Sunday night, at 6:08pm, I gave birth to a big beautiful baby girl with the help of my husband. She came out nice and pink, crying, kicking and hungry! She latched on about ten minutes after birth, and fed for almost 2 hours. She was sleeping in my arms and I felt tired, but very accomplished. We felt very proud of ourselves and how well everything turned out.
Then dh looked out the window.
He commented that there were some cops and an ambulance outside. It was for us. Someone had called them. DH let them in, and the paramedics rushed in like there was some big emergency. I was sitting on the bed with baby in arms, very relaxed. They were surprised I was so calm. I told them I had given birth over two hours ago, and I was fine and so was the baby. They said they wanted to take us to the hospital to get checked up and make sure we were ok. We went in the ambulance and went to the hospital. From there it just turned into a whole circus. Like..OMGZ you gave birth at home...what were you thinking?
I got the whole line about how this was a "nonsterile" birth and how they would have to check the baby to make sure she was ok. I told them she was fine, and they could see for themselves. They measured her and took her prints, and saw that she was fine. The ped came down and also started the bs about unsterile birth and the baby could be septic and they would have to do tests and stuff. I asked her what they were going to do and she got pissy that I was asking questions. She said they were going to take her upstairs for tests and observation. So they took her upstairs.
After that, a social worker arrived from emergency services. He told me he was there because someone had called about us. They thought we were having a domestic dispute and that since I was pregnant, my "screaming" was my dh hurting me. Never mind that my husband was talking normally to me during birth, and my screaming was clearing a pregnant woman giving birth. So now my husband is a wife beater.
He went and talked to my husband, then went up to see the baby.
Afterwards, I find out that they are going to leave the baby in the NICU for FIVE days for an antibiotic treatment and tests and other bs.
I'm so tired, angry, in pain, everything at once. Oh, did I mention that I don't have insurance, since I was denied by both the govt (while pregnant) and private insurance companies. So I'm supposed to pay a $1500 deposit for a hospitalization I never asked for plus whatever extra may come up, like my stay in the ER where I wasn't even examined by a doctor. This hospital is so incompetent, they don't even know how to fill out the papers for the b/c, since I gave birth at home and they don't know what to put in the information for me. I swear, you would think I'm the only woman to ever have given birth at home and walked into their hospital.
I'm going to talk to the Procurator for the Patient tomorrow. I talked to my chiro (who gave birth at home) and said this was all total bs and recommended me her lawyer if I didn't find one myself. I hope the procurator can help. I want my baby home, the way I planned to. I miss her so bad. :cry
Thanks for reading and letting me get this off my chest. Any suggestions would be nice, and hugs are greatly appreciated.
Then dh looked out the window.
He commented that there were some cops and an ambulance outside. It was for us. Someone had called them. DH let them in, and the paramedics rushed in like there was some big emergency. I was sitting on the bed with baby in arms, very relaxed. They were surprised I was so calm. I told them I had given birth over two hours ago, and I was fine and so was the baby. They said they wanted to take us to the hospital to get checked up and make sure we were ok. We went in the ambulance and went to the hospital. From there it just turned into a whole circus. Like..OMGZ you gave birth at home...what were you thinking?
After that, a social worker arrived from emergency services. He told me he was there because someone had called about us. They thought we were having a domestic dispute and that since I was pregnant, my "screaming" was my dh hurting me. Never mind that my husband was talking normally to me during birth, and my screaming was clearing a pregnant woman giving birth. So now my husband is a wife beater.
Afterwards, I find out that they are going to leave the baby in the NICU for FIVE days for an antibiotic treatment and tests and other bs.
I'm so tired, angry, in pain, everything at once. Oh, did I mention that I don't have insurance, since I was denied by both the govt (while pregnant) and private insurance companies. So I'm supposed to pay a $1500 deposit for a hospitalization I never asked for plus whatever extra may come up, like my stay in the ER where I wasn't even examined by a doctor. This hospital is so incompetent, they don't even know how to fill out the papers for the b/c, since I gave birth at home and they don't know what to put in the information for me. I swear, you would think I'm the only woman to ever have given birth at home and walked into their hospital.
I'm going to talk to the Procurator for the Patient tomorrow. I talked to my chiro (who gave birth at home) and said this was all total bs and recommended me her lawyer if I didn't find one myself. I hope the procurator can help. I want my baby home, the way I planned to. I miss her so bad. :cry
Thanks for reading and letting me get this off my chest. Any suggestions would be nice, and hugs are greatly appreciated.