Good luck buttonjessie. Hope everything goes ok and LO is ok.
Hope everything is ok Fraggles, take it easy
Sorry ladies but i need to have a rant/rave/whinge/moan dont know what to call it
Back from consultant appointment and it has to have been the most disappointing and pointless appointment going, really not worth driving 30 mins on the dangerous roads for, in -10 degrees.
The midwife we saw first was useless, she was miserable as sin and clearly didnt want to be there. She did my blood pressure and commented that it was perfect at 120/80. (Funny I thought as I am under a cardiologist and on medication to raise my blood pressure as it is dangerously low and I know I felt the pulse in my arm strongly at 90 not 120) she then said oh well I suppose we should have a feel of baby and listen in. She felt my stomach and when I asked if baby was head down she replied with "no, baby is lying across you with the head slightly lower than body, bit like a crescent shape." I replied with so transverse, and she was like yeah you could say she is transverse. She listened in to baby for a bit and said oh she doesnt like that, baby is kicking up a fuss (felt like saying to her, well we'll put freezing cold gel on you and prod and poke at you for 5 mins and see how you feel).
She didnt measure bump/fundal height despite me previously measuring small for dates and needing an urgent growth scan as there was 6 weeks difference. She then tested the sample that I had taken with me and commented that it had blood in it but that it was ok as it didnt have protein as well. When I asked if could be parts of my plug she replied with yeah it could be contaminated, she then look at the sample and said oh yes theres pieces of it floating in there :s
Doctor came in and before he closed the door we knew he was going to be useless as well. He never asked if I was ok, only if baby was ok and moving (despite writing in my notes that mum is well). When I replied with Yeah, definately moving he replied with "oh, you dont seem happy about that" and then moved on. He asked why I was there and also why I was under consultant led care rather than midwife and I felt like saying to him have you not read my notes.... It is plastered all over my hand held notes and over my main notes as well in big bold capital letters (prick) he never answered any of the questions we had asked and when I mentioned about the growth scan I am meant to be having at 36 weeks he looked at me and then OH and commented that I was a large lady and that a big baby wont be a problem. He asked the midwife what baby was measuring and she commented large for dates. He asked what my fundal height was and she replied with 34-35cms its difficult to measure. (she never bloody checked it) we asked him if they had any ideas as to when they were planning on inducing me (have to get OHs mum over from France to look after Phoebe) and he replied with oh, why would we be inducing you if your not overdue (again felt like saying read my f***ing notes) his reply along with most of what we asked was oh that isnt necessary, we dont induce people early unless there is a medical need. I asked if baby being transverse at 34 weeks was a problem and he blanked me.
Sorry Ladies im going to cut it off now as that is enough moaning from me. To cut a long story short I feel as if they couldnt give a shit about me or this baby and im getting really pissed off with it. Last year my daughter ended up in Neonatal intensive care at 2 days old because they hadnt been doing checks on her and she end up sedated on intensive care drugged upto the eyeballs on anti-fitting medication and numerous antibiotics. Turned out she had contracted septicaemia from the group B strep that I had and ended up on intravenous antibiotics that had the potential to damage her kidneys and hearing. She ended up having a second hearing check before we left the hospital. After every 2 doses they had to take blood from her little heal to check the levels in her blood to check they didnt go to high. At 8 weeks old she had to have an ultrasound to check her kidneys were functioning ok and not affected. At this rate if baby comes early I hate to think how im going to deliver her, shes sideways and their not designed to come out that way
Once again ladies really sorry for moaning, it seems its all im doing at the moment.
and very irregular contractions (only 1 every 15-20 minutes) Going to have a bath to see if it eases off when mum comes back from town.
Im with you on the waddling like a duck, feeling fat and constantly wanting the loo. OH says i can only hold 5ml at the best of times. (he did get a slap for that comment)
I hate my body clock getting so out of whack though, it means there's even less chance of me sleeping through the night! Had to prop myself up on a million cushions, but sitting up to sleep really made my bump ache....I can't win 
Thanks hun x
