Vent

I hate that my OB treats me like a child.

I am a generally well-informed person when it comes to my pregnancy.

BUT she acts as if she needs to dumb things down for me - and I resent that.

Today she checked me and, after noting I have made no progression, says she's giving me an end-point.

So I reminded her that she told me that I could have at least week after my due-date to go into labor on my own, barring any unforseen complications.

And she tells me she changed her mind.

Uhhh, no - she's trying to cover her ass. And I TOLD previously her I did NOT want to be induced.

She said she was concerned about my BP. I had ONE day of slightly elevated BP and from then on its been totally fine.

But she said she refuses to wait until it IS a problem.

Then I asked her how she routinely did inductions - and she said we'd talk about it later. I told her I needed to know now and she said she'd hook me up to IVs with medicine in it.

Uhh, yeah, so that would be PITOCIN? She looked at me like I was a freaking rocket scientist!!

I also casually mentioned that yesterday I had my first bout of 'painful' contractions - about 5 minutes apart for an hour. They then spread out and went away completely. She tells me "Well, those were just cramps".

Right.

Because how could I know the difference between cramps and my uterus contracting?

I don't want to have to start trying useless little tricks to get him to come out! He'll come out when he's ready! I'm only just over 38 weeks for Gosh's sake!