Kicked out of the birth centre!!

[tinkerbelle]

Debrief.. debrief..
So I got to 36 weeks with no complications.. but apparently have developed pregnancy induced hypertension.
I had all these dreams and plans of a natural birth at the birth centre, with no medical interference (because Ive been so traumatised by Dr's so many times in my past and get anxiety every time I walk into a hospital or interact with medical staff, and tend to react with very serious complications to most medical drugs and interventions), but now I have no choice but to birth in the hospital!..
Funny how my BP goes up whenever Im in at the hospital, but is relatively stable most of the time at home..
Man this sux..

[onthefly]

That sucks!
So true about your BP - mine's the same. Always lovely and normal at home, but higher if I have it checked at the GP's.
I really do wonder how many women actually get to birth at the BC - they have such a high transfer rate.

[toomanyshoes]

sorry to hear you aren't getting to birth the way you wanted.

[Jaycee]

that really sucks!

[Enchanted]

Oh no, so sorry

One of my gf's gets really bad white coat fever as well. No reason that you still can't have the birth you want, re-jig your birth plan a little to "suit" the hospital situation and go from there.

[Jewel]

That really really sucks. I'm sorry.
Yeah, I'm the same with my BP. My doctor has started taking my BP towards the end of the appt now and that seems to help a bit.

xox

[Jas]

Sorry if this is a silly suggestion and it has already been tried. ds1 I did have high bp ds2 I got white coat so after seeing my bp the midwife would continue with the appt chat to me a bit and then go back and check bp and it would be perfect have they tried doing that?

[meow]

Can you plan a HB? Would be perfect for you... no hospital

[Pandora]

Sorry if this is a silly suggestion and it has already been tried. ds1 I did have high bp ds2 I got white coat so after seeing my bp the midwife would continue with the appt chat to me a bit and then go back and check bp and it would be perfect have they tried doing that?

Thats what they should be doing. put your feet up, wait ten mins and do it again.

[Early Kids]

that sucks

[tinkerbelle]

Thanks for the suggestions gals! Yeh.. it usually does come down after about ten minutes or so to normal and is usually much lower at home, but it will tend to go up and down for the half an hour they have me in there at the monitoring centre- as they usually have me on the monitors for bubs as well, and then something in the environment usually makes it zoom up again, like me stressing that the monitor has slipped off the baby (coz I dont want it on there too long), bubs is not moving quick enough and I want food or drink to get bubs moving but the nurses have deserted me and Im wondering when the hell they are coming back.. or Ive dropped my mobile and cant get in touch with family, or I can hear the other monitors which are too loud and stressing me out.. etc etc
ALWAYS something stresses me in that room! So yeh, it just goes up and down whilst Im in for monitoring!
I had a very strong opinion about only wanting 1-2 ultrasounds at max on bubs for this pregnancy, but because of this situation, I now have to have one every time I go in and I find the whole thing very stressful - and of course, this is when they do the blood pressure profiles, so obviously my BP just tends to fluctuate throughout the whole time Im in there..
The first time they found high BP was during a scan of baby - and ever since I have had to go back in for blood pressure checks at the same time as having scans on the baby.. the very thing that stresses me out!!

[loulabelle]

I'm so sorry this is happening. It must be devastating for you.
I really hope that whatever happens you get the beautiful birth you want, even if it has to be in the hospital. Xxx