Boy I’m not starting off the day after the holiday on the right
foot! CP got up early to head to MA for
work and I thought my alarm would go off at 6:15. I must have hit the wrong button or something
because I woke up and thought to myself, that’s weird I feel well rested…..because
it was 7:25am! I made it work by 8, but
my plan was to get in earlier…. Whoops!
So…..IUI #3 on Saturday.
CP’s contribution wasn’t fridge worthy like last time, but it was still
above average. I had one follicle of a good size and good
lining.
The one thing that annoyed me was that the doctor that
turkey basted me said that I will definitely get pregnant. Not necessarily from this IUI, but that I
shouldn’t worry too much. I told that
she probably shouldn’t say that to infertile people (she is a young doctor). I know that she is trying to
keep my hopes up, but PROMISING that I will get pregnant? That is a recipe for disaster. So I asked how she could say that, even when
people who have unexplained infertility never get pregnant. She said that because I am still fairly
young, there are all kinds of things they can do to help me get pregnant. It’s the people that are pushing 40 that make
it harder.
I’m still bothered by the comment. There are infertility blogs out there about
people who are younger than me that haven’t been able to get pregnant, either through
IUIs or IVF. What if they saw this
doctor? Maybe she said that because as
of right now we don’t have any problems (that we know of)? Still.
That is a dangerous thing to say.
5 comments:
Agreed. Sounds like she could learn a thing or two about bedside manner ... that's one thing they definitely DON'T teach you in med school. Sigh.
Nilsa, so glad you can definitively comment on this, as it is clear you yourself have been to med school.
I always thought it was med school 101 to never, EVER promise a patient something. You shouldn't promise that someone will get better from something or that a treatment will work or that you'll get pregnant. I think you're justified in being annoyed. It wasn't an appropriate comment.
I have a lot to catch up on but I had to comment on this one. I can't believe someone who is as educated in the field of infertility as a DOCTOR would have known better than to say something so offensive.
The doctor actually has a great bedside manner. It's just that like Terra said, it's just not a good idea to PROMISE a patient anything. You never know what could come up.
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