Hi everyone. I’ve been cautiously lurking for a while and had hoped to uncautiously unlurk today after my dating scan. However, I tested positive for Covid yesterday morning. I’ve had a hideous morning dealing with rude rude people who won’t help or offer any compassion whatsoever, and whose advice keeps directly going against the advice my midwife has given.
I was told that the GPS in this area must offer pulseoxometers to pregnant women with Covid, and would want to ring me to monitor this regularly. Rang the Gp who made me feel like an idiot for even asking about this, and insisted it was very much not protocol.
I was also told by two different midwives that they should still try and offer me a scan if my appointment could be arranged at a time when nobody else was in. Particularly the case because they should have seen me last week and didn’t, so no chance of any first trimester screening if I do have to wait until after my isolation ends. If I’d not been told that, of course I’d never have asked, but going on that advice I asked and got the rudest woman I’ve ever experienced berating me for wanting to put other people at risk. Apparently I am very irresponsible and the screening is not an entitlement.
Add to all of this the horrendous anxiety I’ve had waiting for this scan due to previous losses, and I just feel horrific about it all. I feel like there’s no support at all and I just have to get on and suck it up. I’m waiting for my midwife to ring me back so I can let her know that her advice has been counteracted and also ask how I switch my care to another hospital. I do not have any desire to go to a place where they will treat me so unkindly at an already very vulnerable time!
Oh, and of course al my Christmas plans are also up in smoke! Really just want to stamp my foot!