Hospital Transfer

I am currently 31w4d and was admitted at a level 4 high risk unit 4 weeks ago, because I have preeclampsia and I am having twins and twin A has severe IUGR. I’ve been having Dopplers done every 2 days and NSTs 2 times a day. The last few ultrasounds showed twin A had intermittent reversed blood flow but yesterday it went to absent and the docs decided that I would deliver within 24 hours.

I’m in Ottawa, Ontario and this afternoon I was told the two level 4 NICU was full and the other hospitals couldn’t accept my babies if I delivered them as they don’t take preemies before 32- 34 weeks and they don’t want to wait to do my c section. They said they would be transferring me to Kingston which is 2.5-3 hours away from home and we have no support there.

I tried saying no, because we have no support it’s far away from home, but they gave me no choice.

I feel extremely overwhelmed and blindsided by everything that’s happened and am currently being transferred to a new hospital where the MFM team does not know me or my case and I am still expected to deliver tomorrow and then god knows how I am supposed to recover properly once discharged from hospital and be in NiCU all while being in a complete different city.

Has this ever happened to anyone? I’m surprised they didn’t look at moving more stables babies into lower level NICUs before moving us and causing so much distress in an already distressing situation!?!