I had a pretty big scare today. I thought I was leaking amnioic fluid. I ignored it for a while and continued on with my day and went to work and proceeded with meetings. I finally decided I should at least call my doctor so I called, and left a message and within 5 minutes I received a call back from the nurse saying I needed to immediately go to to the hospital. I'm not a big fan of hospitals and in fact I'm not a huge fan of going to the doctor. I'm a huge baby and I cry when I go to the doctor. I'm not sure if I'm afraid of finding out if something is wrong, or I'm scared about having a baby. I'm not sure what it is. Maybe its just a mixture of hormones.
So I tell my boss whats going on. I felt bad because our department was short a person today. But she was sympathetic and told me I needed to go. I didn't want to go but my doctor said I needed to go.
I drove to the hospital, parked and walked inside. I lost it. I had done pretty well up until this point. But I started to cry. I seriously don't know what it is about hospitals. So I got checked in, which took a little while. I finally noticed that sitting behind the scheduler checking me my doctor! She was there. She came over and asked me what was wrong. Finally I was shown to my room.
I dressed in one of those fun hospital gowns and then I was hooked up to some monitors. One was to hear the baby's heart beat and the second was to monitor contractions (which I totally thought was unnecessary because I didn't think I was having any). The baby's heart beat was good, about 145 bpm. I did find out that I was having contractions. I was given an exam to find out if I was leaking amnoic fluid and during the exam, they found out that I was bleeding.
So they sent samples in for testing. The entire process took about 4 hours. My test results came back negative. I had a shot (very unpleasant) to stop the contractions. They don't know what the bleeding was about. But the nurse got the go ahead and I was discharged from the hospital.
That was my day...it was scary. It was comforting to hear baby Ava's heart beat for four hours. I could hear her move and turn. She didn't really like the belts that held the monitors on my stomach so she squirmed and wiggled and pushed herself out to one side or the other. It was nice to have some bonding time with Ava. Even thought it was at the hospital.
Hey Kelly,
ReplyDeleteI wish I would have known, you could have called me. I would have gone with you to the hospital. I know that it is a lot easier going to the doctor with a friend or loved one when you aren't sure of what is going on and are scared of the possibilities. If you are at work and you need someone to go with you please give me a call, I will go with you. I hope you have a good night. I may not be at work tomorrow, but I will hopefully talk to you some time this week.
Monica