I feel really annoyed with the way everything has been going during this pregnancy medical wise.
So firstly in the beginning i had really bad reoccurring thrush (still do). I read online i can go to my local Pharmacy and see a pharmacist and get some cream… simple i thought! I get down there to be told that because im pregnant they cannot help me and to speak with my GP! This annoyed me because i tried to get a GP appointment before all this and couldnt so was hoping to get a resolve but they were very unsympathetic and said “well looks like i will just have to wait until they see me!”
I eventually got a call back and they essentially prescribed me the same thing I was trying to buy from the exact same pharmacy! At no point did anywhere say thrush cream could possibly be a issue so that really annoyed me.
Then at my 12 week scan i was told if i had any issues to contact the midwife team and they will be willing to help sooner than others especially for things like morning sickness and the likes of… At that time i was lucky and didnt have any sickness however about 2 weeks later my vomiting illness appeared and i was throwing up for 5 days straight without being able to eat a thing. First thing i tried was to call the hospital im having my care at to speak to a midwife and i was fobbed off being told because i was under a certain gestation period i had to come into their A&E! The receptionist didnt even hear out what my issue was as it didnt matter my gestation made all the difference!
I called 111 and this was just before Christmas and i was on that line for over an hour with it just ringing out! Baring in mind im puking my guts up and really weak i didnt have the time to just be waiting with an annoying jingle! I decided i would call my GP the next morning bright and early as they say thats when to call to get a call back, i somehow managed through the night, called the GP and they gave me some meds and that was that.
At my next antenatal appointment I was asked how my health had been and i explained not great, been vomiting non Stop, dehydrated so much that they cannot even get blood, urine really dark and not much output and they shrugged on like it was nothing. I dont even know if they put it down in my notes. I even explained the meds my GP gave didnt help but nothing! I left with just a rundown of my last lab results.
This week i have managed to catch a nasty chesty cough and real sore throat! We went out to dinner last week and it was the only time i removed my mask so suspect it was then. I have also continued to have my vomiting episodes but thought it was okay as i see a Obstetrician this week (yesterday). I get there, lovely guy, done an internal scan to check cervix and checked baby and told us we were having a boy. He asked how i was doing overall and i explained i have been really ill, nasty chesty cough and bad sore throat as well as this no. Stop vomiting.. He palmed over it. Before we left i asked if things like throat lozenges or cough ones can be taken as im really struggling and he said it was fine so we made our way to boots to pick some up.
I picked up some Stepsils and Halls as that was all they had and continued to ask the pharmacist if they are okay in pregnancy and she essentially said only halls was and they didnt stock anything else that i could possibly have.
This morning i was woken up with a nasty chest pain, such forceful coughing it felt like my chest and throat was ripping open and it was just getting worse! I called my GP just before 9am to be told i cannot even speak to a dr until after the 23rd! I was advised to call out of hours but explained they always give me really late appts and sometimes later than the dr can provide… She checked saying they have one for this Tuesday! Its Thursday and im struggling to cope right now! I cannot wait until Tuesday!
I just went to my local Pharmacy in desperation. They was all willing to help until I said i was 5 months pregnant. All of a sudden every medication google said was fine, is not fine and somehow because i didnt have my flu jab that makes a difference and they wont be able to give me anything!
I said i know its NOT a flu as i have no aches or pains and it is literally just a bad cough and sore throat but she continued that even things like linctus is for dry throats not chesty so wont help! She basically told me during pregnancy my illness can pass on to baby so its best i see my GP or failing that call 111!
I feel so annoyed because every time i have anything wrong with me now, i am no longer able to buy meds over the counter, doesnt matter if its the exact same meds the dr gives me.. I just cant have it. Anything online deems safe and okay in pregnancy suddenly is not okay at the pharmacy and even more so i feel like my maternity team just dont exist! My maternity folder has a picture saying they are available “365 days a year and 24hrs a day so just call”.. there is no number and when you do get through to their line via the hospital they dont help!
I have just called 111 as their online site couldnt help me and said to call them and im now waiting for someone to call me back but really and truthfully at this time there is nowhere that can dispense medication even if they do prescribe something when they eventually call!
I have barely gotten any sleep, feel really cranky and im sure my chest is just getting worse and worse! I know i only have 4 months left now but im so annoyed they are not even willing to try during pregnancy but yet they make out like if anything isnt right come to them right away and dont leave things to get worse but at this rate what are my choices?
Im even considering seeing a private GP just for these remaining 4 months because im getting to a point where i feel like im not getting the help I need from the people that claim to be there. I hear of a lot of people getting things sorted by their team and am wondering where am i going wrong? I am reaching out to multiple services and getting nowhere!
I never got sick before this pregnancy so having me randomly pop up sick all the time asking for help should seem important but it is not! Every local GP is the same and we have catchment areas so i cannot go outside of it to find a better one! I feel so stuck and annoyed!
sorry this got long! Just so frustrated!