Hi All..I know this isn't the pregnancy after WLS forum but I thought maybe a local forum would be more helpful

I am finally fed up with my OB/Gyn. I remember asking my GP if she felt I needed a high risk OB/GYN, etc...She didn't think so.I lost one baby last year. I am 2 years post op. So here I am 6 months pregnant. I have developed, restless leg syndrome(possible magnesium deficiency, who knows), I also suffer from a previous blood clot in my lung post surgery, also I have iron deficency anemia...

First the last visit. I said the drug store is on back order for my injectable iron what can I do....So she says "take 4 tbsp of molassas it helps"...hmmmmok well the whole reason i had to go on injectable iron was because i wasnt absorbing other forms of iron. If I could eat things with enough iron in it I wouldn't need the injectable kind. am i right?

Next. I tell her I can't suffer another night of the restless legs. I tried for 3 weeks already before my appt to do everything natural to help...She says. take 400mg of magnesium 2x/day......and she gets dismissive to me like im stupid...Now I only know a small bit about this stuff but we also need calcium to process hte magnesium effectively. . I have been taking the stupid magnesium and have been suffering from bad leg cramps at night whihc i do understand is a pregnancy thing. But it can also be a calcium deficiency which would make sense. I'm so fed up..

the last straw is this because she has obviously no knowledge of our situation. She gives me my requsition for a bloog glucose pregnancy test which is standard. BUT as I was sitting there today thinking about getting the blood work done I thought hey if \I'm going to drink that horrible glucose sugar pop stuff will that not cause dumping syndrome which i get very easily after eating sugar.....so online I go and sure enough this does cause dumping syndrome. glad i checked or i would of been soooo ill at the lab.....

THANKS DOC!!

I live in the Brantford area. Does anyone know ANY OB/GYN's from here, even in hamilton that know our needs. ??

frustrated.......

My advice?  You DO need a high risk OB/GYN and soon.  I'd get myself back to my GP and insist upon a referral to one.

Okay, first of all I apologize for the location of this specialist, but he's really really good.

His office was really full of difficult pregnancies and complicated cases, and he handled my issues very well.
http://www.drpairaudeau.com/index.asp?page=1

I would say if someone can offer a better referral closer to you, go for that - but this guy came highly recommended, and lived up to the hype.

 Try contacting the bariatric clinic in Hamilton, I think it's St. Joes.  Someone there should be able to help, don't let them give you the line that because you didn't have WLS there they can't help.

Absolutely, contact St. Joe's.  I have a friend that is a high risk pregnancy due to bariatric surgery and she is going through St. Joe's *****commended she be seen by someone at Mac due to the high risks involved.

I will pass your name along to her and ask her to contact you by PM...maybe she can tell you the name of her OB/GYN.

Lori

Thanks Ladies!

I did call my GP hesitantly. And I have an appt to see her next thursday. I explained to her secretary a few concerns. I said I didn't want to complain about my OB I just dont think she understands my situation fully. It's not like my doctor uses her as a normal referral. She just happenned to be the delivering doctor in hosp when i had my last child in 2006 so i thought ok well she seemed alright :(. My old OB retired so this one was also in the same office so I gave my GP the name of her in the first place. I will mention to her about St. Joes my GP is out of cambridge but maybe she knows someone too.

In the mean time if your friend has the name of their OB/GYN that'd be super :)

 I was high risk in Hamilton when I had my daughter in 2008 and MAC was AMAZING!!

i actually ended up with two different OB's but you could just call MAC L&D and ask them for names of high risk OB's..at least u could have some names to go to your GP

and  YES you absolutely need a high risk OB. I suffered three losses between my two kids..brutal emotionally and physically..so ya trust your gut and push for a high risk OB

good luck and congrats! on that little bundle of joy on it's way:-)