Hi ladies! So sorry for not updating you last night - we had a very stressful and largely unproductive day at the hospital - after going back at 14:30 for scan we didn't get home until 8pm and I was so upset and disgusted by some of the treatment we received I literally just ate dinner and went to bed ...
So arrived early for scan - completely empty waiting room so was called in immediately by sonographer who seemed really pissed off from the outset ...
She very abruptly asked 'why we were there? / why we had gone for a private scan? She rolled her eyes and huffed at every answer - she asked the consultants name and then proceeded to slag him off - so unprofessional, hubby and I sat there in shock
She said she used to work with him, and that she wanted to 'snap his trouser braces'?? I've no idea whether it was to do with politics between private health service / NHS - you'd think from how bitter she was she was his ex-wife or something?! And all this before she'd even put the Doppler on my belly - hubby and I looked at each other and knew straight away this wasn't going to go well - she very quickly went 'fluid is fine, baby is fine,'
I questioned how the data could be so different -
we now have a report saying baby has low fluid (2.4cm at deepest point) with a degrading placenta and should be induced within a week for safety of both mother and baby. And a report saying fluid is fine (5cm at deepest point) placenta is fine. No action needed. You can see how this is rather disconcerting for us?!
We went back up to day unit to wait for our meeting with consultant. A lovely midwife came to see us and asked if we were ok? She said I had a peek at your notes - that's rather odd isn't it?! How are you feeling? I didn't really know what to say - we felt as if we'd been attacked for giving a sh** about our baby and still in shock at how unprofessional the sonographer had been.
The consultant was lovely: I calmly explained that we had absolutely no interest in the internal politics between NHS/ private healthcare or the personal relationships between the staff and the private consultant we had seen but we felt that based on her attitude and rudeness towards us and our consultant the scan was extremely biased and not in any way reassuring.
The consultant apologised profusely, agreed that one of the reports had to be wrong and obviously required more investigation. She went and got the registrar. He was nice but clearly very busy (he was all scrubbed up and beeper kept going off) I felt really bad as he was obviously required for more urgent situations - he immediately started telling me the risks and horrors of inductions (which was horrible because I felt he thought I was just 'bored of being pregnant' and pushing for an unnecessary induction) In the end I made it very clear that this was not the case. I burst into tears and told him I did not WANT an induction - I had a very lovely birth plan which involved a ball and a birth pool and calming music and a healthy baby coming out of me! But 24 hrs ago a specialist consultant told us that our baby could be in danger if not born within the next week and quite frankly you can cut me open without anaesthetic if you please! but after the appalling unprofessional treatment of your sonographer I'm not going home without satisfactory reassurance or a plan in place!
He said he understood and asked if I would be happy with daily monitoring on the CTG and another scan on or before my due date to ensure all was well. I felt this was absolutely fair and agreed.
He went off to arrange - after an hour the nice lady consultant came back and said the triage midwives are aware of the situation and you can come in at any point any day to be put on the CTG (no need to phone ahead) however the ultrasound department are refusing to re-scan you ...
WHAT - apparently they said the scan done today showed no further scanning was required at this stage. Can they REFUSE to scan me under your referral?? She said: As it's not directly our department yes, but they were very abrupt and rude to me - I gave no explanation as to why I wanted you re-scanned in a weeks time they just point blank refused to do it'
Never have I been so disgusted in the service of the public sector in my entire life!!! The consultant said the best she could do was get us an appointment with a consultant at a different hospital (1hr away!) and their sonographers would scan me there. However as the consultant is not back until Tues (bank holiday weekend) she couldn't confirm date/time. I told her my due date was Thursday - she said she would chase it up and try and get me seen urgently on the Wednesday or Thursday, if the consultant was at all worried or scan showed conditions were not favourable I would be sent straight back to my original hospital and baby delivered under her care.
She asked if I wanted to make a complaint about the sonographer - I said All I care about is the welfare of my baby - she wrote the number of the complaints department on my notes anyway (got the impression she wanted me to as they had been very rude to her also!)
So we are in limbo really!! Baby could be (hopefully) fine or could be slightly unfavourable in there!! - before we left she told us to do all we could in the next few days to induce labour naturally (sex / spicy food) but also told me to rest as if fluid levels are low I don't want to put extra strain on body or baby. She reminded me triage door was open to us and we should come back the instant we are anxious or baby has reduced movement etc. she asked if we wanted a specific daily time slot but I said no thank you I'd just come in if I was worried. She also said that although they don't usually until 40wks, under the circumstances, I should ask my midwife for a sweep or 2 leading up to due date ... However it's bank holiday weekend now and I wasn't able to get an apt. with her initially until 3 days after due date! Might drop her a txt and see if under the circumstances she can squeeze me in! Not the anxiety I needed in the lead up to labour! Just watching little mans movements like a hawk now.
Wow that was long - well done if you made it to the end!! So sorry to worry you guys (and unfortunately not have news of another baby arrival) - hope you're all ok - I'll catch up on the thread after brekky!
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it was horrendous! My dreams have either been really strange or just awful! Hoes the lo's movements now?
