I have wanted to document this pregnancy as much as possible, so here I go writing about my experience a few days ago. On Saturday the 6th I noticed I was peeing A TON, enough to make me mention it to my brother and to Jesse. I just thought that it was part of this pregnancy thing. I was also drinking a bit of water that day, trying to stay hydrated. When I was peeing I noticed a bit of burning, but again just thought it was because I had to pee really bad.
That night I was SO tired so I got into bed around 8:30pm. And from 8:30 to 1:00am I probably got up to pee 7 times. By 1:00am I had this tingly sensation that would NOT stop and I felt like I had to pee immediately after I went. I had it all night but by 1 it was way more intense that I couldn't sleep through it. So after about 30-45 minutes of pacing my house and trying to get this sensation out of my system I finally woke Jesse up because I couldn't sleep and it was driving me crazy.
I HATE waking Jesse up and I'm not exactly sure why I did.. I never do. But I am glad I did. I told him what was going on and he immediately said "I'm going to call labor and delivery to see if they know whats going on." I said a harsh NO, its not that serious, its just annoying. So I go downstairs and get some water and a little snack and at that point I started pacing in the kitchen because my back started to hurt. Right under my rib cage. (side note.. at our a class a few days before they told us back pain was part of labor) So Jesse insisted that he should call and I let him. I just told him I didn't want to talk.
Once he got on the phone my back pain intensified, but I did NOT think at all I was in labor. I didn't know what was happening though. The nurse wanted to talk to me so I told her all my symptoms and she told me to come in because it could be a kidney infection. She said to take our time though because we could be there a while. Since it was 3:00am she said to take a nap or something. I told her I couldn't really sleep through this because I was so uncomfortable, but I'll try.
So I got into bed and tried to lay down a bit and for 30 minutes I just didn't feel right and I felt like we needed to go right then.
The moment we got in the car the pain in my back skyrocketed. As we drove to the hospital, I felt like we were getting a taste for what labor would be like and what the drive might be like to the hospital. But like I said a few days before, we had our hospital tour so we knew just where to go...what a blessing! We would have not known where to go and with how much pain I was in, I don't think I could have handled trying to find out where to go too. But that 20 minute car ride was intense.. I tried breathing through the pain and moving around but it just kept getting worse and worse.
We arrived at the hospital and I could hardly wait to get out of the cramped car as I thought walking would help the pain. But getting out of the car, I could barely walk. However I am very embarrased of making a scene so I walked with Jesse into the hospital even though he wanted to drop me off in front. We checked in and the whole time I am pacing, sitting, standing and breathing. I was MISERABLE. She told me to get her a urine sample and I honestly don't even remember doing it all I remember was being happy to empty my bladder.
They brought me to a room to change and get in a bed and I immediatley started vomiting. The nrse asked me a series of questions that I don't remember at all. I just kept saying I don't feel good and at this point the pain wrapped all the way around to my right side and groin. I kept saying I have to pee, they finally let me go and I think I was in there for 10 minutes because the toilet felt slightly better than the bed.
Once I came back Jesse was in there and all I remember was wimpering like a little girl and everything was a bit hazy. At one point I was on all fours on the bed hoping it would relieve some pain, but it didnt. They examined me and ruled out pre-term labor, labor, infection and were just waiting to take my blood at that point but EVERY single nurse or doctor that came in said, "it's kidney stones." One of the only things I remember them saying was that kidney stones are worse than labor and that I would handle labor like a champ. I remember thinking WTF!? I don't care. But I honestly couldn't even talk or respond because the pain was so excrutiating.
I finally mustered up enough energy to say can you give me something for the pain? And they said yes we ned to get your blood and give you anti nausea meds before to stop you from throwing up too much. I never ask for anything because I always feel like an inconvenience and I also don't ever want to take any pain meds while pregnant, but this.. this was unreal. They finally took my blood and gave me the anti nausea medication. Once that was in, they gave me some pain medication and I felt immediate relief.
They waited for blood work to come back and I tried to rest a little bit. The blood work came back clean except for a high white blood count and they said they've pretty much ruled out anything else. And that if I was feeling ok to just let the stone pass at home. And at that point I felt the pain coming back and nauseated. Since it happened so fast they wanted to admit me. As they moved me to the room where they were admitting me I started my vomiting episode again and wasn't even embarrased. I was so out of it.
From then on the baby was monitered all day, which was the hi light of the day. It was so comforting hearing our little one. The nurse kept saying our baby was so active and kept moving away from the monitering device that was strapped to my belly. She was like you've got a bouncy baby! Our baby is such a trouper and such a good/strong baby.
They wheeled me to get an ultrasound of my kidneys and bladder to see if they could see anything. And they found that no urine was able to pass through my right kidney. Which basically means it was blocked by the stone. :(
I have basically been pain free since then, with a few exceptions. I mostly have just been so tired, pain takes a lot out of you. I can't imagine delivery pain and then no sleep after because of a newborn baby. But we'll cross that bridge when we get there. After being monitered all day and making sure I was peeing again(I got dehydrated) we were able to go home and go to bed.
Poor Jesse had worked all day saturday and gone to bed around midnight, just to be woken up less than 2 hours later. And then he had work on monday. He didn't leave my side all day except just to fill out some paperwork. He didn't eat pretty much all day because he was so worried. Although it was an awful experience physically for me, I can't imagine how crappy emotionally it is to see your spouse suffer like that. :( We were out by about 6pm that evening and were so happy to be able to leave.
That is my story.. super long and detailed, I know. I just want to remember everything and I literally have the worst memory. Love you Jesse and baby M, you two are so special.
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