I'm so stressed. My daughter (13 months) is small. The doctors have been giving us a hard time ever since we moved here a month ago. Today I got a call from a social worker about it.
I played out the worst case scenarios and got myself so worked up that I've had a headache all day. My shoulders hurt from the tension. I finally got her on the phone and it was nothing. But why must they harass me about her being small. They've treated her like a pin cushion. She had to have blood drawn three different times because they ordered so many tests.
The funny thing is, I realized today it was probably because I took lamictal while I was pregnant. They kept monitoring her growth then, and all seemed well. But the stress of moving took a toll on her and she didn't gain any weight for 6 weeks, then we spent another two traveling and came down with the stomach flu (both she and I).
Now, I'm over it. I just want the doctors off our backs and now they keep making us come in. I'm over it.
What's going to happen is they will stress me out so badly I'll have to go back on meds which will be bad for her since I can't nurse her on them. And she won't touch milk or formula. We really will have a problem then.
They are sending me into an awful spirial that I'm trying so hard to avoid.
Please, just get off my back.
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