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I am so depressed. I had my first prenatal appointment today.
Backing up a bit, a good friend recommended the midwives I am seeing. There are two midwives there, Louise and Pam, and my friend recommended Louise in particular. When I interviewed them in March, I only got to meet Pam. She was okay, but there were a couple minor things she said that sort of rubbed me wrong. So I specifically made my appointment today with Louise b/c I *really* want to meet her. I was very anxious to meet Louise and have my blood work FINISHED, the two main goals of my appointment today. AND NEITHER ONE HAPPENED.
When I got there, it turned out that Louise had left just 5 minutes before I got there b/c she had been up for 24 hours for a birth. Understandable, but very disappointing. Pam is on vacation this week, but there was another midwife there named Jessie. I had brought my HypnoBirthing relaxation CD along to listen to during the blood draw (HUGE fear of mine) to help keep me calm. So I start listening to my relaxation CD, Jessie sticks the needle in me, my heart is beating out of my chest, after a few seconds the needle comes out and I look at her. She missed my vein and right away she said she wasn't going to try again. (I assume she knew it was quite possible that she'd miss again.) I am so upset!!! I'm not upset with her, she was very kind, it's just an upsetting situation for me. Honestly, no one has *ever* missed my vein before b/c I make it quite clear from the get-go that I need someone to do it who knows exactly what they're doing. There was no one else there to do it though. SO NOW I HAVE TO GO BACK AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. All day yesterday I felt queasy thinking about it and I had trouble sleeping. I just can't believe I have to do it AGAIN and DH will have to take off of work to come with me again.
Thinking about it now, I am feeling a little angry that Louise left right before my appointment. It just doesn't give me a good first impression and it is a huge waste of my time and energy to have to go back and do it all again. I am feeling so upset, I just really wanted the blood work to be over today.
Backing up a bit, a good friend recommended the midwives I am seeing. There are two midwives there, Louise and Pam, and my friend recommended Louise in particular. When I interviewed them in March, I only got to meet Pam. She was okay, but there were a couple minor things she said that sort of rubbed me wrong. So I specifically made my appointment today with Louise b/c I *really* want to meet her. I was very anxious to meet Louise and have my blood work FINISHED, the two main goals of my appointment today. AND NEITHER ONE HAPPENED.
When I got there, it turned out that Louise had left just 5 minutes before I got there b/c she had been up for 24 hours for a birth. Understandable, but very disappointing. Pam is on vacation this week, but there was another midwife there named Jessie. I had brought my HypnoBirthing relaxation CD along to listen to during the blood draw (HUGE fear of mine) to help keep me calm. So I start listening to my relaxation CD, Jessie sticks the needle in me, my heart is beating out of my chest, after a few seconds the needle comes out and I look at her. She missed my vein and right away she said she wasn't going to try again. (I assume she knew it was quite possible that she'd miss again.) I am so upset!!! I'm not upset with her, she was very kind, it's just an upsetting situation for me. Honestly, no one has *ever* missed my vein before b/c I make it quite clear from the get-go that I need someone to do it who knows exactly what they're doing. There was no one else there to do it though. SO NOW I HAVE TO GO BACK AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. All day yesterday I felt queasy thinking about it and I had trouble sleeping. I just can't believe I have to do it AGAIN and DH will have to take off of work to come with me again.
Thinking about it now, I am feeling a little angry that Louise left right before my appointment. It just doesn't give me a good first impression and it is a huge waste of my time and energy to have to go back and do it all again. I am feeling so upset, I just really wanted the blood work to be over today.
