had to do was contact the new Dr. Tell them the situation, why I didn't liek the Dr, who it was, ... [snip!] ... he didn't want to have any contact whatsoever, it was always his nurses.. and he def. favored other girls more than me..”

I really think he was implying that I had anxiety/depression. I realize that I can be a bit much sometimes...but I am hormonal and feeling all sorts of emotions that are overwhelming me right now. I just wanted him to alleviate some of my fears and help to ease my mind a bit. I am sure I am not the first women to need a little reassurance during pregnancy. I was really hurt by the whole experience today and I don't want anyone making me feel like crap right now....ya know?

Quoting lexii526:“ I really think he was implying that I had anxiety/depression. I realize that I can be a bit much sometimes...but ... [snip!] ... I was really hurt by the whole experience today and I don't want anyone making me feel like crap right now....ya know?”

It's a flaw in bedside manners! I know what you mean completely! If you were in Ohio, remotely close to me, I'd send you to my Dr. He's simply amazing and has awesome bedside manners.. he reassured me tons of times, told me it was ok to be scared, told me what things could happen because such and such has happened with the pregnancy.. he told me what to look for, and every thing else. When the nurses neglected to hook me up to the monitors right when I got to the hospital when I felt like I was in labor, he reemed them out, came in and apologized over and over asking who he could strangle.. and then told me exactly what needed to happen at that moment and so forth.

During Labor- he was simply amazing! The most laid back Dr. I have ever seen! He cracked jokes the whole time, drank a pepsi and kept telling me I needed to stop pushing like a girl.. haha. needless to say I only pushed for 10 mins. and we took a break 3 of those minutes.