I think that's the most important lesson I've learned - keep going finding a new doctor until you get one that talks your same language. I could explain exactly what it FELT like was happening in my back, but all of the MRIs and x-rays came back negative. Until that one chiropractor looked at my MRI and said 'well this is what it is.' I started crying because he was explaining exactly what it FELT like - but the radiologists are looking for bulging or herniated discs or breaks or very severe stuff. I had a curve in my spine which was causing degenerative discs. Subtle enough they didn't see it, but big enough to cause me chronic pain. So yes - some docs are worth it, some aren't.

And I'm sorry to hear about your birth experience. I hear about too many women who have horrible hospital birth experiences. It's really a shame our modern medicine is so barbaric when it comes to childbirth. :(