Hi ladies, I went to see Dr Charles after all the good reviews about him from this forum.
However, I am pretty disappointed after visiting him. I don't find him as patient as what I read from this forum. Or maybe he is only impatient for my case?
These few years, I have visited 2 gynaes before him and he is the only gynae who leaves the scanning probe in my vaginal without holding it when doing the v-scan for me! Can you imagine the probe tangling in my vaginal while he show me the screen of the scan & explain the scan to me? The probe is like going to fall out anytime which made me so uncomfortable. What made me even more uncomfortable is when he suddenly removed the disposable towel on my lower part while doing the v-scan. None of my other gynae did that to me as to me. I feel that it is the kind of "privacy" we ladies should be given since he is a male gynae. Does he do that to the rest of the ladies here? Or again, only for my case?
I feel that he is more interested to "show off" the photos of the babies (both successful cases of IUI & IVF under him), than to spend more time talking to me about my case. I mean, when we decided to go him, of course we know he is expert in this area and have helped many cases. None of my previous 2 gynaes did that. They just focus on my case and spend the consultation time getting to know our problem and explain things to us.
Last but not least, just like what biggly has mentioned, he should renovate his clinic since he earns so much. Most important, he should upgrade his clinic instead of still using the manual writing of the scan report, medicine instruction & receipt. I can't really figure out what his nurse has written on the receipt and the medicine name.
And I find it really weird when the nurse ask us to buy the sitting mat from his clinic. I was so shocked as I never encounter other gynae clinic selling all these kind of stuffs in the clinic. I told her I will consider first and she told me if want to buy, come back to the clinic and buy. Don't buy from other place *faint*
Overall I spent more than S$1000 on my 1st consultation which is really expensive. My husband is very uncomfortable with him and request me to change a gynae. I feel uncomfortable with him too but after paying so much for 1st consultation, I really feel the pinch to see another gynae. Actually my 1st choice is Dr LC Foong but as I couldn't get an early appointment, I decided to go for my 2nd choice which is Dr Charles Lim since he got so many good reviews.
Now I am really in dilemma as to remain with Dr Lim or got to Dr Foong instead
I just hope to concieve & have a baby, why is it so difficult? *crying*