Seriously...I quit....
Wed. I had my 37 week check up with the baby doctor at 10am. Usually I go to work and just go to the doctor's office from there since it's only 3 blocks away...but when I woke up on Wed. I felt like absolute shit. I'd had a headache for four days that finally got really bad so I called out of work and had hubby drive me to the Dr.'s office. Within 30 seconds of being in the exam room the Dr. came in and said that she was sending me to labor and delivery because my blood pressure was elevated and the headache was causing them concern, plus they had found protein in my urine (sorry if that's TMI) which are all signs of a condition called preeclampsia. Preeclampsia can cause kidney failure, liver failure, and seizures in pregnany women. Also she said that the swelling in my legs, feet, hands, and now my face, was another sympton and she wanted me to go be evaluated. She said that there was a very good chance that they would induce my labor because the only cure for preeclampsia is to have the baby. I of course freak out....
So we head to L&D and see four different doctors over four hours....they run tests, check my blood pressure every fifteen minutes, check my urine again...all the symptoms are still there. Three out of the four doctors I see tell me "yeah...there's a good chance we're going to do this today..."
Then at the last second a fourth doc comes in with DISCHARGE PAPERS! In his "opinion, I am not preeclamptic...that all my symptoms are just a result of the heat and being uncomforable." I was like, how can discomfort and heat cause protein in my urine (this is one of the key indicators of preeclampsia)? he shrugged...and gave me a fifteen minute lecture on relaxation techniques and basically made me feel like a complete and total asshole.
I said, "Okay. So I'm not preeclamptic right now..in your opinion...am I at risk for it though? Should I check my blood pressure? Is there anything i should be doing?"
"Yes, you are at risk for it. The main reason I think you're fine is because your liver enzymes came back fine. I don't want you to check your blood pressure because I don't want to FEED INTO ANYTHING. Just go home keep taking tylenol (for that massive migraine you have) and try to get some rest. I don't believe in inducing labor unless there is a life-threat to the mother or the baby."
So basically this fucker wants to wait around for my organs to fail or for me to have a seizure! Because he feels that women need to understand that the last month of pregnancy is "uncomfortable" and that we should all go into labor naturally unless its a "life threat".....
Excuse me...you don't have a fucking uterus! You fucking go through this shit! And the last goddamn time I checked possible organ failure or seizure risks WERE FUCKING LIFE THREATS!!!!!!!!
It's been two days...i still have this damn headache...I still feel like shit...my blood pressure is still too high...and I feel so crappy I don't even want to eat....and I'm still swollen to the size of the goodyear blimp. So I call my Dr.s office to see if there is ANYTHING I can do just to get rid of this headache....
They tell me to take some more tylenol and drink a pepsi! When I told them that I had already taken two doses of tylenol and a cup of coffee an hour ago (to see if the caffeine would help)...they said "Well that's all you can do. You're just going to have to try to relax."
Fuck this fucking shit! I fucking quit. Someone please just shoot me...cause clearly these fuckers that I am paying to take care of me don't give FLYING FUCK how I feel.
So we head to L&D and see four different doctors over four hours....they run tests, check my blood pressure every fifteen minutes, check my urine again...all the symptoms are still there. Three out of the four doctors I see tell me "yeah...there's a good chance we're going to do this today..."
Then at the last second a fourth doc comes in with DISCHARGE PAPERS! In his "opinion, I am not preeclamptic...that all my symptoms are just a result of the heat and being uncomforable." I was like, how can discomfort and heat cause protein in my urine (this is one of the key indicators of preeclampsia)? he shrugged...and gave me a fifteen minute lecture on relaxation techniques and basically made me feel like a complete and total asshole.
I said, "Okay. So I'm not preeclamptic right now..in your opinion...am I at risk for it though? Should I check my blood pressure? Is there anything i should be doing?"
"Yes, you are at risk for it. The main reason I think you're fine is because your liver enzymes came back fine. I don't want you to check your blood pressure because I don't want to FEED INTO ANYTHING. Just go home keep taking tylenol (for that massive migraine you have) and try to get some rest. I don't believe in inducing labor unless there is a life-threat to the mother or the baby."
So basically this fucker wants to wait around for my organs to fail or for me to have a seizure! Because he feels that women need to understand that the last month of pregnancy is "uncomfortable" and that we should all go into labor naturally unless its a "life threat".....
Excuse me...you don't have a fucking uterus! You fucking go through this shit! And the last goddamn time I checked possible organ failure or seizure risks WERE FUCKING LIFE THREATS!!!!!!!!
It's been two days...i still have this damn headache...I still feel like shit...my blood pressure is still too high...and I feel so crappy I don't even want to eat....and I'm still swollen to the size of the goodyear blimp. So I call my Dr.s office to see if there is ANYTHING I can do just to get rid of this headache....
They tell me to take some more tylenol and drink a pepsi! When I told them that I had already taken two doses of tylenol and a cup of coffee an hour ago (to see if the caffeine would help)...they said "Well that's all you can do. You're just going to have to try to relax."
Fuck this fucking shit! I fucking quit. Someone please just shoot me...cause clearly these fuckers that I am paying to take care of me don't give FLYING FUCK how I feel.