buggy1
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Sorry, this is going to be a long one!
Had a couple of problems lately, I had quite a lot of itching, feeling hot, feeling sick, then I noticed I was leaking some fluid/discharge, had headaches and really bad back ache. After discussing the itching with my mw she advised me to call labour ward, which I did.
They asked me lots of questions and I ended up going in. The woman I spoke to on the phone at labour ward was really short with me, I found her rude and intimidating. She didn't think the itching was anything, although she never spoke to me face to face, the woman looking after me suggested a blood test but I heard her run it by this other woman who just said 'she's just itchy, pregnant women get itchy' it was so rude the way she said it. They didnt do the blood test but they left me on the monitor to check the babies hb for an hour and half (they said it would be 20 mins) because they said she was 'too excited;'' and they wanted to see her 'calm down'. All in all it was quite a bad experience and I left feeling worse than what I did when I went in.
My mw said she couldn't understand why they didn't just do a blood test while I was there to be on the safe side, seeing as I had symptoms for a few days, she came to my house the following day and took bloods which did turn out to be fine.
While she was here I mentioned I noticed quite a lot of yellow-ish discharge. I wondered if it might be an infection so I thought it worth a mention. To my surprise she said it could be my waters leaking and to keep an eye on it and call labour ward if it persisted.
I had more the same the following morning, then I noticed an increase in clear fluid but I wondered if that was just sweat as I have been feeling hot. Problem is it soaks in to the liner and it is hard to tell. I didn't fancy calling labour ward again so I called another mw as mine was off that day.
She said that it would be clear and it would be persistent if it was my waters. She said again to keep an eye on it and call labour ward if it went on. So i left it for that day and most of the next day and it wasn't until late evening I was thinking about calling labour ward as my p/liner was damp I get feeling wet.
I reluctantly called, not wanting to have to go in again, partly because of last time and partly because my OH is away and I'd be on my own and it was late at night. I asked my OH what he thought and he said just to call, not to be put off and that it was better to be safe than sorry.
I got the horrible woman again, she recognised my name and commented on how I'd just been in the other day. We talked about it and she said to monitor it over an hour and call back. I did and when I called again I got someone else who asked me to go in just to have it checked out, which I did.
When I got there they put me straight in one of the delivery rooms nad left me there, on my own, without any assessment, for just over an hour! I was crying by this point wishing I hadn't bothered! Someone eventually came in, did a few checks and said she didn't think it was my waters but would get the Dr to come in and do a speculum to check what was going on.
That in itself was a pretty horrendous experience and he said he 'caught' my cervix on the way out and that caused some bleeding, which he said was just a little bit, caused by friction. There was quite a lot of blood on the speculum and it did alarm me a bit as I haven't experienced any bleeding in pregnancy so far. He gave me some paper towels to wipe with and there was a little blood but I thought, well he did say there would be a little.
A couple of minutes later, when I'd been left again, I went to the loo and there was more blood, it seemed to be increasing. I left the bloody tissue in the toilet and showed the woman who was looking after me when she came back in. I asked if the amount was normal, it was more than I expected, she said she would check with the Dr. She came back in and said 'he did tell you there would be a little blood' and I said yes, it was just more than I thought. He came back in and said it was fine and that he didn't think my waters had gone although they can't tell 100% it was very unlikely. 3 hours after going in I was allowed home.
I didn't have any more blood after that, and I'd made several trips to the loo. It wasn't until about 10 this morning I noticed more, at first it was brown and I just thought that is a bit of old blood left over from yesterday, nothing to worry about. But as I wiped it was coming out more and more and ended up quite a bright red colour, some of it in with some mucus. Obviously I was a bit worried and I thought I'd ring labour ward again just for some reassurance, I just wanted them to say. yes, that is to be expected, to put my mind at rest.
Well, I got that horrible woman again! She said 'you've been in a few times already havent you', I said I've been in twice, yes. She said well if you come in again you won't be allowed home and you'll have to see a consultant as there must be a reason you are having all these problems.
She was really short with me again saying things like, 'well how much blood, you need to tell me, I can't see you, I can't tell over the phone'
She also asked if I was on my own, I said my husband is away, visiting his dad, she said 'well he is going to do anything is he' - I don't know what she meant by that!
I explained what was happening as best I could and she said about me going in, I said I'd rather not, (I don't want to go there ever again) and I said could I leave it for a bit and see if there is more as this was only when I wiped, it wasn't collecting on pad. She said ok and to ring back in a couple of hours. I haven't called back, I don't want to speak to her again.
Do you guys think I am being unreasonable? She/they are making me feeling like a time waster and that I'm in and out of there all the time. Although Im 33+2 and I've been in twice and called on 3 occasions. I don't feel at all comfortable going there and they make me feel worse than I did before I went, they don't reassure me at all and I end up feeling stressed, frustrated and upset.
I don't want to have my baby there now, I feel so put off, but I don't think I have any other options. I don't know what to do
Had a couple of problems lately, I had quite a lot of itching, feeling hot, feeling sick, then I noticed I was leaking some fluid/discharge, had headaches and really bad back ache. After discussing the itching with my mw she advised me to call labour ward, which I did.
They asked me lots of questions and I ended up going in. The woman I spoke to on the phone at labour ward was really short with me, I found her rude and intimidating. She didn't think the itching was anything, although she never spoke to me face to face, the woman looking after me suggested a blood test but I heard her run it by this other woman who just said 'she's just itchy, pregnant women get itchy' it was so rude the way she said it. They didnt do the blood test but they left me on the monitor to check the babies hb for an hour and half (they said it would be 20 mins) because they said she was 'too excited;'' and they wanted to see her 'calm down'. All in all it was quite a bad experience and I left feeling worse than what I did when I went in.
My mw said she couldn't understand why they didn't just do a blood test while I was there to be on the safe side, seeing as I had symptoms for a few days, she came to my house the following day and took bloods which did turn out to be fine.
While she was here I mentioned I noticed quite a lot of yellow-ish discharge. I wondered if it might be an infection so I thought it worth a mention. To my surprise she said it could be my waters leaking and to keep an eye on it and call labour ward if it persisted.
I had more the same the following morning, then I noticed an increase in clear fluid but I wondered if that was just sweat as I have been feeling hot. Problem is it soaks in to the liner and it is hard to tell. I didn't fancy calling labour ward again so I called another mw as mine was off that day.
She said that it would be clear and it would be persistent if it was my waters. She said again to keep an eye on it and call labour ward if it went on. So i left it for that day and most of the next day and it wasn't until late evening I was thinking about calling labour ward as my p/liner was damp I get feeling wet.
I reluctantly called, not wanting to have to go in again, partly because of last time and partly because my OH is away and I'd be on my own and it was late at night. I asked my OH what he thought and he said just to call, not to be put off and that it was better to be safe than sorry.
I got the horrible woman again, she recognised my name and commented on how I'd just been in the other day. We talked about it and she said to monitor it over an hour and call back. I did and when I called again I got someone else who asked me to go in just to have it checked out, which I did.
When I got there they put me straight in one of the delivery rooms nad left me there, on my own, without any assessment, for just over an hour! I was crying by this point wishing I hadn't bothered! Someone eventually came in, did a few checks and said she didn't think it was my waters but would get the Dr to come in and do a speculum to check what was going on.
That in itself was a pretty horrendous experience and he said he 'caught' my cervix on the way out and that caused some bleeding, which he said was just a little bit, caused by friction. There was quite a lot of blood on the speculum and it did alarm me a bit as I haven't experienced any bleeding in pregnancy so far. He gave me some paper towels to wipe with and there was a little blood but I thought, well he did say there would be a little.
A couple of minutes later, when I'd been left again, I went to the loo and there was more blood, it seemed to be increasing. I left the bloody tissue in the toilet and showed the woman who was looking after me when she came back in. I asked if the amount was normal, it was more than I expected, she said she would check with the Dr. She came back in and said 'he did tell you there would be a little blood' and I said yes, it was just more than I thought. He came back in and said it was fine and that he didn't think my waters had gone although they can't tell 100% it was very unlikely. 3 hours after going in I was allowed home.
I didn't have any more blood after that, and I'd made several trips to the loo. It wasn't until about 10 this morning I noticed more, at first it was brown and I just thought that is a bit of old blood left over from yesterday, nothing to worry about. But as I wiped it was coming out more and more and ended up quite a bright red colour, some of it in with some mucus. Obviously I was a bit worried and I thought I'd ring labour ward again just for some reassurance, I just wanted them to say. yes, that is to be expected, to put my mind at rest.
Well, I got that horrible woman again! She said 'you've been in a few times already havent you', I said I've been in twice, yes. She said well if you come in again you won't be allowed home and you'll have to see a consultant as there must be a reason you are having all these problems.
She was really short with me again saying things like, 'well how much blood, you need to tell me, I can't see you, I can't tell over the phone'
She also asked if I was on my own, I said my husband is away, visiting his dad, she said 'well he is going to do anything is he' - I don't know what she meant by that!
I explained what was happening as best I could and she said about me going in, I said I'd rather not, (I don't want to go there ever again) and I said could I leave it for a bit and see if there is more as this was only when I wiped, it wasn't collecting on pad. She said ok and to ring back in a couple of hours. I haven't called back, I don't want to speak to her again.
Do you guys think I am being unreasonable? She/they are making me feeling like a time waster and that I'm in and out of there all the time. Although Im 33+2 and I've been in twice and called on 3 occasions. I don't feel at all comfortable going there and they make me feel worse than I did before I went, they don't reassure me at all and I end up feeling stressed, frustrated and upset.
I don't want to have my baby there now, I feel so put off, but I don't think I have any other options. I don't know what to do
