Hi all sorry this is is a long one ...
Had a very strange day. When giving DS his 2am feed I heard this really loud rustling so fearing furry creatures I went downstairs looked around checked in the kitchen bin but there was nothing. Then when I was giving DS his 7am feed the rustling resumed and it was coming from outside the front door! I thought it must be a bin bag that had blown from somebody's front yard but when I looked outside there was a blue umbrella blocking the doorway and a pair of shoes neatly placed in a corner!! It soon emerged there were two women sleeping in our doorway!! DP opened the door and said what the f**k are you doing? They politely replied oh we thought the house was empty because of the sold sign, very sorry; do you need to get past? We just need to pack up and we will be gone. !!!????? DP shut the door and left them to it we then heard lots of giggles and they trundled off down the road with a wheelie suitcase in tow!
As I have been having problems with episiotomy and suspect DS is teething I decided to get an emergency appointment at the docs for us both (they are so busy you either phone and get one on the day or else wait several weeks). As soon as I went in the lady doc was diagnosing DS because by coincidence his breathing sounded rumbly, I thought this was really good because she thought the appointment was just for me but was still concerned about him. She thinks he is starting croup (haven't a clue how to spell it) and may also have reflux (you were right moschops). Poor DS
If you are a bit squeamish about bodily fluids stop reading now?
The doc decided that as I have taken antibiotics about seven times I should be seen by an obstetrician so she referred me to casualty and advised me to go straight there. It was a nightmare at the hospital. First I was seen by a nurse then put in a room to wait for the doctor. Finally the doctor came with two young students to quiz me and examine me, the problem was the doctor was gorgeous, I hadn't even shaved my legs and had to tell him all about my green discharge (How green is it he asked, bright green I replied). Gogeous doc kept holding my hand it made me all hot and bothered! He decided the gynaecologist should see me then they all went off to discuss my hairy legs, after a bit the two students then came back and spent ages trying to take my blood samples, it really hurt! I waited a bit more and tried to breastfed a screaming DS which is quite difficult when you are on a trolley, with a blood testing needle thingey in your arm and wearing a weird gown. When the gynaecologist arrived she also was a student and seemed to know nothing ? she said she wanted my obstetrician to look at me but that the obstetrician was busy on the labour ward. I waited for a further two hours trying to keep ds happy while some mad man was outside screaming at the top of his voice. Finally the student gynae came back she said I would be pleased to know that the obstetrician wouldn?t be coming to check me because it sounded like there was nothing wrong with me and that I should come back in two months for a review . Apparently it is normal to be sore after three months and also normal to have green discharge. I asked the student if I could show her my underwear and told her I am sorry but this is not what I consider normal, she had to concede that it was a little green. I asked why my swabs had come back with infections if there was nothing wrong and she told me that they had been treated with antibiotics so therefore I must now be clear of infection (??!!?). I said I wasn?t happy to leave without seeing somebody else so she said she would get he registrar. This incredibly patronising man came in and tried to fob me off that there was nothing wrong with me, he said that it was no wonder I had discharge after taking so much antibiotics. When I asked why I had been having some blood spotting he suggested it was my periods resuming I told him it was rubbish and I knew what a period was like. He said he would examine me if I really felt it was necessary, and he then proceeded to scrub at me with a paper towel (there were no sterile swabs in the room), it really hurt and he worsened my bleeding. He said that I was obviously sore (dur I?ve just been attacked with a paper towel) and that there was a small hole and a tag of skin which may need to be removed but no sign of infection (what about the f***ing green discharge!). He said that I may need to be operated on told the student to bring my appointment forward a month then sent me packing. It was only when I got home that I realised that my GP?s simple request that I be checked by an obstetrician had been ignored despite more than four hours in hospital with a poorly baby in tow ? Dp explained to me that a registrar is just a manager employed to clear beds.
If any one is still reading sorry to bore you but it?s quite therapeutic to have a rant!