Marie Alana
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As you all know, I lost my waters on 12th May (Weds) so I got told to go in at 9am the following day for an induction...
This is gonna be loooooong
I had a bad morning starting at 7.30am, 13th May.
7.30am, time for bus journey - I was crying a lot as Az couldn't be with me (he had to look after Holly as we didn't have childcare) and I had to get two buses so I tried phoning my midwife to see if I could have an ambulance as an urgent call out not an emergency call out. My midwife was away but I got an incredibly bitchy community midwife on the phone instead. This upset me even more...
MW : Is that Maria? Right now you listen to me! You should of made arrangements yourself for transport. Why haven't you got a car?
ME : I did have arrangements but they fell through.
MW : Why?
ME : Because my father-in-law who said he'll take us, had to go to Liverpool.
MW : Why didn't you stop him? Why did you send your transport away? Somebody could be dying of a heart attack and now you've took their transport because you sent your transport away!
Me : His wife had to have an op due to her having a rare disorder and she might have cancer. So he had to go at 6am today as he needed to get to Liverpool.
MW : Well, you should of got him to take you to Bangor and you should have just waited outside. I'll call you back.
Me : Not too worry I'll just get the bus. Forget it.
MW : Don't you dare. I'll call you an ambulance and you listen to me! Next time, make arrangements! How far gone are your contractions? When did your waters break?
Me : My waters broke yesterday at 5.30am and my contractions are 10 minutes apart.
MW : Why didn't you come in when you lost your waters? You should of come in!
Me : I did. I got sent home again at 10pm and they told me I'm to go in at 9am.
MW : I'll call you back bye.
That upset me big time but I waited for a phone call anyway which didn't come till 11am.
MW : Mari? It's me here. I've call you an ambulance. You should of been there by 10am. Why didn't you come in?
Me : I was on the phone to you...
MW : You should of come in when they asked you to Maria. Now you are late.
Me : Ok.
MW : It's written on your notes - 10am you were meant to be here and they have been expecting you.
Me : Yeah ok...
MW : This is your fault. You shouldn't of sent your transport away Mari. Wait for the ambulance. Bye.
She couldn't even say my name properly! Stupid woman
Anyway, the ambulance arrived at 11.45pm. It was an ambulance that deals with emergency and non-emergency cases. I said sorry to them for calling them out but the paramedics were lovely and told me not to worry, they aren't busy today. Think me crying, all pale and having a high bp frightened them a bit to be honest haha.
They done my bp and pulse rate in the ambulance and took my oxygen level.
Got to hospital, taken to a ward and fed some food while I waited for the labour ward to have me. During this time I got my bp monitored and baby monitored. Also some of the staff came up and said there was a misunderstanding with the MW I spoke to on the phone and not to worry. I can't see how it was a misunderstanding.
One of the women who told me this was in fact (I'm certain it was) the community MW who I spoke with on the phone so I told her the MW I spoke to was extremely unprofessional, a bitch and needed to get a better bedside manner. She just raised her eyebrows and said 'I see' then I never saw her after that.
Waited a long ass time till I got on to the labour ward. Once there, I was introduced to Julie and Helen (two lovely midwives, one senior, one in training). They told me what they would do - give me stuff to set of contractions (going from low to high doses), examine me, give me gas n air.
A doctor came in to insert the needle in my hand but put it in my arm instead and punctured my vein (blood everywhere, giant bruise, swelled up but it hasn't caused any problems).
I was given the gas n air while they checked baby and they realised that she was back-to-back and my cervix was in an odd position so they told me to breathe on the gas n air until I feel dizzy as the MW Julie had to pull my cervix down.
They started me off on the drip thingy to get my contractions started. 10 minutes later, my contractions started regularly and the MW's upped the dose from 2 to 28ml.
I cope on gas n air for about an hour and a half then they gave me dymorphine to take the edge off. I was seriously losing the plot by this time as I wasn't taking any 'normal' air, I was just sucking the pipe continuously haha. I was out of it but can't remember saying anything to them apart from crying for some reason. They tried taking it off me but I told them to fuck off hahaha. I leaned up on the bed and pushed with everything I had. I felt her crowning and that was more painful than the contractions
I shouted for Az but obviously he wasn't there.
The labour only lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. Krystal was born at 18.08pm, 42 cm long, 6lb 5oz. Full head of blond hair. I stopped overnight and came home about 3.30pm ish today.
Pictures will be put up later.
This is gonna be loooooong
I had a bad morning starting at 7.30am, 13th May.7.30am, time for bus journey - I was crying a lot as Az couldn't be with me (he had to look after Holly as we didn't have childcare) and I had to get two buses so I tried phoning my midwife to see if I could have an ambulance as an urgent call out not an emergency call out. My midwife was away but I got an incredibly bitchy community midwife on the phone instead. This upset me even more...
MW : Is that Maria? Right now you listen to me! You should of made arrangements yourself for transport. Why haven't you got a car?
ME : I did have arrangements but they fell through.
MW : Why?
ME : Because my father-in-law who said he'll take us, had to go to Liverpool.
MW : Why didn't you stop him? Why did you send your transport away? Somebody could be dying of a heart attack and now you've took their transport because you sent your transport away!
Me : His wife had to have an op due to her having a rare disorder and she might have cancer. So he had to go at 6am today as he needed to get to Liverpool.
MW : Well, you should of got him to take you to Bangor and you should have just waited outside. I'll call you back.
Me : Not too worry I'll just get the bus. Forget it.
MW : Don't you dare. I'll call you an ambulance and you listen to me! Next time, make arrangements! How far gone are your contractions? When did your waters break?
Me : My waters broke yesterday at 5.30am and my contractions are 10 minutes apart.
MW : Why didn't you come in when you lost your waters? You should of come in!
Me : I did. I got sent home again at 10pm and they told me I'm to go in at 9am.
MW : I'll call you back bye.
That upset me big time but I waited for a phone call anyway which didn't come till 11am.
MW : Mari? It's me here. I've call you an ambulance. You should of been there by 10am. Why didn't you come in?
Me : I was on the phone to you...
MW : You should of come in when they asked you to Maria. Now you are late.
Me : Ok.
MW : It's written on your notes - 10am you were meant to be here and they have been expecting you.
Me : Yeah ok...
MW : This is your fault. You shouldn't of sent your transport away Mari. Wait for the ambulance. Bye.
She couldn't even say my name properly! Stupid woman
Anyway, the ambulance arrived at 11.45pm. It was an ambulance that deals with emergency and non-emergency cases. I said sorry to them for calling them out but the paramedics were lovely and told me not to worry, they aren't busy today. Think me crying, all pale and having a high bp frightened them a bit to be honest haha.
They done my bp and pulse rate in the ambulance and took my oxygen level.
Got to hospital, taken to a ward and fed some food while I waited for the labour ward to have me. During this time I got my bp monitored and baby monitored. Also some of the staff came up and said there was a misunderstanding with the MW I spoke to on the phone and not to worry. I can't see how it was a misunderstanding.
One of the women who told me this was in fact (I'm certain it was) the community MW who I spoke with on the phone so I told her the MW I spoke to was extremely unprofessional, a bitch and needed to get a better bedside manner. She just raised her eyebrows and said 'I see' then I never saw her after that.
Waited a long ass time till I got on to the labour ward. Once there, I was introduced to Julie and Helen (two lovely midwives, one senior, one in training). They told me what they would do - give me stuff to set of contractions (going from low to high doses), examine me, give me gas n air.
A doctor came in to insert the needle in my hand but put it in my arm instead and punctured my vein (blood everywhere, giant bruise, swelled up but it hasn't caused any problems).
I was given the gas n air while they checked baby and they realised that she was back-to-back and my cervix was in an odd position so they told me to breathe on the gas n air until I feel dizzy as the MW Julie had to pull my cervix down.
They started me off on the drip thingy to get my contractions started. 10 minutes later, my contractions started regularly and the MW's upped the dose from 2 to 28ml.
I cope on gas n air for about an hour and a half then they gave me dymorphine to take the edge off. I was seriously losing the plot by this time as I wasn't taking any 'normal' air, I was just sucking the pipe continuously haha. I was out of it but can't remember saying anything to them apart from crying for some reason. They tried taking it off me but I told them to fuck off hahaha. I leaned up on the bed and pushed with everything I had. I felt her crowning and that was more painful than the contractions
I shouted for Az but obviously he wasn't there. The labour only lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. Krystal was born at 18.08pm, 42 cm long, 6lb 5oz. Full head of blond hair. I stopped overnight and came home about 3.30pm ish today.
Pictures will be put up later.
I'm sorry the community midwives were so bitchy! xx
xxx
... Can't wait to see pics!!!
