Dumb things said at OB office.....let's share

[musiclover]

Well apparently a few of us have had dumb/mean things said to us at the OB's office, let's share more here:

My dumb thing was said to me right after I was weighed at my 6week PP appt. with Adam:

Nurse, "Wow, looks like you've lost some weight since you were last here"
Me," Um......yeah............I just had a baby" ^o)

I'm sure she just did not look at my chart to see why I was there, but it was still so funny.

[Deleted]

There is a site called mypbsaidwhat.org. Check it out

[browneyedhunni85]

Mine told me to put KY on my scar so my undies don't rub. Uh, no thanks.

[musiclover]

At the hospital when the on call Dr. came to look at my ass to check out the pp damage (lol) the Dr. was like, "Those are IMPRESSIVE hemmies". <)
In my head I was like ,"No No No, that shit will impress no one."

Also, when I went in with Adam to be checked to see if I could be admitted ,the kinda on call wacky Dr. did an U/S and for some reason was really focusing in on A's penis.  He then offered to give me a photo of it for a future "Christmas card" and I was all like, "Yeah no...I'm good but thanks"

[ashleydl83]

I gained almost 60 pounds with Micah and was still hanging onto almost 20 pounds when I got pregnant with Eli. My OB made comments about my weight and I cried, so he never said anything again. I went in for my first annual after Eli was born and he was shocked I'd lost all the weight. He told me that he didn't expect me to get back to pre-kids size. Umm....ok, thanks?

[katie]

Mine told me I needed to get and read "pregnancy nutrition & cooking for dummies". This was his answer to me gaining weight too quickly.

[musiclover]

wow, some of these are terrible. wtf? haha

[bigapple]

After my 50+ hour labor hell, I asked my midwife if she had any idea why it took so long. Her reply? "Sometimes when your pelvis is too big, the baby's head doesn't really know where to go."

[katfco]

When I had DD, the resident at the hospital delivered her, so I guess they never notified my OB's office that she'd been born, so when I went in for the post-partum appointment, the doctor saw me in the hallway and said, "What happened?" totally shocked I was no longer pregnant. So I got to explain to him what had happened, because I wasn't tired enough of talking about it.

[katie]

Oh and during delivery the OB that was on call asked me how much I gained and said my baby was probably stuck because she got huge due to my weight gain. She ended up being 6lbs 15oz, I just packed on all the pounds. I was in labor for over 40 hours.

[The Foozzler]

When I was about 12 weeks pregnant, I asked the doctor if it was ok that I hadn't gained any weight yet. She compared me to the fact a bear can have cubs while hibernating. The baby can thrive on my excess fat storage. I am slightly overweight, but only by a few pounds!

[mala]

Jun 4, 2013 16:54:49 GMT -5 @jayhawkali said:

There is a site called mypbsaidwhat.org. Check it out

It's myobsaidwhat.com (you have a typo) and OMG I cant believe some of these! I would have smacked someone!

[gekeler6]

When I was getting my pregnancy pap, there was a student in training. I heard the narration of the whole thing. She told the student to grab the large speculum since I have had twins before. I had no idea that my vagina was so huge because of my twins. Horrible to have to hear why and what they are doing it.

[glo]

I had a friend that was having her period heavily for a month. She went to her OB who said it was because she was fat. She was 10 pounds overweight. She also blamed my friend's infertility on the extra ten pounds in that same visit. She changed her OB after that.

[tuck]

I went in for a pap when I was 12 weeks pregnant. The nurse was walking me back to the room, while holding my open chart with an ultrasound on it. She asked me when my last period was. I, being a smartass, replied, "About 12 weeks ago." She stopped, got really serious, and asked me if we needed to do a pregnancy test.

I also got fussed at for nursing in the back waiting room (where you sit after you've gotten weighed/peed in a cup but are waiting for an exam room). They deal exclusively in tits and vaginae. (Spell check just taught me that vaginas isn't a word.)

[Deleted]

Jun 4, 2013 17:50:37 GMT -5 mala said:

Jun 4, 2013 16:54:49 GMT -5 @jayhawkali said:

There is a site called mypbsaidwhat.org. Check it out!

It's myobsaidwhat.com (you have a typo) and OMG I cant believe some of these! I would have smacked someone!

Oops! 

[spaghetticat]

Wow these are bad.

This is more gyn than ob but I was going to post this last week anyway.

Two times now, with two different doctors, they have opened my gown to do the breast exam and said, "wow, that's nice!" The first time I was all, "uhhhhh?" But the second time I assumed they were talking about my necklace right away. My boobs aren't that great

[browneyedhunni85]

Jun 4, 2013 18:10:33 GMT -5 tuck said:

I went in for a pap when I was 12 weeks pregnant. The nurse was walking me back to the room, while holding my open chart with an ultrasound on it. She asked me when my last period was. I, being a smartass, replied, "About 12 weeks ago." She stopped, got really serious, 9and asked me if we needed to do a pregnancy test.

I also got fussed at for nursing in the back waiting room (where you sit after you've gotten weighed/peed in a cup but are waiting for an exam room). They deal exclusively in tits and vaginae. (Spell check just taught me that vaginas isn't a word.)

Why would they fuss at you for feeding your kid?

[ashleydl83]

Jun 4, 2013 18:41:58 GMT -5 pinksapphires said:

((On table for PP check-up))

OB: "Are you breastfeeding?" ::looks under sheet:: "Oh, yup. I see that you are. The hormones put you in something like menopause, so you have old lady vagina."

I laughed so hard.

Jaw on the floor.

[gekeler6]

Jun 4, 2013 18:44:07 GMT -5 ashleydl83 said:

Jun 4, 2013 18:41:58 GMT -5 pinksapphires said:

((On table for PP check-up))

OB: "Are you breastfeeding?" ::looks under sheet:: "Oh, yup. I see that you are. The hormones put you in something like menopause, so you have old lady vagina."

I laughed so hard.

Jaw on the floor.

It does?!!!!  Is this true?!  That must have been "adding humor to the moment"

[Regina Philange]

Lay off the ice cream. Your baby keeps getting bigger.

She was the only doctor In the practice that I didn't like.

[robinsparkles430]

I used to work at an OB/ Gyn and the doctors would say horrible things behind the patients back. One told a lady whose son had a cleft lip that he would finally be cute when he had the surgery to fix it.

When I had my first miscarriage they yelled at me and blamed me and told me it was all my fault because of the diabetes. I went to a different place when I got pregnant with J.

[browneyedhunni85]

Jun 4, 2013 19:15:28 GMT -5 robinsparkles430 said:

I used to work at an OB/ Gyn and the doctors would say horrible things behind the patients back. One told a lady whose son had a cleft lip that he would finally be cute when he had the surgery to fix it.

When I had my first miscarriage they yelled at me and blamed me and told me it was all my fault because of the diabetes. I went to a different place when I got pregnant with J.

How cruel.

[tuck]

Apparently they thought I wasn't being discreet enough. In a place where a decent number of them handled my pee.

[cat19]

The asshole doc that tossed me on meds and cut me with Linz came in to the first appointment I had with him when I was pregnant with Lily and said "I hope we don't have another 18 and 1/2 hour labor! Har har! Nope, we won't asshole. Switched to the midwives for my very next appointment (20 weeks.) jerk.

[katie]

Spaghetticat reminded me of a GYN comment when I was a lot younger. While she was giving me a breast exam the Doc told me I had cute tan lines.

[browneyedhunni85]

Jun 4, 2013 19:34:16 GMT -5 tuck said:

Apparently they thought I wasn't being discreet enough. In a place where a decent number of them handled my pee.

Ridiculous especially in a place that is primarily women. I hope you gave them the stink eye.

[thedahliharpa]

"You will never have a vaginal birth."

[robinsparkles430]

Jun 4, 2013 19:41:04 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Not really anything she said, but when I asked the OB I had to see when I was miscarrying if I could drink that night, she was like *blank stare* [explanations from me and H about how it's been a stressful day] "I guess so..I would let have a whole BOTTLE."

*bitchslap*

She just made me feel so foolish and guilty.

It's frustrating how some doctors handle situations like that. Miscarriages are stressful and scary. I'm not a big drinker but I definitely drank the night they confirmed my miscarriage.

[thedahliharpa]

Jun 4, 2013 18:41:58 GMT -5 pinksapphires said:

((On table for PP check-up))

OB: "Are you breastfeeding?" ::looks under sheet:: "Oh, yup. I see that you are. The hormones put you in something like menopause, so you have old lady vagina."

I laughed so hard.

I was basically told the same thing "Your vagina is in atrophy which is basically like being in menopause".