I need to give a quick history here so you can see where I am coming from. There are 3 Midwives in the practice where I am receiving prenatal care. I LOVE one of them- she is always willing to let me decline tests, do things my way or give a NATURAL remedy for anything. Then there is this other midwife who is pretty new to their practice...
I was rear-ended by a dump truck... I was fine but started having BH every 5 mins. I tried drinking half a glass of wine and just relaxing in a warm bath. They kept coming every 5 mins or so.
The next day they were still frequent so I called midwife on duty- it was the one that I LOVE- she told me drink lots and lots of water and then lay on my left side and call her back in an hour. I did what she asked and the BH were still frequent- she asked how I felt- I told her tired- I just wanted to rest- she asked if I was worried, I said no, I'm not worried. So she told me to go to sleep and call back in the morning and to drink lots and lots of water.
Well things didn't seem right to me because as fast as I could drink water I would pee it right back out- my lips were still chapped and my mouth felt dry. I called the midwife the next day and she asked me to go to the hospital and have a NST done to make sure the baby was handling everything ok and so they could see how often and how strong the BH were.
Baby was having good movements and his heart was great. My contractions were still coming every 4 or 5 mins. Now these were completely painless and I could only tell I was having them because the top of my belly would get really really hard. The OTHER midwife was on call by the time the NST was being done. She came in and did a cervical check- everything was closed up tight, she did some test where they can check for a hormone that is present if labor will begin within 2 weeks- came back negative. She then told me I needed a shot of Terbutaline (sorry if spelled wrong) and a pill of anti-anxiety meds to counter effect the speeding heartrate that terbutaine would give me- and she also wanted an IV. Everytime I questioned what each thing was for she would brush me off and talk to me like I was child- she kept saying- the most important thing is keeping baby in there. I wasn't prepared at all for interventions BEFORE labor and went ahead with her plan. Minutes after the IV was in the BH stopped. I had the shot and took one anti-anx pill. The midwife now told me she was writing me a perscription for terbutaline and the anti anxiety and that I was to take them together 3 times a day for at least a month- until I was 36 weeks. While she was checking around 'down there' she also said I 'had something yeasty going on' and wrote a prescription for that too! I didn't have any other symtoms of a yeast infection- itching, smell- just a little bit of white discharge that she noticed because she was 'in' there.
I went and got the pills filled but threw out the yeast infection meds and just used a vinegar and water rinse in there for a couple of days- and that cleared up the yeast. In the meantime I was miserable on these two meds and started to get worried that if she is stopping BH that my uterus won't be ready to give birth and then that will lead to more complications. On top of that I am a yogi- breathing is my everything and this crap was seriously messing up my breathing! I couldn't even talk without getting out of breath.
I waited until the Midwife that I LOVE was on call and told her how I was feeling and asked her if there weren't any alternatives to these DRUGS? She said well what did you have inmind- I said ANYTHING- I don't want to be on drugs. She looked over all the notes from the OTHER midwife and couldn't figure out why she had me on the anti-anxiety meds- she said that I should have been told to only take that as needed. Then she said that it appeared that I had just been dehydrated! The OTHER midwife didn't even mention that to me! So this good midwife told me I could come off both drugs and get a tincture of wild yam root to use when the BH were coming more than 3 or 4 an hour and that I needed to drink 3L of liquids a day.
I am fine and have made it to full-term but am still upset at how things went with this OTHER midwife that could possibly be the one on call when I go into labor. I just read some reports about a connection between autism and moms who were put on terbutaline and I'm upset at this other midwife all over again. I have my regular prenatal with this OTHER midwife this week and I really NEED to make sure that she is gooing to respect my wishes of a NATURAL birth and not make any suggestions for intervention that aren't 100% necessary. I don't want to be questioning her- I want to have the same confidence in her that I have in the midwife that I LOVE.
What I am needing advice on is how to talk to her about what happened- how I felt and how I felt that my wishes were not respected- that all other options should be exhausted before drugs are brought into play- I really need to work things out with her or I will be dreading going into labor with a 33% chance that she will be there. HELP. I do plan on bringing my birth preferences again and having her sign it. (other midwife signed it already)
I was rear-ended by a dump truck... I was fine but started having BH every 5 mins. I tried drinking half a glass of wine and just relaxing in a warm bath. They kept coming every 5 mins or so.
The next day they were still frequent so I called midwife on duty- it was the one that I LOVE- she told me drink lots and lots of water and then lay on my left side and call her back in an hour. I did what she asked and the BH were still frequent- she asked how I felt- I told her tired- I just wanted to rest- she asked if I was worried, I said no, I'm not worried. So she told me to go to sleep and call back in the morning and to drink lots and lots of water.
Well things didn't seem right to me because as fast as I could drink water I would pee it right back out- my lips were still chapped and my mouth felt dry. I called the midwife the next day and she asked me to go to the hospital and have a NST done to make sure the baby was handling everything ok and so they could see how often and how strong the BH were.
Baby was having good movements and his heart was great. My contractions were still coming every 4 or 5 mins. Now these were completely painless and I could only tell I was having them because the top of my belly would get really really hard. The OTHER midwife was on call by the time the NST was being done. She came in and did a cervical check- everything was closed up tight, she did some test where they can check for a hormone that is present if labor will begin within 2 weeks- came back negative. She then told me I needed a shot of Terbutaline (sorry if spelled wrong) and a pill of anti-anxiety meds to counter effect the speeding heartrate that terbutaine would give me- and she also wanted an IV. Everytime I questioned what each thing was for she would brush me off and talk to me like I was child- she kept saying- the most important thing is keeping baby in there. I wasn't prepared at all for interventions BEFORE labor and went ahead with her plan. Minutes after the IV was in the BH stopped. I had the shot and took one anti-anx pill. The midwife now told me she was writing me a perscription for terbutaline and the anti anxiety and that I was to take them together 3 times a day for at least a month- until I was 36 weeks. While she was checking around 'down there' she also said I 'had something yeasty going on' and wrote a prescription for that too! I didn't have any other symtoms of a yeast infection- itching, smell- just a little bit of white discharge that she noticed because she was 'in' there.
I went and got the pills filled but threw out the yeast infection meds and just used a vinegar and water rinse in there for a couple of days- and that cleared up the yeast. In the meantime I was miserable on these two meds and started to get worried that if she is stopping BH that my uterus won't be ready to give birth and then that will lead to more complications. On top of that I am a yogi- breathing is my everything and this crap was seriously messing up my breathing! I couldn't even talk without getting out of breath.
I waited until the Midwife that I LOVE was on call and told her how I was feeling and asked her if there weren't any alternatives to these DRUGS? She said well what did you have inmind- I said ANYTHING- I don't want to be on drugs. She looked over all the notes from the OTHER midwife and couldn't figure out why she had me on the anti-anxiety meds- she said that I should have been told to only take that as needed. Then she said that it appeared that I had just been dehydrated! The OTHER midwife didn't even mention that to me! So this good midwife told me I could come off both drugs and get a tincture of wild yam root to use when the BH were coming more than 3 or 4 an hour and that I needed to drink 3L of liquids a day.
I am fine and have made it to full-term but am still upset at how things went with this OTHER midwife that could possibly be the one on call when I go into labor. I just read some reports about a connection between autism and moms who were put on terbutaline and I'm upset at this other midwife all over again. I have my regular prenatal with this OTHER midwife this week and I really NEED to make sure that she is gooing to respect my wishes of a NATURAL birth and not make any suggestions for intervention that aren't 100% necessary. I don't want to be questioning her- I want to have the same confidence in her that I have in the midwife that I LOVE.
What I am needing advice on is how to talk to her about what happened- how I felt and how I felt that my wishes were not respected- that all other options should be exhausted before drugs are brought into play- I really need to work things out with her or I will be dreading going into labor with a 33% chance that she will be there. HELP. I do plan on bringing my birth preferences again and having her sign it. (other midwife signed it already)
