Apparently my local hospital is one of the worst in Victoria with waiting times. The longest wait I've had there was about 12 hours with severe abdominal pain that turned out to be a UTI. I thought I was dying! The quickest I was dealt with was the day Ianto died, and I seriously didn't suspect anything was really wrong :-/ Even then, I waited quite a while up in Maternity before I was seen... I had to wait about four hours when I thought I was miscarrying Amelia, even knowing my history they didn't have anyone check on me.

In contrast, when I went to the Emergency department at the hospital Amelia was born in, I was treated quite quickly and thoroughly. Though I hated being strapped down in actual labour, I was happy to have a one-hour CTG when the machine in Emergency was a little screwy and said she hagan irregular heartbeat (I think it was the combination of her being in an awkward position and me being rather tubby right where the sensor needed to be)

...what were we talking about? I got a bit off track