I will never forgive the nurse practitioner I saw today.

33 weeks, 1 day along in my second pregnancy. No complications with either pregnancy. I have a normal appointment today. Baby's heart right comes back at 180. She says "Soooo the heart rate is 180, which is high. You need to go to labor and delivery right now to do a stress test, they'll put you on a treadmill. I hope you didn't have any plans." My iPhone is on the fritz so my maps app hardly works, I'm an semi-anxious driver anyway with literally no sense of direction. I sob the entire way to the hospital not knowing if I'm going the right way. Imagining myself having to have a cesarean at 33 weeks and seeing my baby in the NICU, if she even survives. Can't figure out where to park. Completely hysterical. All alone (DH is at home with baby #1). Turn the wrong way down a one way street twice, people are screaming at me, I'm having a panic attack (which not usual for me, I have no issues with PTSD, anxiety, depression, panic attacks etc. thankfully). Finally make it to the valet, walk inside, find a map, find labor and delivery, enter sobbing and apologizing for sobbing. They take me to triage, hook me up to monitors. It's then I am informed that although 180 is high, it's not uncommon and is likely due to the baby being very active when the reading was taken. There is no stress test. They just lay you down and monitor baby's heart rate until it falls down in to the normal range. They tell me to calm down, relax, that this is standard procedure, that I shouldn't worry and baby and I will both be fine. I want to fucking murder that nurse practitioner for putting me through this. Send me to the hospital, yes. But for the love of all that is holy, tell me I'm going to be ok! Tell me my baby will be ok! Explain to me what is going on! And have your fucking information correct. Why would she tell me they're going to put me on a treadmill for a stress test? Is that even a fucking thing? When I get out of this hospital I'm calling the office to give them the story and strongly suggest they use this as a training opportunity to work on bedside manor. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2uQMRRQ