I am 30 weeks pregnant today. I was on my way to the dr appt this morning, and I had a soft tire on the way there, so I pulled into the gas station 2 blocks away from the clinic. 2 jackasses were parked in front of the air pump and i was stuck waiting for several minutes, and i knew i was going to be late to the appointment.
I am normally 10 min early to the appointment and most of the staff know who i am, first name basis and all that. I dont make their jobs harder than they have to be, i just get seen for my baby stuff and i go home.
But today, holy shit. Their policy that they just enacted today, states that if youre 15 min late to the appt then you are a no show.
1st time offense: warning
2nd time offense: you pay for the appointment
3rd time: you are banned from getting medical services there
I was 14 min late, from the tire fiasco, and they had already no-showed me in the system before i ever had a chance to go. I pulled a Karen and demanded to be seen because I am an OB patient and have had this appointment booked for a month. The doc had no idea this was happening and was willing to see me anyway today. But they would have canceled me if i was not an OB patient. I was 2 blocks away and didnt feel the need to call because i wasnt super late anyway, and the phone call would have made me past 15 min late. Then they ask me if my phone number is up to date. Yes. Why didnt y'all call me? I have never been to a clinic that didnt call to make sure a patient was ok or needing help, if they were running late. They make it your problem for them making money. Fuck you clinic! If i wasnt almost done cooking the bun in the oven, I would have sought medical help elsewhere. Sorry, long winded, and needed to get this off my chest. Where is the humanity for patient care? Why do receptionists at a medical clinic get to determine whether you get the help you need? Tyranny at its finest.
Edit to add, I felt like i was being treated as if it was a tanning salon, because that's how our local tanning salons operate too 😆
EDIT ALSO TO ADD: I DID NOT RAIL ON PEOPLE LIKE A KAREN, IT WAS A FIGURE OF SPEECH. I was assertive and respectful, people keep blowing up my comments and that was my bad for saying that in the first place. Calm down lol.
Congratulations on having a healthy 30-week-old in your world!
Pregnant women get away with all sorts of crazy, so an honest vent is nothing to be ashamed of. Still, take the opportunity to re-assess the care you're getting. This might be the wakeup call to go with a midwife instead of a hospital, and go with healthy care from people instead of from the system. You have 10 weeks, more or less, to think about it.
The other advantage to staying away from the hospital is to prevent the staff from doing unwanted vaccinations, not to mention stealing some of the most precious and irreplaceable moments of intimacy directly following birth. (Because they take the baby away for blood tests and footprint samples etc, when they could easily wait weeks. A midwife can tell you more.)
Many on the board, including myself, have expressed regret for having allowed our children to be vaccinated because we did not know then what we know today. Make sure you are comfortable with your choice, but here is a well-reasoned argument against it by a doctor, Dr Lee Merritt. https://drleemerritt.com/docs/Vaccine-Totalitarianism.pdf. Others here can give a lot more info if you ask.
Again, blessings for you and your baby!
In my state, (NE), the closest place is 2 hours away, and that's not feasible for my situation. I have to do a hospital midwife and the costs are more than I can afford right now. I have looked into alternatives and I am not able to do much alternative at all :(. But I am stubborn and I refuse to allow anybody to ruin the purity of my child's mind, body or soul from day one. This is mine and my husband's chance to give our kid the most natural childhood we can provide. I already love my little girl and she isn't out yet. It's not loving to knowingly allow essentially Satan to taint that more than it needs to. Edit to add. Thank you!!!
Well, being in Nebraska has a level of protection all of its own compared to Seattle or Los Angeles. With love and God's help, everything important is taken care of.