Reply #44: Lord knows my stomach was in open rebellion.

[davsand]

The one thing I had terrible problems with the ENTIRE time I was pregnant was that I just could not deal with a large intake of anything. I'd graze on healthy stuff and everything went a lot better. Sweet stuff held no appeal at all, and that glucose solution is probably revolting enough that I am not sure I'd be able to keep it down even today.

I think a lot of what was going on with that whole situation was the fact that I want to understand and be an active part of my medical treatment. I feel it is MY body and I have a right to understand fully what is being done by my employees (remember--they ARE your employees even IF they don't like to phrase it that way) on my behalf. That particular set of docs did not share my same views and we were a poor fit for each other. (I think they were obnoxious as hell, but I'm trying real hard not to be too hateful about it since it is over ten years later.)

I learned a valuable lesson from all of it because I started shopping for Docs that are ok with discussing and explaining treatments and options with me. If they can't or won't take time to do that then they don't need to be working for/on me. We have a family practice doc now that not only gets it, but also says he WANTS patients that are involved in the process because usually we invest time and effort into our health.

Best of luck!


Laura