Today 27/11/09 my wife and I get really excited about getting our 18 week scan, and the fact we can get it put on DVD! So after the initial hassle of the hospital that will be taking care of us over the course of the pregnancy saying that they're all booked up for several weeks and recommending we try going to the other medical centre down the road for it. We book it in (care of my wife's mum) and settle in for about a weeks build up of excitement.

We get there, not having been told we need the referal page, and tell them we have the appointment. They ask for the referal page and we reply that we didn't have it with us (considering it was reffered to the hospital, not this centre). The lady calls the records centre and we find that the referal had not been put into my wife's file! So our only two options were hope a doctor at the clinic (which was apparently having a busy morning) could spare some time to look at the medical history and write the referal on face value or go home grab the sheet and come back. After telling us this and me telling them it would take approximately 20mins minimum to go get the sheet, they told us that they wouldn't be able to do the scan today and the next earliest time they had was 2:45pm Monday (at which time I have work!). My wife being upset and angry about the situation, even when I told her I was working on that time snaps "I Dont Care!" and then waits while the appointment card is filled out then promptly storms off leaving
me behind to tell her mum (who had just arrived) what had happened.

I feel bad for not having the forethought to grab the slip "just in case". But I also feel a little angry because my wife knows how much I want to be there for all the ultrasounds, antenatal classes etc. And she blatantly disregarded my emotions just because she was angry. Fair enough we were both looking forward to this, (her apparently more than me) but could it really have killed her to just take a step back and try to work out a time that would allow me to see it as well?