First the doctor who appeared to be about 8 months pregnant herself, asked me if I am taking prenatal vitamins... Nope, I cant take them they make me vomit every time. She tells me, i really need to at least take folic acid. I say okay.
She then asks me if I had any complications in any of my other pregnancies. Nope nothing major, but I did mention I had 2 special needs kids. So she says, " What do you mean special needs, like Downs or something?" I say, yep as a matter of fact I do have a son who has down syndrome, and a daughter who has Aspergers.
So she says, oh my, you will need an amniocentesis immediately. And say No thank you. She stopped typing looked up at me like I was a woman with two heads, and says, excuse me? I said, no thank you. She said" are you kidding me?" I say no ma'am. She says why wouldn't you get one, I say why would I. She says, you do know your chances are higher for Down Syndrome, now that you have one. I said yes ma'am. She said, "then i am recommending you get an amnio. I again ( third time) say no thank you. She looks at me in shock and horror. She said" well its your body. I said yep, mine and my unborn childs.
Then she tells me well you need to at least take folic acid to help the brain development. ( this is funny ) Funny, because if my child has down syndrome, its done already, no folic acid is gonna change that. But anyways. I say yes ma'am, I will take the folic acid. ( no I haven't taken it yet).
Then she asks me when my last period was. I say June 11th. She looks at me and throws her pen down. Yes, throws her pen down, and says its too soon to know I am pregnant. I said - my at home test begs to differ. So I had to take a test there. They drew blood. ( called me today to tell me the results were positive, umm duh) She tells me, "IF" I am pregnant then I am 5 weeks, and I say nope, just 4. She looks up and counts in her head and says Whatever.
So I am irritated at this point. And the icing on the cake??
She tells me in " MY ADVANCED MATERNAL AGE" I need to be very careful. WTFFFFF. Since when is 31 old? Did I miss that memo? Is it only allowed to have babies in your 20's? Advanced Maternah who?? Really? Did she just call me old and moldy?
::sigh::
What I got from this appointment:
I am an idiot for wanting & loving my child, down syndrome or not.
I am an idiot for not taking prenatals.
I am an idiot for thinking I am pregnant.
I am an idiot who is old and moldy.
I never even got my referral.
Then as I am leaving she tells me, well we wont have to see you again until the baby is born. I say, Thanks.
Don't think I am going there again....
