- Sunday I started having what I thought were false labor pains and some contractions. The pain got worse through the night.
- Monday morning I saw my midwife. She determined that the pain was separate from the contractions and suspected a GI parasite.
- Felt good Monday evening. The three of us went out to dinner for MJ's birthday.
- Early Tuesday morning, the pain was unbearable, and I drove myself to the ER. (note: I went to a close hospital, not where I'm delivering, so I was handled by on call docs. My midwife and OB are miffed b/c I didn't call them at home :))
- The ER wanted nothing to do with me, of course, and sent me to Labor and Delivery.
- I was hooked up to fetal monitoring. I continued to have steady contractions, but not labor. Blood in my urine and elevated white blood cell count let to diagnosis #2, UTI/Kidney infection.
- Got some IV fluids and antibiotics, left feeling a bit better.
- Felt GREAT Tuesday afternoon, and finally slept a bit Tuesday night.
- Wednesday afternoon, pain was back. Called midwife, who called other hospital for extended test/culture results. Turns out there was no bacteria in my culture, so I was treating an infection that didn't exist.
- Midwife has me come to L&D at her hospital, calls in OB to see me as well.
- Doc determines that the only possible thing left that would explain my symptoms and test results (blood in urine w/ no infection) is kidney stones. He orders up a shot of narcotics for pain. Not much else we can do.
Through all this pain and drama, Slim is moving and shaking and passing all of her non-stress tests with flying colors.
2 comments:
Renee, did they check for gall stones. I hear that a lot of women have gall bladder issues with pregnancy and know may who have had to have their gall bladders removed post-pregnancy. I'm glad that you're feeling better!
good grief, this is getting ridiculous. i'm keeping you in my thoughts and prayers...hopefully this has been a relaxing weekend for you!
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