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That I was overfeeding my baby. I'm BREASTFEEDING, and he was 2 months old!

I had a doctor in the ER tell me I had a "skeletal tremor" when in fact it was really bad heartburn. I found out the second time it happend and that doctor asked which doctor "diagnosed" me and he muttered that the other way was an idiot. Hehe.

Oh man...when I was in labor I had a doozy of a nurse spew out some crazy stuff!

"Next time you know you're going to have a big baby, just schedule a c-section...they're not as bad as everyone thinks!"

“If you lay on your back and point your bottom up when you’re pushing, it makes your pelvis open easier to get the baby out.”

“When you zone out and relax that much, it makes the contractions less strong, and they don’t progress as well as they should.”

Plus a ton of BS regarding what I should do with DS with regards to the stillborn baby...she was so pushy and I got so tired of her.

I hated her. She kept fiddling with me during contractions and not leaving me alone. She just couldn't stop touching me. I told the midwife and OB who delivered S that she better not be around if I give birth in that hospital again.

I was told by a PA that the reason my patella (kneecap) dislocated was because of my weight. She completely ignored me telling her my history of this happening, including the fact that it started happening when I was in high school and not at all overweight (and, she ignored my polite concessions that of course I understood that being overweight puts extra strain on your joints). She also was very reluctant to refer me to an orthopedist because "orthopedists are surgeons, and they all just want to cut" and said that she'd recommend me for physical therapy "if you really want to." She was SO INCREDIBLY RUDE, body-shamed me, and ignored my history. She also gave me a terrible brace that didn't help at all.

Yeah, the competent, awesome orthopedist I went to did an MRI, gave me a proper brace (and told me that the one the PA gave me was actually kids size--WTF?), took me seriously, assessed the damage, did NOT do surgery, and set me up with a physical therapist, who I saw for over two months because my knee and gait were so messed up. This was a year and a half ago and it still makes my blood boil.

@zippylef: My mom was in the room and we gave each other a look like, "did she really just say that?"

That I should stop "obsessing", ie trying to deal with, my chronic pelvic pain, because "some women stop at nothing, and even have unnecessary hystetectomies trying to get rid of it, and nothing will work, so why are you going down this road?" What the what???

I have celiac disease and I have been told MULTIPLE times that this wont have any effect on my pregnancy and it doesn't even matter if I eat gluten free as long as I am eating a well rounded diet. Umm this is a disease that, before it was diagnosed, landed me in the hospital several times, prevented my body from absorbing ANY nutrients and very few calories and made me so sick I could barely move! Not to mention one of the top five symptoms of celiac is infertility and late term miscarriage! I now there is a serious lack of training when it comes to celiac in the medical community but really? if nothing else common sense should dictate that it would have SOME effect.

Oh I was told by the ENT here that there was NO way that P's severe tongue tie (he & the pedi agreed it was severe) would affect breastfeeding b/c "the tongue has to go UP to nurse not OUT"

UGH.

@StrawberryBee: WHAT?! gravity?! no.

@StrawberryBee: @birdofafeather: I actually hear moms say they were told this quite often! Seriously!

DH's StepMom is a doctor and told me she thinks breast feeding is overrated. Now in her defense I was talking about how I was struggling with it so knowing her she could have just said it to make me feel better. She tries really hard.

To be fair, in general I have had great doctors, and I have nothing but respect for anyone who works in the healthcare field. My experience was in a student health care center on a college campus. so that may help explain it. Those places are always interesting, especially when you're not an undergrad...

@birdofafeather: @runsyellowlites: watch out, apparently there's no blood pumping above our hearts!

I was told to live with my migraine pain and take nothing, maybe some tylenol. She said that's what all pregnant women with migraines do. I wanted to punch her in the face. I know that options are limited, but tylenol doesn't cut it, nor does living with the pain.

@hergreenapples: I've heard the big baby comments so much it makes me fume! It's like HCP forget that acog only recommends intervening if the baby is suspected to be OVER 11lbs! THAT'S a big baby & even then they don't recommend prophylactic cesareans. *hate it*

@hergreenapples: Yea... that's pretty average. People always comment that G was "big" too since we was 8.1 smh

A few years ago, I saw an OB-GYN whose nurse tried to force bcp on me, and then when he asked about testing for STD's, I told him that my husband and I were monogamous and had been for six years at that point. Then he asked me of I was sure about that. I couldn't get out of there fast enough.

Then, when I was 10 weeks, I thought I had a UTI so I went to the ICC to get checked, and the doctor told me that it was irresponsible of my midwife to not do an early ultrasound to make sure the pregnancy was in the right spot. She made me go to the ER for an emergency ultrasound and harassed me so much that when I got there my BP was 145/90 (usually its around 110/80) and the nurses said this particular doctor is always making a big deal over nothing. For the record, I didn't have a UTI.

Ugh.

Your LO is losing weight. Your LO is losing weight. Your LO is losing weight....over and over! But they wouldn't let me supplement with formula until she was 2 days old. I wanted to supplement right away with my second baby!

After 6 months of ebf (following WHO recs) our (former) ped said said L hasn't gained enough weight because breast milk was not giving enough calories and I should have given him rice cereal at 4 months.

At the time I freaked out and almost wanted to quit BF because it just became so stressful feeling he was not getting enough and I hadn't done my job right. Thanks to a lot of input from the bees, my own research and a consult with a ped who is very knowledgeable about bfing etc, I've realized there was never anything wrong with L and he is healthy as can be! Not to mention that since that one consult with the new ped and the info/advice he gave me, bfing has since become a stress-free happy experience and we are still going strong at 8 months!