She reeked of cigarette smoke. She also said babies are getting bigger these days because pregnant woman are eating too many cheeseburgers. I was having an US due to large baby. llllllol
Uhm wow.
My H was so defensive for me, he's all "NO! She eats extremely healthy!" I think he was more pissed than me.
lol, my last transvaginal ultrasound was during The Great Hemorrhage of 2014. I was bleeding all over the table, the white sheets, myself, etc and the tech is like...do you want to put the wand in?
yes, what I want to do is reach down with my abnormally short arms into a sea of goddamn blood and fuck around with this lubed up wand while you watch.
And then she JUDGED ME for not doing it myself. I saw it in her eyes. Don't fucking judge me, I have abnormally short arms.
Oh, and I don't know if it is just my huge vagina, but anyone who does any sort of transvaginal examination uses far too much lube. I do not need that much lube.
OMG lol. I've had a few ultrasounds myself, and I don't even use lube for sex, so I get really annoyed with all the junk.
lol, my last transvaginal ultrasound was during The Great Hemorrhage of 2014. I was bleeding all over the table, the white sheets, myself, etc and the tech is like...do you want to put the wand in?
yes, what I want to do is reach down with my abnormally short arms into a sea of goddamn blood and fuck around with this lubed up wand while you watch.
And then she JUDGED ME for not doing it myself. I saw it in her eyes. Don't fucking judge me, I have abnormally short arms.
Um. The hell kind of tech asks if you want to put the wand in yourself?? Short arms or not, which I feel you on, btw.
MIne was amazing. When I had one (with my 2nd pregnancy at 8 weeks) and we saw a heartbeat, she cried with me. She knew that we have lost one previously. Then when we came back at the 20 week, so remembered me and was so patient, showing us all the different things she was measuring. Very reassuring along the way, that everything looked good. She was just very personable, and did a good job of creating coversation but not being obnoxiously chatty. She seemed like she genuinely cared, abotu us and her job.
I remember one who had me take off my shirt and pull down my pants, to do the big long anatomy scan, then left the fucking DOOR OPEN so anyone walking by could see my gigantic self in my gigantic bra. I bitched her out.
Another one did my first with ds1, told me delightedly that I was measuring ahead and would likely have a due date at least six weeks earlier than what was originally thought. Then OOPS the radiologist came in and said UH NO; my due date is the same, the baby is too large and we have to look for spinal defects, SORRRYYYYY. Could have killed her.
I do remember on one occasion, ds1 turned slightly at just the right moment and I saw his actual face, a real face, for a brief second, and I went home and cried since I knew what he looked like all of a sudden. It was really nice.
I'm amazed every time health care people leave the damn door open, clothed or not. What if my employer happened to walk by, or someone else who doesn't need to know anything about my health? wtf people... I mean, aside from the fact that I'm a human who deserves privacy, of course.
Post by game blouses on Aug 22, 2014 16:38:01 GMT -5
I mostly had good ultrasounds, but one time my RE let a med student do one, and she was all "Well, the uterus is empty, do you think she had a miscarriage?" I freaked out and the RE quickly did his own ultrasound, and DS was there blipping away. I didn't stop being terrified until he was born.
But later on, I did have one tech explain all the cute things DS was doing, like sucking on his cord, so that one was nice.
Post by sparkythelawyer on Aug 22, 2014 16:51:51 GMT -5
I had one lady when I was being looked at for fibroids that was a total snatchdragon because my bladder wasn't full enough, and was all accusatory like I had intentionally done something wrong? idk. She sucked and I complained to the practice manager.
Most of mine are done by MDs, and they insert the wand, but the one that was done by a tech (the one I demanded; and the one that found the 10cm cyst) she made me insert the wand myself. She's the only one who did that.
I knew she wasn't allowed to say much, but I felt like she deliberately asked me questions that let me know she WAS seeing something, which actually made me feel better because I WANTED a diagnosis; something to explain what had been going on.
I loved the ones who: - warmed the gel - did whichever measurement it is that requires a full bladder first, so that I could pee before continuing - had a pillow to lay down on
Some were a little rougher while doing the transvaginal.
Oh yeah, I forgot this.
I had a lot of transvaginal ultrasounds this most recent pregnancy, and two of the docs (both female) were a little rough poking the wand around in there. The male docs were much gentler.For some reason, I always thought it'd be the other way around.
At least they didn't make me insert it myself? Because I've also got that short arm problem pp has.
Well, my primary OB is the one that did most of my ultrasounds (and I had like 6 with ds) so I love her! haha!
With ds, my secondary OB did my ultrasound and he was awesome. He asked before he started if we wanted to find out what we were having, I said no and my h (being the smartass that he is) said he just wanted to know what color it was. The OB, without skipping a beat, said "I think they are all some form of pink at first." It was hilarious. Most people don't know how to handle my h so it was awesome to see him reply without any sort of hesitation. Then, because we didn't want to know what we were having, he made sure to stay away from that area of the baby.
I had horrible morning sickness throughout my whole pregnancy, and once had to throw up in a trashcan during an ultrasound. The tech was so awesome and understanding about it.
That's the only interaction that I really remember.
I've always been asked if I wanted to insert the wand, and the first time I asked the tech why. She said "It makes some people more comfortable and feels less invasive so we always ask." I thought it was nice that they don't just shove the dildo of doom up there. I've only had all of my u/s done at one hospital, so maybe it's their standard practice?
Also, my primary OB is the one that did my ultrasounds during my miscarriage. She was super awesome when I had the final one confirming the miscarriage on the day of my dad's funeral. She went out of her way to make sure I was ok (well, relatively speaking) about both situations, then went out and explained to the scheduler about my situation so that I didn't look like a completely emotional psycho when I went out to schedule my D&C. I <3 my primary OB!
I had so many ultrasounds. There's one u/s tech who I didn't like at the beginning of my pregnancy w/ J, just because she was kind of crabby. But then she gave me a quick 3D peek when I was 32 weeks, so I've liked her ever since.
The only bad experience I had was someone who was in training at the hospital and spent 40 minutes trying to find my freaking ovary when I was having spotting and cramping early in the first tri w/ E. In fact, I've just decided I'm going to blame any future problems E has on her.
I think I had the same person when I was being monitored for pre e. The ultrasound took over an hour because she couldn't find anything and it HURT.
Post by MixedBerryJam on Aug 22, 2014 18:12:05 GMT -5
The tech let me pee BEFORE the ultrasound (but just a little bit) because my bladder was so full she could see it from the outside. That's what I remember about that ultrasound. I really had to pee.
I don't remember the people who did the first ultrasounds (around 6 weeks) for either of my kids.
The guy who did my anatomy scan with DD was really grumpy and not very friendly. We heard him talking to a co-worker about how he was on a new diet and was super hungry. Maybe that's why he was so unfriendly. On that ultrasound they found some potential problems so we had to go somewhere else for another ultrasound. The woman who did the ultrasound was wonderful. I was super nervous and she made me feel very comfortable. When we had the ultrasound with grumpy guy, he was unable to determine the sex because DD's legs were crossed. At the second ultrasound her legs were still crossed. The ultrasound tech spent a lot of time having me move to different positions to try to determine the sex. She still couldn't figure it out, but it was nice of her to try.
For DS's anatomy scan we had the same guy who was grumpy during DD's anatomy scan. Only that time he was so much more friendly and I was surprised by how nice he was.
Post by littlepeanut on Aug 22, 2014 18:47:10 GMT -5
I swear they are either super nice or super bitchy. I went in for one to basically confirm my blighted ovum and afterwards she said with condescendence, "TRY to have a nice day, sweetheart". Fuck you.
Post by thebreakfastclub on Aug 22, 2014 18:51:24 GMT -5
I had several u/s with the same lady. She took forever to enter my name before the first one, and I was so impatient to see the baby and hear the hb for the first time.
She also was supposed to charge me for prints but told me to just take them.
Post by loremipsum on Aug 22, 2014 18:51:56 GMT -5
I had twins so I had approximately one squillion ultrasounds.
But I'll always remember the first tech for the phrase, "So this baby looks fine...let's look at the other one!" Umm, what now? OTHER baby? WHAT OTHER BABY???
She then cheerfully informed me she was going to check for a third "just in case" and I damn near passed out. She was very chipper, I was borderline hyperventilating.
I don't remember the people who did the first ultrasounds (around 6 weeks) for either of my kids.
The guy who did my anatomy scan with DD was really grumpy and not very friendly. We heard him talking to a co-worker about how he was on a new diet and was super hungry. Maybe that's why he was so unfriendly. On that ultrasound they found some potential problems so we had to go somewhere else for another ultrasound. The woman who did the ultrasound was wonderful. I was super nervous and she made me feel very comfortable. When we had the ultrasound with grumpy guy, he was unable to determine the sex because DD's legs were crossed. At the second ultrasound her legs were still crossed. The ultrasound tech spent a lot of time having me move to different positions to try to determine the sex. She still couldn't figure it out, but it was nice of her to try.
For DS's anatomy scan we had the same guy who was grumpy during DD's anatomy scan. Only that time he was so much more friendly and I was surprised by how nice he was.
Sounds like grumpy guy was probably hangry that day. I'm glad to hear that you ended up with good experiences with them both, though!
I had twins so I had approximately one squillion ultrasounds.
But I'll always remember the first tech for the phrase, "So this baby looks fine...let's look at the other one!" Umm, what now? OTHER baby? WHAT OTHER BABY???
She then cheerfully informed me she was going to check for a third "just in case" and I damn near passed out. She was very chipper, I was borderline hyperventilating.
Post by stealthmom on Aug 22, 2014 19:00:33 GMT -5
I had probably at least 50 us in my last pg. The one REALLY bad experience I had was a tech made a blatant racist comment when we were shooting the shit.
Otherwise everyone else was fine. I knew them well enough to know if they were having a good day or bad.
My absolute fav. Tech was so nice. She took her time with us every time and tried to get a 3d image every time. She was also the tech during my amnio which was scary for me but it was nice having her there.