Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : Hi Internet.

I recently found out I'm pregnant, yay! With this comes a barrage of tests and pokes and prods, a nightmare for someone with a severe anxiety, the majority of which is rooted in a phobia of needles \*coughcough\* ME \*coughcough\*. I have to have a blood test, to make sure my blood type and the baby's are compatible. It's routine. Everyone has to do it. Mine was supposed to be today. My anxiety started to get the better of me and I started to have an attack. The nurse trying to draw my blood seemed to get frustrated with me, even shoving the photos of the ultrasound I'd received minutes before in my face. She brought up my tattoo. She brought up the fact that she has a patient that's a four year old with a kidney transplant who does this easily. (That never worked for me; I'm not a four year old, I'm me!). I devolved into a full blown panic attack. The nurse's solution? Bring in another nurse to hold my right arm down. My mother (she comes along to appointments instead of my husband because he's a Marine), told them to stop, which they did.

I've thought about this a lot, and I'm convinced that if I had been held down and they'd continued, I would have hurt not only myself, but I would have lashed out and possibly hurt some poor nurse that didn't ask to deal with my shit today. Am I the asshole for feeling like the nurse wasn't very compassionate or professional? Or am I looking at this all wrong? I'd love to see this situation from an outsider's perspective.

Thanks for listening, Reddit.