I just got home from the hospital because I started having really bad contractions and was unable to take my contraction medication because my heart rate was over 100.

So I called my Dr. to ask what I should do because I was having contractions and my heart rate was about 130 bpm. After waiting on hold for like 10 minutes the nurse came back on the line and said that she “Would have to call me back.” So since I was picking my friend Lori up from the Main Hospital I figured that I would sit in the parking lot and wait on the off chance that they might want to see me. So about 15 minutes later she called me back and told me that they wanted to see me. “What a shocker” So while on the phone with the nurse they said that they couldn’t give me the other medication with our seeing me. Well that made sense so I went and parked in the parkade and made the like 1/4 mile walk to the Birthing Center. (That is where my Dr. Office is since I am a high risk pregnancy) It was raining and very nasty so I was in a grouchy mood because now not only was I having contractions, my heart was pounding, and now to top it off I was wet and cold…. Great.

I get in there with Lori and Ona and get all registered and checked in. A process that always takes about 15 or 20 min. So now I am really hurting and getting irritated but still hopeful that they will give me the meds that I need so that I can just go home. I got in to the room and they hooked me up on the monitors to make sure that her and I are both ok. Well my heart rate was 130 which is extremely high. Hers was normal right around 150 – 160 bpm. so that is good. During the first hour that I was there I had 12 contractions. The nurse came in and told me that they were sending me home with no meds, no check of my cervix, no nothing. I thought that I was going to loose it. Never once had I seen the Dr. (who ever was on call not my regular dr) and I was still having contractions with my heart rate well above 100. I looked at the nurse and told her that I was not leaving with out at least getting checked. So she checked my cervix and said that I am dilating. Still no Doctor to be seen. I asked the nurse what I can take to stop the contractions with my heart rate. I got no answer she had to go and confer with the Doctor. OK so another hour later and tons of contractions she came back still with out the doctor and said that I just need to go home and rest. So I am dilating etc but nothing is wrong? I am only 31 weeks and 4 days along mind you so that can’t be right. Oh and to top it all off the nurse told me that the Dr. told her that the meds that I do take don’t work and they are pointless. So I was extremely irritated now because they do help. They stop the contraction and help me to feel better. Needless to say they discharged me with absolutely no new information and no meds. (the reason that I went in, in the first place)

So now I am sitting at home watching my daughter make a horrible mess with her dinner and refuse to eat. I still hurt and have no answers for what I need to do. GRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! I just want to stop hurting. I feel bad because I just feel like I can’t win, and I am inadvertently taking it out on my poor husband. Poor thing. (I mean it)

Wow I guess I can stop ranting now because I got it all out there now. It was just so frustrating. I would have been better off to stay home….

Tagged: baby, friends, hospital, pregnancy on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 · 1 Comment »