03-10-2009 - Relief!

My mood while writing this blog: Happy

I had a big scare this week.

I have been having cramping pains for over 3 weeks, on Thursday i was having a nap and the cramps seemed alot worse. I went to the toilet and i was bleeding!

I was immediately histerical and very shocked.

I rang my doctors which was closed and was put through to the emergency doctors. They were not helpful or very compassionate at all, they told me to wait till tomorrow till my doctors was open! Great Thanks Very Much!

My partner came home from work and he wanted to know that everything was ok. So he took me to the accident & emergency department at the hospital.

They got me through quickly but once i was in a cubical i was waiting for what felt like forever.

They tested my urine and felt my tummy, i was still really sore, she said that i have a water infection, they gave me a hospital prescription for anti-biotics. But they didnt have these at hospital so i needed to take this to my doctor for him to re-write the prescription to get from a local chemist.

I was still then waiting whilst she rang through to see if i could make an appointment for a scan the following day. To rule out an eptopic pregnancy and to see if the baby is still there and alive.

Eventually she came back and said that they did not want to see me and to go to my doctors to arrange an early scan.

After hours in the hospital i had come away no wiser! i felt so tired i just wanted to get home.

Friday morning i went to my own G.P, he took a urine sample and said that it was fine and that i didnt need the anti-biotics!

He felt my tummy and i was still sore, he then rang the same department at the hospital for an early scan. They said to send me over, so my Doctor wrote me a letter and sent me back to the hospital. I went straight from the Doctors.

Got to the hospital and hoped it wouldnt take too long...........Waited and waited and waited.......After 2 and a half hours of sitting there i was getting extremely frustrated and was very uncomfortable being sat in one place for so long.

I asked if i could go for a walk, but they said no if my name was called i lost my turn. Even though i was telling them! I asked how long i would be waiting and a Nurse said i needed to see the Doctor first, this really wound me up so i had a go at the nurse............Why did i need to see a Doctor? I saw one Last night and my own doctor this morning............i just wanted a scan! She didn't seem to know herself, after a bit of an arguement she said i could go for a walk and come back in an hour! So they were going to make me sit and wait for at least another hour! I was shocked that they would put pregnant women in this situation through this stress, i was so frustrated, wound up, hungry and thirsty............surely this isnt good for any pregnant woman!

I felt relieved to get outside in the air and to stretch my legs and have a walk about, it also gave me oppertunity to get a snack and a drink.

I went back to the ward just before the time they said, i was still then waiting for nearly and hour and eventually my name was called.........i couldnt believe it...FINALLY!

I went in to have my scan, she first tried to scan my stomach but as i was only 6 weeks she couldnt see, so i had an internal scan. She found the baby and i could see the heartbeat, it was amazing and such a relief. She measured the baby and said that i was 7 weeks and 1 day so i was further on then i thought.

She said i still had to wait to see the doctor, back in the waiting room i went.

A nurse called me through and said i could either see her or wait for the doctor, i said i would see her and i wanted to go home. She filled in my paperwork to give to my midwife and sent me on my way............Yay!

After all Thursday Evening and All Day Friday i had eventually got the answer i needed. It was all worth it in the end but before hand i just couldnt see the light at the end of the tunnel!

I have a healthy 7 week and 2 day (now it is) old baby still growing, hopefully we don't have many more dramas along the way!