Hey Everyone,
I just wanted to update those of you not on facebook who are following the blog. On Wednesday of this week, I started having different symptoms than my normal stretching feeling. My abdomen just started feeling really tight and it hurt to stand all the way up. I ended up calling Mike during the day and he came home to take care of Jonathan because I was struggling. Then that evening, Mike and Jonathan left for church and I started right away having lower back pain/spasms. I decided to call the on call dr. just to ask if it was something I should be worried about. I half expected her to tell me, "you are having triplets - of course your abdomen is tight and your lower back hurts", but instead she told me to come in right away.
So, I called Mike and let him know and then met him at church and we headed to the hospital. Thankfully since I was 22 weeks along, they sent me straight up to the labor and delivery level instead of making me sit through the emergency room.
They discovered that I was dehydrated and may or may not have a bladder infection (should find that out in a few days). The big news came during my sonogram. In the past 5 days since my last sonogram, things had changed significantly and my body was starting the process of preparing for delivery. There was also extra fluid around the boys and that night we saw a resident high risk dr. who told us they might have to do an amneoscentesis (I'm sure I spelled that wrong) to take out some of the fluid.
I stayed overnight so in the morning I could see the real high risk doctors and see what they wanted to do. In the end, the answer was strict bedrest from here on out in the pregnancy. I can get up to use the restroom and for a quick shower every few days, but need to spend as much time weight neutral as possible (not necessarily lying flat, but keeping the weight from pressing down and making them think it is time to come out). I'm really still not far enough along, so every day I can give them will make a difference in their start in life. The doctors never ended up addressing the extra fluid, but they did choose to release me, so I'm assuming at this point that is not high on their concerns.
So, bedrest begins.
2 comments:
I would really suggest you do some research on the amniocentesis. From what I have read it often can result in losing a baby. For me the risk of it isn't worth finding out information that doesn't really hold any bearing for the pregnancy anyway. Take it easy..get rested and we will pray the babies stay put :)
Carrie, we agree. We told them we weren't interested in doing it earlier on because no matter what it discovered, we wouldn't change our behavior. The resident was saying they might do that to relieve some of the fluid, not for testing of any sort. I'm assuming the high risk doctors didn't see it as a problem and that is why they released me without suggesting we do anything about it.
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