Thu 24 Sep 2009 |
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| So today I went in for my weekly NST and dr. appt. I was pretty nervous because I've been having pain in my upper right quadrant -- where my liver is -- and I was afraid it was HELLP coming back. Well they're TRIPLE booked for NSTs. So I sat waiting for 30 minutes. Finally got in ... had my test... everything looks fine with the baby... off to the room. Where I waited. and waited and waited and waited and now I'm freaking out because I'm going to be cutting it close for preschool pickup. And I'm MAD because the office just can't seem to get it together today. I finally hear the doctor go into the room next door so I know I'm next. I hear low mumbling but obviously can't understand words. Then I hear the woman SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS. She's screaming "OW OW OW OW OH MY GOD OH OW OW OW OW" and then I got more mad because I thought -- this doctor's office is ATTACHED TO THE HOSPITAL and here this woman is going to give birth right here in the OB's office and I'm going to be late for preschool pick up because she didn't have the sense to go to L&D.  A minute or two passes... I hear the doctor say the word "contraction" then the screaming starts again "OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH MY GOD OW OW OW OW OW NO NO NO NONO NO" and I just roll my eyes again thinking... come on... just get her to the hospital people. So it gets quiet... and a couple of minutes later the doctor comes in to see me. he calms my concerns about the pain (he touched RIGHT where it hurts and said that it's just the top of my uterus and it hurts from the stretching). He does the good ole internal check -- I'm 2cm and 70%. So things are looking pretty good for me to keep going down the VBAC road and he's really pleased about that. So when we were talking about it I asked him if I could change my mind at the last minute because of what I was hearing next door. He just started laughing and said... "well actually, what was going on next door was a simple cervix check like what I just did to you. I think that lady might need an epidural." I mean, for goodness sake... those internal checks don't feel good but I honestly thought she was HAVING THE BABY not just having a quick check!!!! Watching the doctor laugh like that literally made my day.
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