I went in for my first appointment (at 10 weeks and only with a nurse) having lost 13 lbs in 2 weeks from nausea and vomitting. I had not drank water in three days, or had anything else by mouth because I was so ill from ""morning sickness"". I had been to the Emergency Department twice for dehydration and had received numerous liters of fluid. At my first appointment, the nurse who did my interview was very nice and asked the physician (who I never saw) if she could give me a stronger anti-nausea pill, zofran commonly used for morning sickness. I had been taking phenergan, but its side effects include severe drowsiness and it was obviously not working (with the weight loss continuing). About 15 minutes later another nurse came in who was either attempting to deceive me for some unknown reason or who had no idea what she was talking about. She told me that zofran would make me just as drowsy as the phenergan and would have all the same side effects. This nurse obviously did not know I am an emergency room nurse with my Masters degree and give zofran CONSTANTLY to my patients and that I was fully aware the zofran does NOT cause drowsiness (especially drowsiness like phenergan causes). Then, when she gave me the prescription after having to convince her I needed it she proceeded to tell me ""zofran is as old as the hills, we have been using it forever and ever""....well...zofran is a relatively new drug on the market, so this was another blatantly ignorant statement. \r
I am not sure if this nurse was just ridiculously uneducated in her field or just trying to coerce me out of taking a medication I desperately needed but either way it is completely unacceptable and has made me very concerned about delivering with this group. I was told to make a follow up appointment for the next week but they couldn't get me in for another three weeks...pushing me into my second trimester before I even SEE a physician for the first time. In that next week I lost another 7 lbs but was finally able to start drinking water ONLY because of the zofran.
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