Hi everyone,
Really sorry but I'm on here to rant about my booking appointment I just got back from......
On the way there I wasn't feeling in the best mood for it - mostly dreading the blood tests, but just thinking if she can have a feel around my womb/pelvis area and give me some reassurance that everything is where it should be it'd be ok. And it was my first chance to ask about these weird scratchy pains I can get occasionally in my womb when I'm walking sometimes.
I'm going to try and be concise about the problems with the appointment to try and contain my ranting so here goes:-
1: She didn't realise I was waiting in the waiting room for 20 minutes
2: She spent the first 10 minutes of the appointment moving cardboard boxes around, searching for my labels and ignoring me.
3: She ticked the yes/no boxes before I even spoke while going through the medical history questions, like she was on auto pilot.
4. She really sneered at me when I told her I'd had a private scan, she was really obviously disapproving.
5: (Important one) She never once asked me how I've been feeling or if I've had any problems/bleeds.
6: She didn't take my blood, but told me to go to the hospital sometime and get them done there.
7: She told me that I wouldn't get a nuchal scan because I was under 35, that's totally fine, but then she started talking about how it's a shame because she's known "22, 23 year olds carrying downs babies" - thanks for that gem of information.
8: Right at the end, after I realised she was never going to ask if everything was ok I told her about my pains and she looked at me like I was crazy. Then she started talking about loosened ligament pain and pointing at her elbow and stuff. And this was the worst bit, because I was trying not to burst into tears while explaining that the pains are scratchy and most definately in my womb and she said something about how I'm so early on in pregnancy now, and really emphasised how early on it was, like 'anything could go wrong' there's no point in talking about it until your next appointment in six weeks. It really sounded like 'lets see if you're still pregnant in 6 weeks, then I'll think about doing something about it' (p.s. if anyone else has this scratchy pain let me know because it's freaking me out).
I was crying before I even got out of the surgery.
One good thing though and for this I'm so relieved, I'm moving in two months so I'll be miles away from her when I (hopefully) have this baby.
*phew* rant over, I'm glad I got that off my chest.
I hope everyone else's booking appointment is much nicer!
Really sorry but I'm on here to rant about my booking appointment I just got back from......
On the way there I wasn't feeling in the best mood for it - mostly dreading the blood tests, but just thinking if she can have a feel around my womb/pelvis area and give me some reassurance that everything is where it should be it'd be ok. And it was my first chance to ask about these weird scratchy pains I can get occasionally in my womb when I'm walking sometimes.
I'm going to try and be concise about the problems with the appointment to try and contain my ranting so here goes:-
1: She didn't realise I was waiting in the waiting room for 20 minutes
2: She spent the first 10 minutes of the appointment moving cardboard boxes around, searching for my labels and ignoring me.
3: She ticked the yes/no boxes before I even spoke while going through the medical history questions, like she was on auto pilot.
4. She really sneered at me when I told her I'd had a private scan, she was really obviously disapproving.
5: (Important one) She never once asked me how I've been feeling or if I've had any problems/bleeds.
6: She didn't take my blood, but told me to go to the hospital sometime and get them done there.
7: She told me that I wouldn't get a nuchal scan because I was under 35, that's totally fine, but then she started talking about how it's a shame because she's known "22, 23 year olds carrying downs babies" - thanks for that gem of information.
8: Right at the end, after I realised she was never going to ask if everything was ok I told her about my pains and she looked at me like I was crazy. Then she started talking about loosened ligament pain and pointing at her elbow and stuff. And this was the worst bit, because I was trying not to burst into tears while explaining that the pains are scratchy and most definately in my womb and she said something about how I'm so early on in pregnancy now, and really emphasised how early on it was, like 'anything could go wrong' there's no point in talking about it until your next appointment in six weeks. It really sounded like 'lets see if you're still pregnant in 6 weeks, then I'll think about doing something about it' (p.s. if anyone else has this scratchy pain let me know because it's freaking me out).
I was crying before I even got out of the surgery.
One good thing though and for this I'm so relieved, I'm moving in two months so I'll be miles away from her when I (hopefully) have this baby.
*phew* rant over, I'm glad I got that off my chest.
I hope everyone else's booking appointment is much nicer!
