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MrsRiceARoni
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Frustrating trip to L&D last night (very long)
MrsRiceARoni
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So I've been having several contractions a day for about a week but nothing really consistent or anything until last night. at about 6:15pm while I was at church I started having some pretty strong contractions and unlike any other days they kept going. By the time we got home just after 8 my husband wanted to try timing them to get an idea of how close together they were and they were about 4 minutes apart lasting for a minute to a minute and a half. We decided to straighten up some stuff around the house, feed the dogs etc in case I ended up going to the hospital and after an hour they were still going strong so mh wanted to time them again. They were about 3 minutes apart at that point and getting stronger but still nothing I couldn't handle so I wanted to just hang out at the house and see what happened but mh pointed out that we had met the 4-1-1 rule and that he would like it if she could get monitored because it was getting hard for me to feel her moving between contractions, with our history I understood his concearn and started worrying myself, tho I still didn't really want to go in because I was affraid of being that woman who gets sent home because she's not really in labor.
So I gave in annd around 9:30 we headed over to the hospital to get checked out, my contractions were still going strong and every bump in the road made me cringe. I got to the hospital and eventually got up to L&D where they got me hooked up on the monitor and there were my contrations perfectly visable on the screen at pretty consistent intervals and Annabelle's heart beating away. I was there about 20-30 minutes with the contractions remaining consistent and while the nurse was asking all of the questions about when I last ate blah blah blah. We asked who the on call Dr was and of course out of all of the Drs it's the moron who sent me into rebound tachycardia after I lost Noah. As soon as I heard that name I started stressing out, we told the nurse that I didn't want that idiot anywhere near me and she said that she would have to figure something out if I stayed because she was the Only Dr on that night. She than proceeded to tell me that hopefully I'm not really in labor because I needed to wait one more day or my baby would be premature and she'd have to go to the nurery for 24 hours. It was already almost midnight at that point so she was telling me that if my daughter was born in 23 hours instead of 25 that I'd be putting her at risk so I better try to keep her in there, seriously lady?? 2 hours??
Between the news about the idiot dr being on call and the threat of forcing my Annabelle to go to the nursery for 24 hour observation my system was stressed out enough that my contractions slowed down and I stopped making progress (I only made it to about 2.5-3 cm which is still quite a bit of progress from the "fingertip" I was dialated at my appointment on Friday). They called my doctor who answered because he's awesome and answers even when he's not on call and he said I could go home since I wasn't making any progress. At that point I just wanted to get out of there and away from that nurse. I was completely emotionally and physically exhausted at that point and my contractions were becoming farther and farther apart. The nurse made some rude comment about how I should go on bed rest for 24 hours but she could tell I wasn't going to do that (she said it like she was completely disgusted with me like I didn't care about what was best for my baby or something. Seriously woman did you miss the part about how I had a still birth last year only 6 days earlier in my pregnancy???).
So here I sit at home, I got some sleep last night but not very much as I was stressed out and still in a lot of pain. I guess today I'll just hang out until my growth scan this afternoon and try to keep my legs crossed until midnight 
and then we will see what happens from there. Either way I doubt this little girl will be making it to her due date, DH is pretty sure she'll be here before Christmas.
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Re: Frustrating trip to L&D last night (very long)
BFP#1 "Watermelon" born 3/2011
BFP#2 "Pumpkin" 7/14/12 ~ EDD 3/23/13 ~ Natural M/C 8/3/12 @ 7 weeks
BFP#3 "Pineapple" born 4/2013
BFP#4 "Grapefruit" EDD 3/29/16
I am so sorry that you had to deal with very insensative people. It is so frustrating to me that a nurse in L&D can not understand the fears and anxieties of a PgALer. I am glad to hear that Annabelle is doing well.
I am not really sure why they have a 24 hour observation policy in your hospital. At least they could take it case by case. Either way, she made it sound like more of a threat than concern over the health of your LO, which just makes me cringe.
TTC since 11/2009; Lap/HSG/Hysteroscopy: 5/2011 (endometriosis - removed; endocervical polyp - removed; high pressure in bilateral tubes - cleared)
BFP #1: 8/4/11; DS1 born sleeping on 11/16/11 at 19w1d
BFP # 2: 5/7/12, EDD 1/10/13, DS2 born 1/4/13
BFP # 3: 11/8/13, EDD 7/17/14, mmc 10wks
BFP # 4: 5/16/14, EDD 1/15/15, praying for our 2nd rainbow baby
I'm sorry your nurse was such a tool. It says a lot that you originally didn't want to go in and then get sent home and later just couldn't wait to get out of there. It sounds like your own doctor is great, though, so thank goodness for that.
I agree with you and your husband that your baby is likely to arrive before Christmas!
BFP#2 09/11/12 beta1=72 @13dpo beta2=160 @14dpo beta3=over 6000 @24dpo U/S @7w2dd hb=146bpm U/S @8w5d hb=159bpm U/S @12w hb=164bpm
EDD 05/20/13
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I think it's just that one nurse, I had an amazing experience (as far as the staff) when I lost my son, and when I went in earlier in this pregnancy for lack of movement. The nurse last night made some comment about how they had closed down the 3rd floor because they were slow (the post partum floor) and there were two other women who came into the triage after me so mh thinks she was just trying to get some of us to go home so they didn't have to open the third floor back up or so they wouldn't be too busy. MH told me flat out he doesn't want us dealing with that nurse again so I think if we go back and she's in triage he might say something. Other than last night's experience and the one Dr I really do like the hospital and it's staff.
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BFP#1 3/8/12; diagnosed w/ Anencephaly at 12w6d; D&C 5/9/12
BFP#2 7/18/12; A/S 10/26/12 It's a Girl! EDD 3/29/13
Phoebe Jordan Born 3/20/13
Yay for DH, this sounds like an excellent idea. Guess there are always going to be bad apples...cynical and apathetic bad apples.
BFP 4/18/12, M/C 4/27/12 at 6w6d
BFP 7/1/12 - Counting down to our little girl, EDD 3/8/13
BFP #2, 12/12/11, m/c 12/25/11
BFP #3, 3/09/12, CP 3/10/12
BFP #4, 7/22/12, DD#2 born 4/2013
Oh my goodness... how you were treated is absolutely terrible. I'm so sorry you had to put up with all of that!
I hope baby stays in there and cooks a little while longer!
We lost our first (EDD 07/23/12) after finding out at 12 weeks there was no longer a heartbeat. Our rainbow was born 05/22/13 and was worth all we went through.
“So can you understand? Why I want a daughter while I’m still young? I wanna hold her hand and show her some beauty before all this damage is done. But if it’s too much to ask, it’s too much to ask … Then send me a son.” – Arcade Fire
I am so sorry you had such a shiity experience last night! Some people are just in the wrong field of work. No one who works L&D should ever talk to a pt like that. I would have wanted to throat punch her.
On another, more positive note, I hope Annabelle stays in there and keeps baking a while longer! Please update us after your growth scan and let us know how you both are doing. Big, huge (((HUGS)))!
EDD 1/31/13, MC May 17. EDD 3/31/13, MC July 26. I miss you so much already my angel loves