Induced But Not Induced
Six years ago today my Dr. decided that I had suffered enough through 2 months of bed rest. Why bed rest--well I had PIH which is Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (big name for High Blood Pressure). With Zach I had full blown Toxemia but with Hannah it stayed at PIH. He had pity on my poor soul (and body) and scheduled me to be induced. We got Zachary all squared away with my dad and me, Matt and my mom headed up to LDS Hospital to have a baby. We got all checked in and were waiting for the nurse to come in and start the pitocin. She came in and I knew from the moment she walked in we were in for a treat. SHE WAS A WITCH!! She had a student nurse following her around which I was o.k. with and she was really nice. So Nurse Ratchet went to check me for dilatation and effacement. I have NEVER, in my whole life, experienced pain like that. It felt like she ripped my guts out!! She was furious because I was being induced only because I had PIH. She proceeded to tell me that I wasn't even dilated at all and I told her that it was impossible because just yesterday when my Dr. checked me I was at a 4. She stormed out of the room and I proceeded to cry hysterically from the pain she had inflicted upon me. She called my Dr. and he was getting a haircut but was so mad at her he left in the middle of the cut to come and take care of business. It only took him 5 minutes to arrive and he immediately started yelling at the nurse. He came into my room and saw how upset I was and then he lit into her again. He checked me very gently because she had caused some bleeding and told her that I was definitely at a 4. But then came the bad news. Hannah had her hand on top of her head. He could have delivered but there was a strong possibility that it would cause some kind of nerve damage to her hand. We made the decision to go home and schedule for Monday (this was a Wednesday). I was devastated. Back home to bed rest and no baby. While I was getting dressed I could hear my Dr. ripping the nurse a new one (which I was so happy for). She made an attempt (a 1/2 hearted one) to apologize and I just walked away. I cried the whole way home but I knew that I had made the right decision.
Six years ago today my Dr. decided that I had suffered enough through 2 months of bed rest. Why bed rest--well I had PIH which is Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (big name for High Blood Pressure). With Zach I had full blown Toxemia but with Hannah it stayed at PIH. He had pity on my poor soul (and body) and scheduled me to be induced. We got Zachary all squared away with my dad and me, Matt and my mom headed up to LDS Hospital to have a baby. We got all checked in and were waiting for the nurse to come in and start the pitocin. She came in and I knew from the moment she walked in we were in for a treat. SHE WAS A WITCH!! She had a student nurse following her around which I was o.k. with and she was really nice. So Nurse Ratchet went to check me for dilatation and effacement. I have NEVER, in my whole life, experienced pain like that. It felt like she ripped my guts out!! She was furious because I was being induced only because I had PIH. She proceeded to tell me that I wasn't even dilated at all and I told her that it was impossible because just yesterday when my Dr. checked me I was at a 4. She stormed out of the room and I proceeded to cry hysterically from the pain she had inflicted upon me. She called my Dr. and he was getting a haircut but was so mad at her he left in the middle of the cut to come and take care of business. It only took him 5 minutes to arrive and he immediately started yelling at the nurse. He came into my room and saw how upset I was and then he lit into her again. He checked me very gently because she had caused some bleeding and told her that I was definitely at a 4. But then came the bad news. Hannah had her hand on top of her head. He could have delivered but there was a strong possibility that it would cause some kind of nerve damage to her hand. We made the decision to go home and schedule for Monday (this was a Wednesday). I was devastated. Back home to bed rest and no baby. While I was getting dressed I could hear my Dr. ripping the nurse a new one (which I was so happy for). She made an attempt (a 1/2 hearted one) to apologize and I just walked away. I cried the whole way home but I knew that I had made the right decision. 
7 comments:
My heavens! That's such a horrible experience for you! I'm so sorry you had a bitty nurse. Wow. At least you had a very understanding Doctor. I'm impressed that he left his half cut head. And I wish I had been a fly on the wall listening to him tear her a new one.
yikes jillene!! no one should ever be treated like that,, ye haw for your doctor!
Hmmmmm, one more check in the "cons" list for pregnancy. Adoption looks better everyday. :)
Kristina-
I am the rare exception in the pregnancy department. I contracted Toxemia w/Zach and when I got preggers w/Hannah the Dr. told me there was only a 10% chance I would get the PIH or Toxemia again. And then when I got preggers w/Olivia there was only a 5% chance and I got the Toxemia again. I have all the luck!
I am sure the nurse thing was a rare occurance too. She really was just pissed that I was being induced because of high blood pressure. I think she was just being a jerk. Don't let my stories shed a bad light on pregnancy--it really is great and an amazing experience. Not that adoption is a bad thing--because it is great too!
I don't know about pregnancy being all that great (I am just whiney right now), I am with Kristina I think I will just buy my next one... :0)
Kristen-
Well if you buy your next one you can guarnatee that it is a girl and you can also specify that you get to name her! (0:
You have a right to be whiney--hello you are one day away from your due date with your 5th child.
How terrible to be treated like that. So glad you got to hear the doctor chew her out though.
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