I HATE the Doctor!!!

No really, I hate the doctor! Optometrist, dermatologist, dentist you name it, if they have a PHD chances are they are not my friend. Being a new mother, I have tried very hard to not let my child see the fear in my eyes when I take her to the pediatrician. I am the mom who starts sweating and feeling faint when someone else is getting a shot. I would hate for my daughter to develop the same fear but at the rate we are going I wouldn't be surprised if she did.

It seems that every time I take my daughter to the Dr. I am getting more bad news. First, I was told she may have a genetic metabolic disorder (that's a whole separate post). Second, she was dropping weight and I was told I had to stop breastfeeding. I was devastated I thought if I stopped breastfeeding it would mean I didn't love her as much as I do (I know I was delusional). Today I took her in for her 9 month well check up and what do you know, more bad news. She's developing fine, perfect in her height and weight, social skills, eating and sleeping but now she may have hip problems. The nurse practitioner was measuring the folds in her thighs, did you know they measure the fat folds in baby thighs? I had no idea. What do you know, her folds don't line up. Surely I thought this really can't be that big of a deal. I had no idea that this could mean she had a hip out of socket. The Dr. came in and double checked and the two of them agreed that I should take her for a hip X-ray just to be safe. Avery and I left the Dr.'s and headed to the hospital for a quick hip X-ray, now we are playing the waiting game, waiting for the Dr. to call back with the verdict.

You know Dr.'s can really mess with your head. Here I am sitting and waiting going over all the possible scenarios of what may or may not happen to my daughter. Will she be put in a cast, will she be late to walk, or even worse will she ever walk. I know, I am TOTALLY overreacting, but its hard not to have these thoughts in the back of my mind. I know that whatever happens we will do what we need to make sure she is happy and healthy but I would really just love to take her to the Dr. and be told good news, better yet how about no news. For now you Dr's I'm still skeptical. Please, please prove me wrong!