This horrible week started last Saturday night. I woke up around 1:30 with an intense pain in my back. It was kinda low and on my right side. I got up, went the bathroom, took some tums for my heartburn and went back to bed. I got up 2 more times because of the great discomfort I was in, then I finally fell asleep. I woke up again at 3:30 with the same thing, no matter which way I laid, I just couldn’t get away from the pain, repeat all the above steps: potty, tums, eventually fall back asleep. Wake up again at 5, really getting tired at this point, repeat all tossing/turning, potty, tums, but sleep never came this time. It was time to get up and get ready for church. I tell Gabe that I am going to stay home and he can take the kids. I don’t know what is wrong with me but I was just in so much pain.
After church we eat lunch and I get sick, so I call my Dr. He says the pain is probably caused by how the baby is laying, put a heating pad on my back and call him in the morning if it’s not better. I ask if it could be anything other than the baby and he says “well it could be your kidneys, gal bladder or back labor, but I don’t think it’s any of those”
OK… whatever, so I try the heating pad, have our family day and try to ignore the intense pain. That night, I woke up around 12ish with no pain at all!! By morning, it’s like I never had any pain at all. All day I am fine so I don’t bother my doctor.
Monday night, (again in the middle of the night) it starts back up. I call the doctor Tuesday morning, he has me come in. I go in, and he says it could be my gal bladder, due to location and intensity of the pain but he really thinks it just in a bind, keep using the heating pad (that doesn’t really help) and I could go see a chiropractor. So I go home. I look symptoms of gal bladder problems:
Symptoms of Gallbladder Disease
* steady, severe pain in the upper abdomen that increases rapidly and lasts from 30 minutes to * several hours
* pain in the back between the shoulder blades
* pain under the right shoulder
* nausea or vomiting
* abdominal bloating
* recurring intolerance of fatty foods
* colicb
* belching
* gas
* indigestion
I have 9 out of 10 of these.
Wednesday – no pain until I am on my way to take the kids for annual exams at 2:00.
We get home around 3ish and I get sick, I can’t keep anything down. This last all night, Wednesday night was the longest night ever. I couldn’t even keep down a glass of water and then I start running a low fever.
I call my doctor Thursday morning, I am really getting worried at this point. They tell me there is a virus going around and call in a prescription for Finagrin to help with my nausea and Tylenol 3 to help with the back pain. They tell me my OB is out of the office until Monday. Yay, what fun. I call Dr. Fletcher (he is my family doctor) and ask if he could see me. I explain my symptoms and tell him that I don’t think it’s the baby causing my pain and discomfort so he agrees to see me. I go in to him, answer a bunch of questions, show him where I am feeling the pain, and he tells me that he thinks it’s my gal bladder! So he sends me over to hospital for an ultrasound and blood work. When he gets the results of the ultrasound back, he calls to let me know that it came back with no stones, but he still thinks that is what is wrong with me. If I had passed the stone, then my gal bladder would show up clean. He said he would let me know the results of the blood work when he gets them on Monday. He told me to take the Finagrin so I can keep foods and fluids down. If I start running a fever, can’t keep fluids down or start having pains that don’t go away, I am to into ER immediately.
So that is where I am now. Dr. Fletcher said he has another test he can do that will show him how my gal bladder is working but he won’t do it while I am pregnant.
I have another Dr. appt Monday afternoon, I am hoping they will be able to give me good news. Through this all the baby is doing fine. She has a good, strong heartbeat and is moving around. I am now 36 weeks so it is safe for her to be born at anytime.
Well my meds are really kicking in right now so I am going to go lay down before I pass out in my chair.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
Family Day
Yesterday was so beautiful! I just loved the weather!!
I am not a winter person at all, it is very depressing. Everything is dead and gray…bleh.
But spring – fall, now those are wonderful seasons, mostly fall! But anyways, yesterday was perfect weather for me!We took the kids over to Larry and Heidi’s house after church and flew kites. They had such fun! Sorsha even got to fly a kite.
Gabe took the kids for a ride on his new motorcycle up and down the driveway (I wouldn’t let them go on the road :) Sorsha did not get to join the fun on that one :)
Mom and Dad and all their kids were there, along with Lesley, Jenny, Charlene and West. Ben and Jada also came. Ben took the kids for rides on his 4-wheeler. It was great to be outside watching the kids have so much fun. I love my big family!!
Mom and I have come up with some cheap, fun, family days that we can do on the weekends. I am really looking forward to them. I love being outside with my family, enjoying the weather and just being together!!
Next time there will be pics of our family day! There was so many times yesterday I wished I brought my camera :(
I am not a winter person at all, it is very depressing. Everything is dead and gray…bleh.
But spring – fall, now those are wonderful seasons, mostly fall! But anyways, yesterday was perfect weather for me!We took the kids over to Larry and Heidi’s house after church and flew kites. They had such fun! Sorsha even got to fly a kite.
Gabe took the kids for a ride on his new motorcycle up and down the driveway (I wouldn’t let them go on the road :) Sorsha did not get to join the fun on that one :)
Mom and Dad and all their kids were there, along with Lesley, Jenny, Charlene and West. Ben and Jada also came. Ben took the kids for rides on his 4-wheeler. It was great to be outside watching the kids have so much fun. I love my big family!!
Mom and I have come up with some cheap, fun, family days that we can do on the weekends. I am really looking forward to them. I love being outside with my family, enjoying the weather and just being together!!
Next time there will be pics of our family day! There was so many times yesterday I wished I brought my camera :(
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Baby Blog - 34 Weeks
Week 34…it just seems to go on forever. I went to the doctor yesterday for my 34-week checkup. The baby’s heartbeat is strong and all seems to be going well for her :)
The doctor is going to induce me around April 16th. My due date is April 27th so it will be about 10 days early. I just have 4 more weeks to go. If I go into labor before that, he isn’t going to do anything to stop it. Is it bad to hope that I go before that??
This month was supposed to be a major growth spurt time for the baby but she didn’t grow much at all. He said I will probably be having another 6lb baby at the end…yay for me!!
Well that is all the baby news I have for now. Hanging in there, one day at a time!
The doctor is going to induce me around April 16th. My due date is April 27th so it will be about 10 days early. I just have 4 more weeks to go. If I go into labor before that, he isn’t going to do anything to stop it. Is it bad to hope that I go before that??
This month was supposed to be a major growth spurt time for the baby but she didn’t grow much at all. He said I will probably be having another 6lb baby at the end…yay for me!!
Well that is all the baby news I have for now. Hanging in there, one day at a time!
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
What A Day!!
Yesterday turned out to be a crazy day.
It started off with plans of going to lunch with my friend, going to my Dr appt., and possibly doing a little shopping afterwards.
But nothing happened like it was supposed to.
Gabe stayed home sick with pains in his right side. He woke up Sunday with them and they hadn’t let up at all. Around 9ish I call and schedule a dr. appt for him, (can’t have him dying on me now :)
I leave alittle before 12 to meet Christine for lunch, and the van dies. I have to pull off the side of the road and call Gabe. He says he thinks it’s the battery and he will go by one and bring it out to me. I call Christine to let her know that I will be running late, but I still have hopes of being able to have lunch with her. Gabe arrives with the battery; we (and of course I mean “he”) hook it up and start the van. The battery light still comes on and then we know it’s the alternator…DOH! So we have to drive back to Auto Zone and buy the alternator. I call Christine to let her know I won’t be able to make it for lunch :( The van won’t be up and running in time for my appointment, so I call Dana and see if she wants to take me to the doctor.
Do you ever get the feeling that maybe we just aren’t meant to have a vehicle?? I pass out and total my car, Gabe’s little bug burst into flames and as soon as we get the title on the van, it dies!!The van is now up and running, hopefully it will stay that way :)
It started off with plans of going to lunch with my friend, going to my Dr appt., and possibly doing a little shopping afterwards.
But nothing happened like it was supposed to.
Gabe stayed home sick with pains in his right side. He woke up Sunday with them and they hadn’t let up at all. Around 9ish I call and schedule a dr. appt for him, (can’t have him dying on me now :)
I leave alittle before 12 to meet Christine for lunch, and the van dies. I have to pull off the side of the road and call Gabe. He says he thinks it’s the battery and he will go by one and bring it out to me. I call Christine to let her know that I will be running late, but I still have hopes of being able to have lunch with her. Gabe arrives with the battery; we (and of course I mean “he”) hook it up and start the van. The battery light still comes on and then we know it’s the alternator…DOH! So we have to drive back to Auto Zone and buy the alternator. I call Christine to let her know I won’t be able to make it for lunch :( The van won’t be up and running in time for my appointment, so I call Dana and see if she wants to take me to the doctor.
Do you ever get the feeling that maybe we just aren’t meant to have a vehicle?? I pass out and total my car, Gabe’s little bug burst into flames and as soon as we get the title on the van, it dies!!The van is now up and running, hopefully it will stay that way :)
Baby Blog
Yesterday was my doctor appt. The baby still has a strong heartbeat and is growing well. I am running out of room (I didn’t need a dr. to tell me that but he did :) What happens when you run out of room?? She is almost in my breastbone, she about 2 more inches. She is so cramped that when she moves sometimes she gets stuck. My doctor said my weight gain is good. I lost 1lb. What the flip?!? How can I be losing weight?? I am huge and the baby gets bigger everyday, but somehow I am losing weight. I don’t understand how that is possible. Dr. Reid said I might be getting a small baby after all, which is good news for me :) Anakin and Stasia are very excited and ask me every day when the baby is going to come out. Anakin swears my belly can’t get any bigger so he knows that it is time for her to come out. Stasia can’t wait to help out with another baby around the house. Sorsha has no clue what is about to her happen in her world. It will be so hard for me to be away from them while I am in the hospital. I try not to think about it because it makes me sad. Well that’s about all the baby news I have for now.
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