I had my anatomy scan today (20 weeks 4 days). Almost everything they could get images of looked good and healthy. Visibility was slightly inhibited by my belly fat (BMI 42) and anterior placenta, so I have to return in a month to get the rest of the images we need.
But that wasn’t the part that crushed me. I had to go into a room after to do a tele-visit with high risk doctor at another hospital in my area. She immediately starts off by saying I’m being see by high risk because I’m “overweight, which pushes me into high risk.” Which whatever, I’ve heard about this happening, and I was high risk my last pregnancy because of blood pressure and a previous MC.
She then went on to say that even though I passed my 1 hour glucose I still probably have GD because baby’s belly is measuring in the 90th percentile and he’s already 15oz. She asked what I ate, and when I told her, she accused me of having to eat more because baby is gaining weight from something. She kept accusing me of eating more that what I told her. I told her my glucose levels I’ve been checking and she’s still convinced I have GD. Which is okay, I want all the monitoring for my baby’s health. My normal OB treated me so much more humanely at my appointment directly following this.
I just felt like all she could see and bring up was my size. I left feeling horrible about my weight, worse than my last, and I’ve only put on 3-4 pounds this pregnancy. I’ve been trying to keep the extra weight off, I had gained 15-20 pounds by this point with my last. I cried all the way home, she judged me and accused me of over eating the entire time. I’ve never had such a negative experience with a physician. I dread every future appointment now.
But that wasn’t the part that crushed me. I had to go into a room after to do a tele-visit with high risk doctor at another hospital in my area. She immediately starts off by saying I’m being see by high risk because I’m “overweight, which pushes me into high risk.” Which whatever, I’ve heard about this happening, and I was high risk my last pregnancy because of blood pressure and a previous MC.
She then went on to say that even though I passed my 1 hour glucose I still probably have GD because baby’s belly is measuring in the 90th percentile and he’s already 15oz. She asked what I ate, and when I told her, she accused me of having to eat more because baby is gaining weight from something. She kept accusing me of eating more that what I told her. I told her my glucose levels I’ve been checking and she’s still convinced I have GD. Which is okay, I want all the monitoring for my baby’s health. My normal OB treated me so much more humanely at my appointment directly following this.
I just felt like all she could see and bring up was my size. I left feeling horrible about my weight, worse than my last, and I’ve only put on 3-4 pounds this pregnancy. I’ve been trying to keep the extra weight off, I had gained 15-20 pounds by this point with my last. I cried all the way home, she judged me and accused me of over eating the entire time. I’ve never had such a negative experience with a physician. I dread every future appointment now.
