Had a bad day...may be TMI and too graphic.
I went to work this morning and at about 9.30 I felt something wet and cold 'down there' . Went to the bathroom and my underwear was soaked! I waited a half an hour and went back to the BR and it was still wet, but a little had dried. Went one more time at about 10.30 and it was wet again. Consulted my mommy friend who has a 7 year old and she said to call teh DR. They gave me a 1.00 appt. and at 12.30 I picked up my friend~I was not up for going alone. By the time I got to the DR, I was wet again. Went to the dr and they did a pelvic exam looking for dilation and pH levels. The heartbeat was there at 139/min. They took urine beacuse I complained of a UTI last Monday. He said he felt I may be leaking fluid. Went to Mercy and was admitted as an outpatient. Brian showed up withing a few minutes of me getting there. They did a stress test and could not find the baby's heartbeat. They tried for 15 minutes while I sat in cried. They wouldn't let Brian in until they found it. They called in a sono tech and let Brian in in teh meantime. They used a sono to find it~ Turns out this active little baby was in the head down~like ready to deliver postion~hanging out in my pelvis causing major pain/pressure, which is why I feel like he/she was about to fall out. Once they finally found the heartbeat, I went for a sono. By this time, baby was transverse, lying on it's back across my uterus. Fluid measured normal, but they feel I may have had alot more fluid and a little trickled out. Babies legs are really long though, like mine, and are measuring a week and a day ahead of teh rest of him/her. Next, we went for a contraction monitor and fern test. Fern test is a pelivc exam without the lube~OUCH~where they look at the sample under a microscope for amniotic fluid. They also did another urine test and found protein~I was dehydrating...
The contraction monitor had some issues. Baby had teh hiccups, which was pretty cool because I have felt them before and had NO CLUE what it was! While teh head is in teh pelvis, it felt reaaaaaaaaaally weird, like it was really about to come out. So after teh child finally stopped hiccuping (which was making a few curves on the recorder...), they said my uterus only contracted while teh baby was swimming around in there like a fish. It was all over teh place. So I was not going in to early labor. Just dehydrated and most likely leaking urine from an overactive child knocking in to it every chance it gets. They will be sure in Thursday. If they find a lower level...bedrest for a few weeks for me. They tried to get me to take off for two weeks, but I just can't. I will if I have to after Thursday's results. So, I had a really bad day. They were goign to keep me with IV, but my doctor said to go home, rest and drink atleast one glass an hour. I haven;t had almost any salt since last Monday because of swelling, but I know that your body needs salt for hydration so I had something salty as soon as I got out though. I need sleep though. So, It was not a great day...
The contraction monitor had some issues. Baby had teh hiccups, which was pretty cool because I have felt them before and had NO CLUE what it was! While teh head is in teh pelvis, it felt reaaaaaaaaaally weird, like it was really about to come out. So after teh child finally stopped hiccuping (which was making a few curves on the recorder...), they said my uterus only contracted while teh baby was swimming around in there like a fish. It was all over teh place. So I was not going in to early labor. Just dehydrated and most likely leaking urine from an overactive child knocking in to it every chance it gets. They will be sure in Thursday. If they find a lower level...bedrest for a few weeks for me. They tried to get me to take off for two weeks, but I just can't. I will if I have to after Thursday's results. So, I had a really bad day. They were goign to keep me with IV, but my doctor said to go home, rest and drink atleast one glass an hour. I haven;t had almost any salt since last Monday because of swelling, but I know that your body needs salt for hydration so I had something salty as soon as I got out though. I need sleep though. So, It was not a great day...
