Had a fun time at the doctor today. Really need another scan before working again - have playing work from 11th September & don't want to be blowing the horn worried that something's going to burst! After leaving unreturned messages for the midwife, who I think is on holiday, I gave up & called the Early Pregnancy Monitoring Unit where I had the previous two scans and found out I needed a GP referral. So turned up & waited two and a half hours for a fit in appointment with the one GP who does that (the only one I ever seem to see anyway.)
Not that I have huge confidence in him anyway, since he estimated Dom's weight at 27 stone (actually 18) and I failed to understand what he was saying when trying to take my blood pressure - a procedure which took about 10 mins in the end, but he really has reached new heights of incompetence.
I gave him the sheet from the hospital showing the nature of the bleed, all the measurements of the baby which are normal and the fact that it's still a viable pregnancy at 14 weeks. He peered at it through his magnifying glass (seriously) and said "so you lost the baby?!". (Seriously.) Then, having totally failed to understand my condition, he went on to say I should be on total bedrest. I mustn't leave bed except to use the toilet. If I stand up the bleeding will start again.
Apart from the fact that I've been upright for two weeks since the first bleed & it's not happened since: he then left me standing up at reception for fifteen minutes whilst he and his receptionist tried to work out how to book a scan.
Oh well. I have my scan booked for Monday so I'm happy. (Actually I've been shopping - but don't tell him...)
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