every 4 week ultrasounds just because I'm fat :0)

[delphmoon]

I have felt cookie kicking from 16 weeks. I said this to the doctor too and said to the doc surely me as the woman carrying this baby has some credit in being able to determine if the baby is growing IYGWIM. I think I would notice something is wrong but It appears my maternal instinct counts for zip!

[alish]

im not overweight and i have an u/s every 4 weeks.. its just my dr's policy to make sure everything is going ok! its annoying cuz he is an hour away and i have to take the whole day off work cuz he runs hours late & when i finally get in im only in there for 10 minutes .. but i must admit i love seeing my baby girl every month!

your doctor is tactless! you dont have to have one if you dont want to! youre right, you know your body and baby and you know when something is up

xx

[Yeddi]

I'd be looking up and handing them some info on ultrasound use from WHO, then politely refusing. Having done a lot of stuff with sonar, I'm hesitant to do too many ultrasounds. In fact I asked that they only used a doppler for 10 seconds, so the middies would have to use a pinard first to find bub, and the doppler was only used to quickly confirm. I allowed 1 ultrasound in my pregnancy, and I gave them a time limit and required a break in between. I wasn't overweight at the time though, so I could see why a pinard might not be able to used on the more endowed woman, so doppler use may not be able to be used less (unless you simply don't go in for the check up), but you can certainly reduce u/s use.

[Snacks]

it is 'hard to locate and feel for the fundas of overweight women'

That gives me the impression the dr is pretty underskilled. I'd be suggesting that even though it might be slightly tricky that he gives it a try. What a tosser.
I've heard a couple of my friends say their drs/mws didn't really bother much with fundal height anyway.

[Megsy181011]

I am not overweight, 23 weeks pregnant 70kg and 179cm and have had a scan every 4 weeks since I was 6-7 weeks pregnant - I actually had one scan at my OB. and the detailed scan 5 days later. He scans me everytime and did 14 years ago with my baby girl.

Me 34 DH 43

Miss Gabby 11/12/97

DUE 10/10/11

[~*Niadalla*~]

Yep they forced me into this too. Non complicated pregnancies, no GD.
They did eventually use the 'abnormalities' found on both of my children's morph scans as their excuse, but it was mainly for weight (which is what they told me).
I didn't mind too much. I had the scans, my kids grew perfectly I had uncomplicated relatively drug free (a little bit of gas) Vaginal births with no post partum complications. It was kind of good to 'stick it to the man' when they couldn't find anything wrong. It was all it felt like they were doing with me.... trying to find something wrong with me because someone of my size should not have such easy pregnancies and births.

If you really don't like the idea of so many scans, talk to them about it. Tell them that you'll have a scan every 8 weeks maybe? There's not alot to do to get OB's off your back... because all they know about every single overweight pregnant person is what is written in all their text books. We all get GD we all have High BP we all have c/s and all because of our weight because we are ridiculously unhealthy people who are a burden on the health care system and should not have gotten pregnant in the first place. I know it happens, but it would be nice if they could treat EVERYONE on a case by case basis.

I hope you have a wonderful pregnancy!!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

omgoodness... every 4 weeks.. how absurd. I would be voicing my concerns to your OB and see if it can be changed to every 2 months or something. Ive never heard of anything like that.. unreal.

[8weeks]

I'm going in for tons of ultrasounds for high risk stuff..but if it was a normal kinda pregnancy and being overweight is the only issue..probably wouldn't be able to make some of those ultrasounds

[Traveller]

Good on ya! I was offered a heap of scans with my twins but only agreed to one (after my first at 21 weeks when the twins were discovered). They were pretty happy once they knew I had made an informed decision, more surprised that I didn't want to see the babies at every opportunity Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy

[~*Kat*~]

I am obese too and have never heard of that. If ur uncomfortable I would be getting another opinion.
I had lots of scans with DS cos I had a condition during pregnancy that ment I had HUGE amounts of amniotic fluid so my DS needed monitoring.

[WannabeMum]

I'm glad you stuck to your guns - it's hard to do that sometimes! I'm overweight, and bigger than when I had DS. My Ob has never weighed me, never asked me my weight, never commented on size (most of my fat is on my hips and thighs, but I was close to 90kg when I got pg), never said anything about birthing choices (even though DS was an emergency c/s) and never suggested extra scans. He only ever occasionally uses the doppler (usually just listens with a stethoscope), and can easily feel fundal height. As someone else suggested - it's about doctor/midwife skills rather than anything else if you ask me! Also, do they see birth as something to be "managed" or a natural process that they're assisting with? Thankfully my Ob is the latter.

[delphmoon]

Well the saga is ongoing. I happen to have the most fat-o-phobic ob in the hospital...just perfect

I am embarrassed to even take hubby along to the appointments with me because the ob weighs me at each visit and isnt exactly discreet about it. I know my hubby loves me...thats not really the point- its just a dignity thing I spose...what woman wants to have their husband know how much they weigh IYGWIM? The obs disapproval in my weight is obvious and I am just soo embarrassed by it...sigh....

I don't really have a choice in OB being a public patient, and making a report or anything isn't really an option I want to take as I work at the hospital and no- there is no other hospital to go to

I am just soo mad and upset that they have completely spoilt this pregnancy for me...I didn't got through this with DD1 (Only one year ago- they didnt even weigh me then!) I was was obese then too.

This all just totally sucks (sorry...having an emotional day I s'pose).

[Lolpigs]

Just tell him to stop weighing you unless there is a medical reason. Your right to choose in my opinion.

Poor thing