Vital Statistics office trip gets baby extradited from pediatricians practice

and on a more fun plugged in moment- we went to vital statistics yesterday to acquire Sebastian’s birth certificate, at 7.5 months old…I haven’t had the time to be bothered to get some papers. oh what fun it is….
“I need a note from your prenatal care provider”
I smiled, and said,” I am a midwifery student, I provided my own prenatal care”.
“well, who delivered the baby?”
I smiled, and curiously tried to make my brain understand the question…while she said “your mom, your husband?” {because they were listed as present at the birth}
So- I realized she meant who caught the baby…

“I caught the baby”

“ok”

her face riddled with “@##$%&*! HOW?? WHAT???” Another woman questioned “your a midwifery student? and you haven’t done the birth certificates?” I replied with “I haven’t done the ‘paperwork’ part yet”.

I really had the inclination to yell ” I don’t care about your paperwork or records. I don’t need this paper – an airline is making me present it to fly. And, furthermore, I don’t care that your have a rule that is needs to be filed within 5 days of the birth! I would never have come here, with all these people, and sit here with my newborn and my babymoon bleeding self to get a piece of paper, I will come now, when I am willing to bring my baby in public to a government office.

But, I smiled and waited. I really want to catch that flight.

And then she let me know she required a note/proof from the doctor that he had been seen. UGH. So I called the doc he had seen very reluctantly at 2 weeks old. We haven’t been back, because he hasn’t needed to see a doctor. He has seen a chiro 2 times as I was concerned about him falling/crawling/bumping his head and fixing any mis-alignment. He has been seen by a Doctor of Chinese Medicine monthly of more since birth. There is no reason for me to go. On occasion, in the past, when I have had pangs of fear, or latent fears & ritual leftover from my life with my very normal, very doctored parents take over and I have taken my children for ‘well visits”. As soon as I leave the room before I pay, I am full of anger at myself for going, for waiting, for asking what I knew already. As I leave, I have to PAY for it.This kills me.

So back to the story…

The Docs nurse calls back and asks why I need paperwork about that visit sent to vital statistics. She then shares that the Doctor reviewed my child’s chart, and that he will no longer see my baby, as we have not come in – and that that is a liability. I say I understand, and then get off the phone. Then my husband I yell about it for 30 minutes, WTF!!! When my birth certificates are complete, I am calling back to ask what is a liability about him not being seen. There was no contract between me and the doctor guaranteeing good heath of my baby, anything to the effect that would make him liable. I am completely bamboozled. I understand that this is likely a insurance issue, but I could give a rats ass about his malpractice insurance. I go , I ask, I decide what I take out of it.

I use doctors for this: stitching that is beyond me ability /tools I don’t have, and drugs I don’t have access to.

That’s it.

So my 7 month old just got fired for being healthy…. Oh the irony.

~ by ladymissjme on November 9, 2007.