MSE Pregnancy Club 24

sexymouse

Are you sure you're ok to pick up Jake jovi? Is there anyone who can help you out? I would ring the midwife just in case you need to have your blood pressure checked.

jovichick123

OH is still at work and hes on public transport so takes him about an hour to get home.. my mum went away this morning for weekend so she can't help either

I should be alright, if headache is still bad when I get back, I will ring her, just a bit worried at how quickly its come on, was completely fine beforehand..

sexymouse

Well take care of yourself jovi. Have you taken any paracetamol yet? Hope you're feeling better soon and it's nothing to worry about.

Miss_Money

Jovi I had had blurry eyesight at 32 weeks and a big silver floater in my eye.. i was told that written in my mw nites it states to ring the mw if you get blurred vision and or floaters.. as it can be a sign of high blood pressure. turns out mine was an abnormal migraine but best to get checked out? xxx

MummyOfTwo

try drinking a pint of water as well if u can jovichick

emsbet

Thanks for the list Jovi. Hope your head feels better soon.

xx

dizziblonde

With the partner staying thing - hospital hell-hole that we went to have partners allowed 9am - 9pm, rest of the planet allowed 2.30-8.30 (and I think that's too flipping long judging by the behaviour of some during visiting time to be honest - the place needs a serious crackdown on the behaviour of some ward visitors - I had to watch people be removed on the orders of social services, people squaring up for a scrap with each other, I had kids being allowed to run amok and open curtains around my bed when I was expressing/trying to breastfeed - and failing - not surprisingly, we had people with TEN visitors at once for the entire visiting time... it was just an endurance test every afternoon I was in there with the behaviour of people)

They don't put partners up, and indeed when we were dumped on the ward after briefly seeing Erin in neo-natal... hubby was given 5 minutes to settle me in, and then the ward staff took pity on the state of him and decided not to make him drive home (not disgracefully late either - this was 11pm) and put him in their empty triage room with the proviso that he'd have to be up and out and off the ward by 6am the following day "for the privacy of the women"...

Yet every couple coming up with babies through the night had husbands allowed to stay for hours to settle their partner in... another example of how the standards change if the staff like you or not.

As for us - we're potentially facing a hospital readmission and I've been crying most of the afternoon at the thought of it - her jaundice is (apparently - I dispute this - it's hard to visually judge skin colour under these wretched energy saving bulbs and she's got hubby's olive skintone naturally) back and if it's not cleared by Tuesday's midwife visit - they'll start thinking about readmitting her for more phototherapy treatment... because of the previous social services crap over her birth - I can't really challenge this - but I'm incredibly distressed at the thought of being on that ward again... and woosh my milk production's dropped through the floor as the stress levels rise... it'll kill me going back in there - the place is barbaric in how it treats the preemie babies' mothers.

MW, when she talked about this and the floodgates opened with the whole birth story, was horrified and is contacting her area boss to tell them what's going on and how distressed I've ended up over the whole birth farce - time and time again people in the business who hear what's gone on, tell me it's really screwed up - so it can't just be me doing my usual irrational blow things out of all proportion thing can it.

emsbet

Big ((hugs)) dizzi, I'm sorry you're still having to deal with the prospect of going back there. It's completely understandable why you are upset. Is there an alternative hospital close by you could go to?

xx

jovichick123

Dizzi - sorry you are having to go through all this, hopefully though the jaundice will have improved by next visit and you won't need to go back.

Headache has not cleared so have called triage and have been told to take 2 paracetamol, rest for 2 hours and call back if it has not cleared - will have to go up for tests if not cleared so really hoping it eases off... Just waiting for OH to get home so I can go and chill in the bath for a bit - that normally clears my head a bit Will also try water

fluffnutter

Jeez, dizzi, it sounds such a horrible place! You poor love. Name and shame?