My usual visit with my ob-gyn starts with taking some urine sample to test my blood sugar. After that is checking my weight which unfortunately increased by five pounds in just few weeks. Then my blood pressure check which is okay and then wait for few minutes until the doctor arrived in a small room. She would ask me how Im doing, ask me to lie down on the chair and check the fundal height, heartbeat of the baby. Its been the routine for the past couple of weeks, soon, I'll be seeing her once in a week.
I asked her if I could do another Ultrasound to check the gender of the baby for the second time just to be sure but she refused. She said that if I wanna do it, then the insurance won't cover it since there's no big fuss in doing so. Gender checking is not permissible for the insurance to cover the routine. She also added that ultrasound doesn't do any good with the baby as far as research is concerned. She's the doctor and she can obviously do miracles on my lab tests but she refused. Now we're still thinking if we'll pay it out from our pocket which she mentioned is roughly 150 bucks, if we're practical enough, we could wait for a couple of months since my due date is nearing. Its very sad to think that others could have it thru the insurance coverage while we can't do it just because my doctor doesn't think its necessary. Anyway, we'll see. But I am so disappointed with her attitude, and you won't believe it, Im already paid for my co-pay for the doctor's fee even if Im still a couple of months away from giving birth. Thats how she secures her money practically with all her patients. I've heard that she's having hard time to get paid from the insurances and patients, not with me, please!
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