Missing my OB

Last I was aware brains were developed at birth, not handed out with a medical degree.

I had the lovely experience today of being laughed at (literally laughed at...by a nurse) because I had the gall to ask a question about a procedure she deemed necessary for me. I was questioning the need for a blood test and she began to condescendingly laugh at me because I was using my brain and wondering about something that was to be done to my body. Instead of blindly agreeing.

I have no problem with having my blood taken. I have a problem with a nurse not thinking I should take an active roll in my own health care. The same nurse who treated my yesterday like I was some inferior who had no idea about her own body and it's needs. I'll take your blood test, but please be courteous enough to discuss it with me before hand.

So today I said, "I think it is quite rude for you to laugh at me. I will be finding a new doctor. Thank you." One with a nurse who doesn't mock me for wondering the whys and hows. For asking questions about what intimately concerns me. Who realizes that just because I don't have any formal medical training I still have some idea about my body, even my pregnant body. I have actually done this before.

To all my friends studying medicine...please remember that us lay folk out here are thinking people too. And we are concerned about our own bodies and health. Thanks for taking care of us kindly.