Tbh I just need to vent about this.

My doctor has sent me to the L&D at the hospital I’ll be delivering at about four or five times already. My baby is measuring small (I’m not concerned about it at all because I’m just a small person in general and I was a small baby myself) so they have put me on twice weekly NST. The amount of gas I use just driving back and forth to the clinic is ridiculous, not to mention she keeps sending me here at the slightest “concern” she has. I get that she’s just being cautious but for crying out loud, is it even really necessary at this point?

On top of this, when she sends me to L&D to get an ultrasound done, they keep me here for hours on end, just because they take ages to get a doctor to look at them. I was here for two hours before they took me back for my ultrasound, and after my ultrasound has been over an hour of waiting with not a single word from anyone.

Not to mention that they have me hooked up to the NST monitors and when I dropped my call button, I tried to get their attention by messing with the monitors. First I tried the monitor for contractions a few times, nothing. I tried the babies heart monitor once, nothing. Tried the heart monitor again, nothing. If it had been a real emergency and they weren’t paying attention, it could have been bad. I’m starting to get frustrated with the nurses and doctors here for taking hours to do simple things that regular clinics get done within and hour.

Im just here to vent about my frustrations I guess.

*Updated*

So the doc finally came in and talked to me for a bit. Turns out it had been taking so long because almost all the nurses ended up in a room with a very high risk delivery that almost went south really fast. They took a look at my ultrasounds and decided that they will be keeping me overnight and possibly inducing me tomorrow as the blood flow from the placenta to my baby has decreased and they don’t want to risk baby getting sick in the womb because of it. Very unexpected news to hear, especially when the nurse said that I wouldn’t be leaving the hospital without a baby! Insanely nervous and not nearly ready for this but will hopefully be smooth sailing if I’m lucky! Wish me luck ladies!