That Kiddicare site is exciting! Ooh! I think I've found my afternoon's entertainment whilst DH is out.
I'm also excited because my dad's probably going to visit me tomorrow & I'm going to con him into driving me somewhere for a free lunch (I'm sure it counts as bedrest if I'm only walking to & from a car ), so yaaay.
I'm in a much better mood because I've just seen the good MW I'm a bit in love with. It's the 3rd time I've seen her (unheard of around here!) & I wasn't meant to see her this week but another MW, but the other MW is ill or something, so I got her. & she's so good. She's a proper old school MW who's like a spare mum. LOVE her.
Anyway, I whined about how crap the hospital were & she was very sympathetic & offered to take a physical description of The Bitch so she could rough her up She was most concerned that I'd be put off getting in touch with triage again because of the rudeness (underestimating my thick skin), but also said, off the record, not to bother going to hospital if I don't want to unless I feel I need pain relief due to the various factors. Technically I should still be in hospital now & obviously that's not what I want.
She's booked me in to see a MW (not her, unless she's covering a shift again ) every week for the next 3 weeks (I'll be full term by the last appointment!) to keep an eye on things.
She also said that they really were contractions, having listened to my description of what'd happened & feeling my bump as it happened - they're not just BH, which I knew, but it feels so good to have it medically agreed! & she listened to my 3 generations of family history regarding useless cervical dilation & said that it was very relevant & should've been put in my notes, not just dismissed. On that point, she was also irritated by the lack of information in my Maternity Care Record notes (the hospital haven't put anything in them) & that I was never given an identity bracelet. It just doesn't instill faith in the system at all.
We had a mini discussion about birth plans, but she said not to think about it at the moment because there are too many things up in the air. She reckons that based on family history / my experience, I may well end up in hospital having very strong contractions (worse than Saturday's) with little - no cervical effacement / dilation at all. At which point, if I'm 37+ weeks, they'll want to induce me as opposed to stopping effective contractions at term. She says that I don't have to go along with that, but that it's worth coming to terms with the idea that I may want to elect to have a CS instead of having several days of pointless labour followed by an emergency CS anyway.
I'm not thrilled about it, but she wasn't saying that it will happen - just that I need to consider it & we'll see how things go over the next 3 weeks. I'm quite happy with the outcome of this afternoon. I feel like a medical professional has actually paid attention to me & given me a realistic idea of what may happen from this point, whilst not trying to send me into a blind panic. She talked to me like an adult & not as if she was telling off a child, or trying to protect me from the scary possibilities. So even though it wasn't entirely good news (I want a lovely birthing pool experience, not a CS!), I feel a lot more positive because at least it's not so unknown!