my 22 week update! (cross post-pg ment)

January 4, 2006

Hi everybody! I usually post on the cafe, but try to keep tabs

here, too, when I can. Thought I'd share the latest chapter for

those who are interested! (, you'll be sorry that you asked

about me!) I've had quite a week.

I posted an update on the other board...I'm too pooped to write a

new post, so here is what I shared:

After the whole bleeding/pain incident on Monday, things just kept

getting worse. All day Tuesday, I had pretty intense cramping, back

pain, and continued spotting (but only on the TP when I'd wipe.) By

5pm, it was too much to take. I was having unbelievably severe back

pain...I couldn't even lift my leg enough to put my shoes on. So,

DH basically dressed me, put me in the car, and took me back to the

hospital. They did a cath. to take a urine sample...which clearly

had blood clots floating all through it. (I guess the good news is

that I wasn't having vag bleeding!!) Turns out that I had kidney

stones! KIDNEY STONES for Pete's sake! One of my preggo books says

that they occur in one out of every 1,500 pregnancies, so with those

odds and my track record, I should have seen this one coming!!

Holy cow...all I can say is thank goodness for morphene! Those who

compare passing a kidney stone to labor have a pretty good point-it

was definitely comparable. My OB kept me for 24 hours to flush my

system with fluids, keep my pain under control, and keep tabs on

me. Of course, the old UU couldn't handle sharing the limelight

with my kidneys, so it had to start contracting, too. Fortunately

the terb was sufficient this time-I don't think that I would have

survived mag at that point!

Luckily the ordeal was relatively short lived. I'd been unknowingly

dealing with all of this for about a week, so a lot of it happened

on its own. I think that by the time I got to the hospital, the

stones were already in the ureter b/c my pain was kind of low.

Fortunately, I was able to pass them throughout the night and come

home today (feeling pretty weary and beat up, none-the-less!) I'm

still on pain meds, but am feeling much better. We're still just

shaking our heads!

What luck, huh!! Don't think that I should waste any money playing

the lottery, though!

Sheesh!

22 weeks today

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