had to phone the midwife back

To add insult to injury, I had to phone the midwife back today, otherwise I was going to lose my spot (on the chance that this does end up ok), since they've already got a long waiting list. I had to struggle not to cry throughout the call, as I was trying to explain to her why I can't know yet if this is or isn't a chemical. So she said she recommended that I become a patient, anyway, because if I called back later to say that things were ok, I'd be at the bottom of the waiting list. Made sense, so I agreed.