Finding a prenatal Dr...the saga continues (non-plagio)

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Well, I finally found a nurse practitioner who is taking new patients so I will be able to deliver in a hospital after all. But has anybody experienced this amount of idiocy?

Get this...I call the appt. line to make an appt, and the scheduler tells me that I have to get a blood test to confirm my pregnancy before I can see an OB. This seems a little odd to me, but I figure, hey, they're the experts. So I pack up the twins and drive down to the medical building where they have a lab. When I get there, the receptionist tells me that I need a lab slip from my OB before they can take my blood. The same OB that I can't get an appt with until my blood test comes back. Fortunately the lab manager came out and got a slip for me from the OB (who had no idea what the appt line was putting people like me through) and I got my blood taken. He told me to go home and make the appt with my new OB. Having finished this, I go back home and give the appt. line a call. Would you believe they refuse to take an appt until my blood test comes back? I thought a Catch 22 was a concept, not a reality! (and to top everything off, my vitamins are making me sick today--arrgh)

Jill Ramos, Las Vegas, NV