I woke up, still feeling run down with a cold and exhausted after another very restless sleep. I was pretty hungry so I went to the kitchen thinking some cereal sounded good. Turns out it was a bad idea. Shortly after eating my bowl of cereal, I had some very intense abdominal pains and was feeling a little nauseous. This was a new feeling since I never got sick during pregnancy until now. I threw up for the first time after what seemed like forever (maybe 15 minutes) of pain and discomfort. I did not feel much better and was just not able to get comfortable. I had heated up a ton but now was freezing.
For some more time, I was just writhing around on the floor, trying to get comfortable but the pain was just so unbearable. Meanwhile, Katara had been kind of in and out of the bathroom and each time she'd come back in, her tail would be super bushy-obviously she knew something was wrong. I ended up throwing up again and finally got a hold of a nurse in my doctor's office. She suggested I go to labor and delivery just to be safe.
By now, about an hour or so after all this started, I was feeling a little better. I started feeling bad because Brett was already on his way home and now I was feeling better and maybe this was just a one time thing. We still went to the hospital and checked in. About 10 minutes or so after I had changed into my robe, I started feeling awful again-more pain and more throwing up. So fun.
I am hooked up to a monitor to keep track of Finn's heartbeat and to see if I was having contractions. Finn is all good and I may have had some contractions but probably just due to my stomach affecting my uterus. I am now hooked up to an IV and they also took some blood for a few tests. I have been feeling pretty well for a couple hours and Brett went back to work. I'm just hanging out having some jello and saltines (I was starving) and just waiting on my results.
Needless to say, this was pretty scary, mostly the pain and nausea but I'm so glad we came to the hospital. Kind of bummed we are not coming back with a baby but I guess this is a good practice run?!
Ok-update from about an hour and a half ago: all bloodwork looks great, I am getting a prescription for nausea and just need to make sure I'm hydrated. The baby is not affected and luckily it wasn't anything crazy-definitely glad we came in. AND we get our mattress today so that's a nice little reward after this fiasco! And thanks to Laura for picking me up at the hospital :-)
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| Changing into this robe made it really hard not to get our hopes up that Finn was coming! |
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| Smiling because I feel alright at this point. |
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| Nope, not feeling so great now. |
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| Resting and watching Finn's happy little heartbeats while I await my IV. |
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| After my IV is in, I try to keep down some snacks. Oh and those are my barf bags-just in case :) |
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