So I had my third doctor's appointment of the week today. I met with a highly-recommended doctor today because I am considering switching practices and her name had come up repeatedly.
I won't go through everything about the appointment, but here are the high points. She thinks I want the Lovenox just because I want to do something differently with this pregnancy. She says there's no evidence that the mutations I have caused my miscarriages. She refuses to look at my research and says the studies are just not there. She said if I didn't listen to the perinatologist, there is nothing extra she can tell me. She was very nice and open when she spoke, and I know she really believed what she was said. Oh, and she seemed to think NFP was a great way to have an accidental pregnancy. She IS the only doctor that sat down with me and explained what the protocol would be if I DID push for the Lovenox, and that was helpful.
Basically, going with this new office would be about the same as staying with my current office.
Pros of this new practice: location is more convenient, doctor seems to be more willing to have a low intervention birth than my current OBs, getting away from the bad blood I have with my current practice
Cons of the new practice: starting over, no chance to deliver in the Alternative Birthing Center, basically switching one set of doctors who just think I worry too much for another set of doctors that think the same thing
I don't really know now. I am meeting with a high-risk doctor from my current OB practice on Monday, and I guess I'll decide after that. I'm not entirely sure what I'll say to her though, so I'm tired of pounding the same points over and over.
I have pretty much given up on the Lovenox thing. "It's just not done here" is what I keep hearing, so I guess I'll just be keeping my fingers crossed. Maybe I'll get lucky this time.
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