I just wanted to moan about my experience at the hospital yesterday as I am now feeling exhausted as a result.
The situation of this pregnancy is unusual anyway as the circumstances of it are not great and at first I was not sure if I could go though with it. However, I've decided that whatever happens termination isn't an option for me. I have well meaning people who are hoping I will have a miscarriage - which I don't much like, even though I've had mixed feelings about this pregnancy I'm sure miscarriage is awful in any situation I feel it's like wishing ill on someone.
Anyway, yesterday I was talking to my GP about a stabbing pain I had in my side. She was worried about the possibility of an ectopic pg and immediately referred me for a scan. Cue day at the hospital, waiting around in a ward. The whole experience was unpleasant, not least because the nursing staff could be heard talking loudly about the spelling of my surname, and my urine sample "That might suggest ectopic" which I felt was unprofessional.
Anyway, after I had been poked around by various people I finally got to the scan at about 5pm. The person doing the ultrasound confirmed the pregnancy is not in the fallopian tube but in the right place. However, later when I saw the doctor she said she was concerned because there was no heart beat. And they want me to go for another scan in 10 days to see if the pregnancy is viable.
I would prefer to see what happens rather than getting poked again in 10 days time - today I feel shattered. I only got a very faint positive on 4th August and since then the HCG levels have apparently risen a lot. But I don't see how it will help for me to now get on to a treadmill of early scans, when the problem I was referred for has been ruled out...
Any thoughts?
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Early scans - do they create more problems?
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electra · 16/08/2008 10:56
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