Wednesday, January 3, 2007

38 week ultrasound

I hate this stupid ultrasound tech at JMH. Just my luck I get the same witch that did the one I had at 12 weeks. But believe me, I went in there with an open mind and not holding her previous attitude against her. Anyway, this is how it went down. I get on the gurney, which is lying completely flat (The u/s Ive had in Hartford they have had me propped up a little for my own comfort as its really uncomfortable to lie flat). She tells me to take my pants down below my hips, so I do. She tells me I need to take them down more, so I do. She then YANKS my pants and underwear half way down my thigh and says unless I want gel all over my pants they have to go further. I was completely "exposed" and hanging out there! Not to mention dumbfounded as no one has pulled my pants down since I was 3 years old. And no, it was not an internal ultrasound. When your in labor and delivery, you really don't care who sees your hoo-ha. But there was something about being completely exposed in front of the radiologist that skeeved me out. Moving along...she's not saying anything while shes doing her thing. So I keep asking "whats that". I am the parent here, I would like to be informed! Now she seems annoyed with me, like I'm bothering her. She starts DIGGING the wand into my pelvic bone, like right above my left thigh. She was hurting me so bad! Then she makes a comment about they should have told me to drink water so she can see better. Lady, I have a huge baby in there what can you not see? My Dr has even told me that the water thing is only for early pregnancy ultrasounds when the baby is tiny, so they can see better when your bladder is full. She sees how uncomfortable I am and snottily says "I'm just trying to take the pictures your Dr ordered, but your the one feeling it, so if its too uncomfortable for you we can just tell your Dr we were unable to get the images she requested". By now, Im pissed off. And I say "Do you not have the same equipment as Hartford does? Because they never do this to me, and this is my 6th ultrasound!" and she snaps that she doesn't know what Hartford has. So she now draws her conclusion, that he weighs approx 7lbs 10oz. I don't really trust her accuracy. I hope that's right, but now I don't know if my Dr is going to offer me any options other than waiting it out. The original deal was, over 8 lbs= inducing. Now shes tell me he isn't even over 8lbs. I trust the Hartford techs more because they have a real ultrasound tech doing it, not just radiology, and they talk you through everything there looking at, then when there done, a higher up doc comes in and scans you and reviews what the previous tech has concluded to make sure they are correct and didn't miss anything. And they actually care! When I went on Dec 11th to the last one, the first tech said he was measuring at 6lbs 9 oz, and the higher up dr came in and said 6lbs 5oz. So 2 people came in at that weight.
My OBGYN said (yesterday) that based on that, the baby was probably about 8 and a half lbs now. Now I know this is all an estimate and it could be off. But if this lady is wrong and he's really a lot bigger, the only person who's going to suffer is me, as I may not have the options my Dr was going to offer me. I see my OB on Friday, so I will definitely express my concerns. So now were done, and the lady tosses a towel on my lap to clean up with, and doesn't even offer me a hand to help me up! ~Remember, Im laying flat on my back and its not easy for me to get up from that position. Im like a damn box turtle flipped on its shell! And I say "Don't I get a picture or anything?" And she tells me no, that when your this far along, they cant get clear pic because things like bones over shadow. Thats total BS. I had a u/s a week before I had Z and it looks like a baby. And I had one 3 weeks ago and got a pic! She says " I can get you a pic of his abdomen or something". No you jackass, I dont want a pic of his abdomen! This lady was just a bitch!

1 comment:

Evil Dahlia said...

Holy cow...I really have a lot to say about that woman, but I'll save it for email. You were definitely treated poorly and something should be done. Express your concern with your dr on Fri and see what she tells you. In my opinion, I'd be more willing to believe a practicing dr than a random radiology tech that does not specialize in OB. F her!!