Post by mrsrumfkin on Aug 22, 2014 15:16:29 GMT -5
Also posted this is my local board, but... what did you love/hate about the person(s) who did your ultrasound? Do you remember them? Did they make any difference to you?
Um, I kind of remember the woman who did my transvaginal, because I cried when I saw he was viable and she asked if I had losses. She seemed very kind. Other than that, not really.
Except when I went to the ER after a car accident. They didn't have any women's or baby care there, so the tech literally pulled out a manual/textbook to do the fetal ultrasound images. :\ I remember that chick. And the million images she printed for me. Said she was glad to be getting a refresher.
I do not remember the person I had with DD. I do remember the one from having DS, but that was just over a year ago. Super nice and made me feel relaxed. Best part was he was able to correctly tell me the gender at 13 weeks!
I have no kids, but I've had several ultrasounds (family history of ovarian cancer). The only techs I remember are the bitchy ones. ETA Particularly the one who made me feel like an Atari joystick controller during the transvaginal.
Post by revolution on Aug 22, 2014 15:21:10 GMT -5
With my healthy pregnancies, I don't remember anything but they were nice.
With one if my m/c, when they were trying to figure out what was going on and where the baby was, she was a judgemental twat. She acted like it was my fault and not an ounce of sympathy or kindness while I laid there cryng.
I had a lot of ultrasounds because I was considered high risk, and the only tech I remember was the really awkward one who kept starting conversations but then not reciprocating when I'd answer her questions.
Example:
Tech: Is this your first baby? Me: Yep it is! Tech: Silence
Tech, later: Do you know what you're having? Me: A girl. Tech: I have a five year old boy. Me: Oh, that's nice! I'd also love to have a boy someday. Tech: Silence
Tech, later: How was the weather out there? Me: Oh, it was fine. Kind of cold, but not too bad. Not as freezing as this morning! Tech: Silence
I was very happy to have only ever had her once. I'm not good at being left hanging. lol
1. My first pregnancy was a blighted ovum. The tech was super chatty beforehand and as the ultrasound progressed she became much quieter to the point of silence. I knew it was over just by her demeanor.
2. Towards the last of my second pregnancy the tech was super intent on reverifying the sex. She said that she had done a last pregnancy on a woman about to give birth who had been told she was having a girl. During the u/s the tech discovered she was, in fact, having a boy. The woman had the nursery and name all picked out, and went into labor that night. (Possibly from the shock of the sex change? I dunno.)
My first ultrasound with DD1. The tech was a young-ish woman, she was friendly at first, but then got cold and quiet during the actual procedure. I chatted with her and it turns out that she was having trouble getting pregnant. She started crying. It was so sad. I told her about my 2 years of TTC and that it would happen eventually.
I wanted to send her flowers for weeks afterwards. And I still think of her relatively often.
But I very clearly remember the tech who did the anatomy scan and told me our baby was "misbehaving" and wouldn't give us good shots of her heart. And I remember the MFM specialist who came in afterward and told us that our DD has a heart defect. And I remember what a jerk he was.
Post by sewpinkgal on Aug 22, 2014 15:25:23 GMT -5
I've generally thought the u/s techs were nice and pleasant. The only one that was a bit cold was the lady that did my u/s at the hospital after a bad fall.
I remember the three gals that did ours through our two pregnancies.
The first was super friendly, seemed genuinely excited for us despite having to probably feign that excitement through so much of her workday, said great things about our OB choice (we were in a practice with several OBs), and got a little nosey about our name choices. HAHA. She did all the ultrasounds for our first gal, and one for our second gal 5 years later and was generally the same as described above both times. She also told us during our first gals anatomy scan that ALL the other babies she'd scanned that morning had been girls, too, which we all found interesting. (We did wonder if her machine was broken, though. Heh.)
When we moved back to LA from out of state, we tried out a swanky highly-touted OB office in Beverly Hills, and the U/S gal there was an abrupt, much colder gal. She took a personal phone call while I was there, too, which struck me as a little odd, but whatever.
ETA: Forgot the third one, from our time in Portland. She was positively pleasant and genuinely excited, much like the first gal I mentioned.
One lady was very serious about her job. She wasn't mean/rude but was very focused and didn't have much conversation. Very professional but not personable. She always had Star Wars/Harry potter/batman soundtracks playing though.
Another one looked crazy (obvious extensions, obvious plastic surgery, colored contacts, fake nails) but she was soooo nice and really explained things and answered all our questions
The other one I remember was a young girl, seemed younger than me. She seemed new but was good. Friendly/peppy, good bedside manner and remembered us when she is another day.
Oh ya the girl I saw for our elective ultrasound to find out the sex was kind of rude. I was having a hard time seeing what she was calling the penis and she just made me feel dumb. In the past the girls would cute messages on the ultrasounds and she didn't do that either.
Post by trixiedicksnatch on Aug 22, 2014 15:29:23 GMT -5
I had about 15 ultrasounds all together (high risk, placental tear, baby dropped at 25 weeks)
I loved my us tech. She was the same one every time and she let us take pictures and recordings on my phone because fi was gone for 75% of my pregnancy and we couldn't FaceTime during.
I have her first heart beat saved on my phone and it gives me the feels to listen to it.
She was such a nice lady. Oh and we wanted to find out the sex together but fi was gone for my anatomy scan so she printed out the picture and put little pink feet stickers on it and typed its a girl on the print out. She put it in a sealed envelope for me and I hung on to that fucker for a month before fi got home.
We went to dinner and opened it together. The waiter brought us free dessert, to celebrate.
My doctor did them for my second pregnancy. With my first I remember I had to ask if there was a heartbeat at my very first dating ultrasound (6w) and I was really anxious about it, I wish she had just told me the instant she saw it. I also remember the ultrasound tech from my 19w scan because we thought we were having a boy (due to an erroneous 16w ultrasound at a novelty "gender reveal" place) and she said "You know you are having a girl... right??" She was very sweet about our level of shock. She also explained everything really well as she did it and I enjoyed that (when I was over my shock enough to pay attention).
I remember the ones I had were nice... I liked when they would say "here's the babies leg, blah blah occasionally instead of sit there in silence. I was annoyed because I was so sick at my NT scan that I had to keep stopping to run to the bathroom to throw up and she wouldn't give me her guess on if it was a boy or girl. Throw the poor puking woman a bone!
Post by pierogigirl on Aug 22, 2014 15:31:50 GMT -5
I had many, many with DS1 due to complications. I liked the techs that were friendly and on time (since I often had to have a full bladder, or just did because I was pg). All of them were women - even at the hospital. I preferred getting them at my doctor's office because there is a bathroom in the ultrasound room and it was a friendly looking place. The ultrasound in the hospital was in a dingy basement room because the hospital was being renovated. I don't remember much about the individuals.
ETA: I do remember liking the ones that would talk and tell me what they were doing. The nice ones at the doctor's office would print me some to keep. The tech during my amnios was very soothing.
I remember all of them. I mean, some techs were nicer than others, but they were all fine. Well, except for the guy who did my u/s when I was having a miscarriage. He was like "nope! No heartbeat!" With a big stupid smile on his face. Eff you.
I guess I also didn't really like the tech who did my u/s during Theo's 20 week scan. She asked if I wanted to find out if it was a girl or boy, and I said yes. When she told me he was a boy, I started crying and she was like "oooh, did you not want to know? Why are you crying? Maybe you shouldn't have found out?" Lol, what? I'm crying because I'm happy, doofus.
But I like it when they give pictures and when they treat me like an actual human being, not just a patient.