Communicating with Health Care Providers – Zoe (clip 2)

 

Zoe's doctor reassured her that her medication was safe for her baby.

Written testimony

Oh, I need to mention that my OBGYN was also very supportive when it came to medication and just my mental health, like so understanding. Like I have to, I mean ‘chapeau’, I tip my hat to this woman. I guess she’s a high-risk pregnancy doctor at the [hospital] and she again, heard me out. On my first appointment with her I said I’m taking Paxil and I’m pregnant and the first thing she said was it’s okay. You know what type of relief that it is to hear those words after being told by so many health professionals, including a social worker at some point after my miscarriage who questioned my, like are you sure you want to be pregnant on Paxil? I left that office crying tears like after I went outside to the parking lot. I was not very happy. Anyways, she said you know what we’ll do, we’ll do a cardiac echogram of the child of the baby’s heart in womb at some point in your pregnancy. She gave me a specific week to see if there’s any type of issues. Wow, okay, thanks. So these things exist. They’re out there. These possibilities, you know, so she was fully supportive, fully supportive.

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