So had to go into hospital this morning. We were told I could go in to support my wife beforehand, but upon arrival, the security guard at the door said nope, no partners allowed. What's more, he said I'm not even allowed in the building and have to wait outside. The wife said that having spoken to staff that I could come up when they've done the scan. Obviously, the NHS being the NHS they were late with the appointment, so she had to sit in the waiting room re-living our visit from a fortnight ago when she was told (also alone) that she had miscarried for an hour, after which she was seen in the exact same room as before. The scan done (to confirm that yep, she really has miscarried rather than the foetus hiding or something), she calls me to say I can come up to sit in on the post-scan consultation.
Security guard was an arse again but get past him and there's a nurse on the door of the unit guarding the entrance. She says "no partners", and in a proper arsey way demands to know what I'm doing there, so I have to explain to her that my wife is inside being told we have definitely lost our baby and it'd be kinda nice if I could be there to support her. Another 30 minutes then waiting in the consultation room on our own before anyone sees us.
So all in all, any progress we'd made in actually coming to terms with this over the past 10 days has gone to [Poor language removed] because the hospital experience was so bloody in-humane. So if you fellas want to piss about, not wearing masks or ignoring social distancing, get-to-[Poor language removed].
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