When I was pregnant with the boys, my OB earned the nickname of "Dr. Tact". I know Ms. Goddess in Progress met him, and has some wonderful stories of her own about how he completely lacks any tact at all!
Anyway, that actually doesn't bother me, so I stuck with him for this pregnancy. And I've been surprised that he's not been overly un-tactful this time around. I was wondering if he took some kind of "be polite to patients" class in the past 4 years.
Until today.
We were scheduling my appointment for next week, and I said, "The nurse told me I'd need to come in for a non-stress test."
His response: "Oh yeah, because you're SO old."
Thanks. Thanks a lot.
So this elderly mom refrained from punching him in the nose. See, age brings restraint, so it's not all bad!
The Balance by Neal Wooten
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Canus is a land in which three races of man live in precarious balance with
one another. The Fathers of the city in the sky, the Scavs (who call
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10 years ago
6 comments:
Gee, it's almost worth getting pregnant again, just to have the chance of him telling me I have serious stretch marks. ;-)
It's a wonder that at your age, your hearing is still good enough to hear his comments!
WHAT?! LOL! No WAY are you old - cuz, uhm, I refuse to be ;)
I wonder if anyone has let him know that he's a jerk heh
That is crazy! I don't think you are old. When my cousin was pregnant (in her 40's), her doctor always referred to her as being of an "advanced maternal age" which was a bit more tactful!
Dana
The funny thing is that I'm actually NOT officially "so old". I'm still a few months shy, so I don't even need the non-stress test. As I told Dr. Tact, "I still have 5 long months until I'm over the hill".
yeah, you're not AMA til 35, and even then you don't automatically get a NST. sounds like he still needs to take that class!
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