False alarm.

Last Saturday, the family and I were supposed to go to the Baby Company fair at Megatrade Hall but passed by the clinic for an emergency check-up because I had this white mens-like discharge that morning. Long story short, she had me admitted that same afternoon at the labor room for having 3cm dilation and contractions.

I stayed at the labor room, bored to death with literally nothing to do, for almost 12 hours. I entered at around 1:45 in the afternoon and was sent to my room at 12 midnight. Bry stayed with me through the night then I had to get back to the labor room again for observation at 4am, Sunday. This time, I stayed 'til 6 in the afternoon but I slept through most of the day since I got really, really bangag the day before.

At 6pm, Sunday, I was sent back to my room. My OB visited me and told Bry and my parents about the situation (Dilation's still at 2cm [where she got 3cm last Saturday, I don't know] and the contractions stopped) and that I will be under observation until the following morning. She said I will be having another biophysical exam for the baby and that's when she'll decide what to do.

At 6am the following morning, I had the NST exam before breakfast then went on to have the ultrasound. Brianna's in very good condition and my OB said I'll be discharged from the hospital. She gave me a few more reminders before I got back into the room. Nurses, Medocare coordinators and staff kept on knocking on the door probably for their procedures whenever someone will be discharged from the hospital.

Was released at around 11am and waited 'til 2pm for the bill. Here's where everything got crazy:

• DELIVERY SUITE (a.k.a. The Labor Room) - Php 21,971.00 --The bulk of the final bill was this! I stayed here for around 26 hours, they
• OB PF - Php 8,000.00 --Twas like she delivered my baby already.
• Medocare initially added another day to our bill so we had to let them know they were being madaya and we had everything checked again.

Those are just some of the hassles we had to go through in the Billing department.

Anyway, the grand total of the bill is... Drumroll please...

Php 37,409.20 

Panu pa kaya pag nadeliver na talaga si Brianna? Oh well, it doesn't matter as long as she's healthy and delivered safely into the world.

But, yeah. I think it's too much. Especially if you see my room.

The new OB is sooooo much better...

I can only say nice things about my new OB.

(That's her. I'm such a stalker.)

She's pretty (Haha. Lesbo much?) and she's bubbly and perky and she always seems to be in a good mood. She's caring and thoughtful in an Ate kind of way. Ate 'cause she teases her patients a lot but you know she does that 'cause she cares.

I know that's a lot to say on just the first meeting but that's how I felt when I saw and talked with her.

We'll see in the coming weeks.

PS. We still don't know if it's a boy or a girl because Jellybean was hiding during ultrasound yesterday. As Dr. Amorin said, "Nagpapasuspense!".

Edit: I remembered just now who she looks like - 'cause when I first saw her, her face was vaguely familiar to me. She looks like my Stat teacher in high school. Lau, if you're reading this, she looks like Ms. Cusi, diba?

Since I couldn't make mental notes on all them OBs, I'm listing them all here.

My great friends referred doctors to me. I love you all!

• Dra. Rebecca Singson-Zahar of Makati Med (Referred by Kat)
• Dra. Adelia Quijano of UERM (Referred by Ella)
• Dra. Sheila Illescas of In My Womb (Referred by Karla)

Any more referrals, anyone?

OB-GYN problems still...

My head has been aching Thursday night. I thought I could just ignore it but it continued on til today. I called my OB-GYN who's never been available to answer calls from her patients and told her assistant what was happening to me. I also asked her about the ultrasound she asked me to have. The assistant told me she'll get back to me 'cause the doctor had a patient when I called. Guess what happened?

She didn't text/call me back!

I followed up on it every hour on the hour since my last call, she didn't reply. I called the clinic again, iba na sumagot since she shares her clinic with her husband.

Grrrr... She makes me mad but I just thought that one of her patients went on labor already that's why she didn't get back to me. But I am NEVER going back to her anymore. I just have to figure out how I'd get all my records back. She has everything. Damn.

Kasabay ng aking pagalis sa trabaho...

...ang aking paglipat ng OB-GYN.

My OB-GYN is the aunt of my boss.

I am not changing OB-GYNs because of that, though. That'll be shallow. I am changing OB-GYNs because both Bry and I don't think she's taking good care of me and the little one.

1. She and her assistant does not reply to any of my messages and wants me to call her nalang. First, we don't have enough money to spend on load. Second, not all the time we have access to a phone. And lastly, she should be accessible 24/7 in whichever way possible, right?
2. She gets annoyed when I ask too many questions. I mean, hello? I AM supposed to ask questions. It IS my first time and I feel all different kinds of pain so why shouldn't I ask?
3. It seems like everytime I meet her, she wants to get rid of me. It's like she doesn't take interest.

...I could go on all night with all my reasons why I don't like her but I'm not complaining anymore. I will just replace her.