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Anybody else lost faith in the antenatal support they're getting?

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BGL23 · 07/03/2023 09:29

This is v much a vent but I'm feeling incredibly frustrated.

I'm 32 weeks now. First my midwife left me with a UTI for other a month and it was only picked up by a completely different doctor who was looking over my notes for a different reason. Great, I'm glad that didn't turn into a kidney infection or anything, and it turns out my weak bladder was because of that and not a pregnancy symptom which is nice.

I've been in hospital multiple times now for high blood pressure and headaches, so classic pre-eclampsia stuff. First another midwife told me to monitor my blood pressure at home and go into the hospital if it was over x. I did that, went into the hospital, got told that she had no authority to make a treatment plan and should have consulted a doctor - and I should have been on blood pressure medication for the last month.

So I take the medication, follow up the next day as instructed, and apparently I have protein in my urine that needs a follow up. I have additional scans booked and additional monitoring to make sure it doesn't get worse. Then I have an obstetrician appointment less than a week after that, who tells me I shouldn't be on the medication as my blood pressure isn't high enough to justify it, I shouldn't be checking my bp 3x per day, just do it once and take the pills if it's over a completely different figure. Also, the protein situation is fine.

So that's 1 infection missed for a month, 3 different treatment plans in the space of a week, and if this was a pulled muscle or something I wouldn't care but last I checked this shit can be life or death.

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