Hi everyone,
I’m 19 weeks and had an extremely traumatic incident at work on Friday night. I can’t go into details but I will be needing significant help to process it.
I have not had any pain or bleeding but I am very worried that my baby was under quite a lot of stress for a couple of hours. Should I call my midwife? I have my 20 week scan this coming Thursday and I don’t like to take up their time unnecessarily.. I wondered what everyone else would do?
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I hope you’re alright that’s horrible!
I had a car accident last week and was told to go straight to A & E so my advise would be yes to ring them but also get seen asap! X

I hope you're OK. Either ring traige or just go straight to hospital, always follow your instincts 🤍 hope everything is OK xx

I’m so sorry to hear that, sending lots of love. Don’t ever feel like you’re taking up their time, that’s what they’re here for so if I were you I would definitely go to put your mind at ease! Better to be safe xx

I’m sure baby will be fine, baby was safely inside your tummy afterall. However, it sounds like you need some support and reassurance so I think call triage and/or your midwife asap. They are there to support with your mental health as well as your physical health.

Baby will be fine but it is really important that you now take some time to recover to ensure you don’t put you both under any more stress. Call your GP asap and request some time off work.
I had some trauma at the very start of my pregnancy and ended up taking 6 weeks off until I was ready to return to work. I was also referred to mental health services.
Hope you can recover quickly and get the help you need! Xx

I hope you are getting resources needed to process whatever happened to you! And you are never taking up their time

Sorry to hear that. In my experience you don’t really get to talk about other things in your anatomy scan and it’s also not with your midwife so if you are anxious about the situation contact her anyway ASAP even if it’s just for a chat - she can then let you know if there’s anything she recommends. If you need some mental or physical health time to process what happened take time off in addition to speaking to your midwife. Yours and your baby’s health is more important than work.