Discharged after admitted for induction.
This post is mainly to vent and to see if anyone has experienced something similar with a pompous doctor before....
So I started out my pregnancy with a midwife but had to switch to an OB at 23 weeks by the advice of our midwife due to high blood pressure(over 150 on 3 separate occasions). We found an OB that we LOOOOOVE and he delivers at the same hospital as our midwife so we just thought it was fate! My second trimester was HBP free so we thought we were in the clear and that it was just a fluke. Our third trimester came around and we soon found out that unfortunately it was not a fluke and we've had a ton of short hospital stays to try and keep it down. Our regular OB had set up a meeting with a maternal fetal medicine doctor just so that we could have someone who is more familiar with high risk cases on our side. So after a BP scare of 164 my doctor sent me to be admitted into the hospital to do more preeclampsia tests. It was at this time in which we talked about induction and how it was the safest option for my health and baby Jackson's health. He sent us yet again to the MFM to get their opinion so we could all feel comfortable. We went in for our visit on Friday morning and at first (as usual) we were seen by 2 doctors who were in their fellowship years (which I am okay with) after we spoke with them they brought the doctor in. I told her the same things we talked to the previous 2 doctors about and they left to talk amongst themselves. They came back in and told us that they all agreed that we needed to be induced that day. I was slightly scared because it was early (35 weeks 4 days) but I could tell by the look on her face that she was concerned about all of the symptoms I was having. Even though all of my lab work came back normal I was showing all the signs for preeclampsia. We went into the hospital and started to undergo rounds of medicine called cytotec to soften my cervix and get me ready for a pitocin drip. The doctor who was on call at the hospital was not our regular doctor but was from our local office. He wasn't super rude but wasn't optimistic about our outcome even before he started administration of the medication. It was suppose to be administered every 4 hours but he took so long to come and see us that we actually missed 2 doses of the med. I just chalked it up to being super busy and that missing these doses wouldn't really hurt the process. The next morning came and we were suppose to meet with the new doctor on call at 8 am. He didn't come in to check on me until 11:30 later that morning and yet again I chalked it up to just being busy. I was (fortunately) in the bathroom when he came in and I over heard him tell my fiance this is what I'm going to tell her and this is what is going on and that's all there is to it. I had a moment to gather my composure and walk out without mauling him like a tiger. As soon as I walked out he looked at me and said you're going home today and that's that. He said this was a failed induction and you should've already been dilated by now but you're not so we are done here. I said but the MFM and my doula have said that it can take up to 5 rounds of this medicine to start to work on first time early mothers. He looked me dead in the eye and said (I swear I can't make this shit up) look I have 40 years of experience and the doctor who put in the induction referral is in her fellowship so I know better than her. You're 25 and a little high blood pressure isn't going to kill you. If it were up to me you'd be going all the way to 40 weeks. The only way that baby is coming out today is by c section and then I'm sending him for a weeks stay in the nicu. I looked at my fiance and we both realized that there was no talking to this guy and there was no way in hell I'm going under his knife. Now previously my fiance who is a peds nurse asked our regular doctor what complications would Jax face by coming out early and he said he had the same percent chance of having to go to the nicu then as he would at 40 weeks and we trust him so we knew this new doctor was using this to scare us into going home. I've been at home all weekend on bed rest without a way to call my doctor hoping that nothing will happen to the baby. I have no idea what to do but thankfully we have a way to monitor my BP at home. I am so mad and I don't know what to do. I really hope my doctor has time to talk to us tomorrow. Has anyone else had to deal with a pompous doctor before? We felt so powerless but we are glad we left because we didn't feel safe under his care. He was definitely going to do whatever he wanted no matter what we felt.
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