TO Call an ambulance in labour?

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So I’m 39 weeks today and we don’t have a car. For the past week I have had pain all down my leg, my midwife said I can take cocodamol occasionally so I did but it didn’t really help with the pain.

Today I rang the hospital explained to the midwife there, and was told to go in. So I went in and the senior/head midwife just laughed in my face saying ‘what do you want morphine?’ Obviously not, just preferably a stronger dose or codeine or anything that would help, I was very upset as that is why I called up beforehand .. she didn’t check me or anything. However this hospital isn’t my local hospital as I moved during pregnancy.

On Monday I will be going to my GP to ask to transfer, although I understand this may be late, so my question is if I call am abulance in labour will I be allowed to go to the local maternity unit.. I have had a low risk pregnancy so there is nothing to ‘plan’ about the birth and I can provide blood group info etc.

To help this make sense I have really bad anxiety battle anciety hospitals/ medical professionals and the thought of this midwife being on duty when I’m not in labour has had me crying all day etc ..

Someone obviously vulnerable asks a question, and the bitches descend. Deliberately misinterpret the op, refuse to see past the narrowness of they own experience. Be as nasty as possible because they can smell blood, and can't resist the chance to kick someone when they are down.

^^This a hundred times. I OP is still reading and sees that not everyone is trying to kick her down. And no, everyday my comment was not aimed at you at all.

I hope*

Transfers from one hospital to another hospital only take place if the baby needs specialist treatment. Most ambulances will bring you to the nearest hospital for medical care. There have been three road side births here over the last year because couples called an ambulance instead of a taxi - they were treated with very low priority. How near is your local hospital? Walking between labour contractions is very slow but walking is advised to speed up the progress of labour. I'm sure your boyfriend's family know someone with a car who could drive you. You're going to need good support when your baby arrives.

Hi op, sorry to hear you are having a tough time. Apologies I haven't had a chance to read all the replied yet so maybe this has already been covered. If you've got pain down your leg and pain killers aren't touching it then maybe it's nerve related. A trip to the physio could be helpful.
Also if you are anxious about hospitals, have you considered a home birth?
All the best

OP you've said you are very young and I think many of the posters here have missed that. It's natural to want to get everything right for your baby and I admire you for caring so much. You're going to make a great mother.

I appreciate that you have medical anxiety. But from what I've read, you've had one midwife who you didn't like, and you now want to transfer to an entirely different hospital, then hang around until the last minute at home then call an ambulance once it's "too late" to be taken anywhere except the new hospital? That's a terrible plan.

Could you speak to your community midwife about your fears? If it's a busy birthing centre or maternity unit you were originally booked in to give birth at, the chances of you seeing the same midwife again are slim to none (because if you saw her before then she's not currently working on labour/delivery). And even if she was there, you could ask to be cared for by someone else.

It's a bit late now for this pregnancy but is anything being done about your health/medical anxiety? Do you have any help? It sounds like it's quite debilitating.

Poor op. What do a shameful thread. There are some nasty bitches on here op people turn up at any time hospital in labor and that hospital has a duty of care to take you in, unless they have general closed thier doors due to being full.
But you can turn up anywhere if you keep your notes otherwise they will have to do bloods etc.
Good luck op, make complaints about mw, it's such a special time, no once deserves to be upset by medical professionals
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There are some nasty bitches on here sad

The irony of saying people are nasty and then calling posters bitches.

The OP shouldn't use an ambulance as a taxi. That is the bottom line.

I had to call an ambulance when I was in labour BUT that was because the hospital has sent me home and I ended up giving birth at home with just my DP.

I gave birth whilst my DP was on the phone to 999 and it took them over half an hour to reach us because they were so busy.

Do not use an ambulance as a taxi service to get to the hospital. They are for emergencies. Had our DD been born not breathing or had any problems, who knows what could have happened in that half an hour we had to wait - and the crew even said that most of their calls on their shift had been “low level” stuff that people really didn’t need ambulances for!

Thanks to everyone who's posted practical advice for the OP, can we remind everyone that MN is a place of support and designed to help make parents' lives easier.

OP, here's some and a [tea] for you

Whichever unit you present to will look after you. Labouring women present to my local unit unbooked pretty regularly. It's inconvenient for staff etc but not the end of the world. So that's that sorted.
However, if you're very anxious and are very conscious of staff being rude I think that arriving to the hospital by ambulance unnecessarily will not be your best option.

So much sympathy for the OP !!!

You can turn up at any hospital in labour, irrelevant if you are " booked in" or not.

How did you get on OP?