We've had a pretty rough week!
Saturday morning I woke up with terrible pain in my back. I figured I had just slept weird and that it would go away but as the day progressed it got terribly worse. I had my baby shower that morning and didn't want to miss it so I put on a brave face, popped some tylenol and allowed the good company and delicious chocolate fountain to distract me. By the end of my shower though I was in some really extreme pain and my friends had to help me carry myself and my belongings down to my car. Still thinking I must've just pulled a muscle or something I kept trying the home remedies to relieve the pain. When nothing put a dent in my pain I finally freaked out and thought maybe I was in labor.
We took Owen to a friends and headed to the hospital. Once there we were told I had a lot of blood in my urine (TMI?) and that my kidneys were inflammed from a severe UTI. I was really surprised since I hadn't felt any symptoms besides the back pain. Worse still the problems with my kidneys were causing contractions every 3 minutes. They pumped me full of fluids and antibiotics but my contractions still weren't stopping. At this point I just wanted to be out of pain and in my own bed. Reluctantly they gave me a shot of pain medicine that was supposed to knock me out for the night and allowed me to go home even though they were sure I'd just be back. Sure enough I woke up 4 hours later in extreme pain. Not wanting to go back to the hospital I spent the night crying and trying different yoga positions.
We ended up back in the hospital Sunday night with the same story. I was sent home with pain medication again but a few hours later was in pain.
Monday we finally found out that it was NOT a UTI and spent the entire day at the hospital to finally figure out I had kidney stones! I was shocked! I had never had them before and couldn't believe I was lucky enough to get them while pregnant. Luckily, the tests showed that they were in the process of passing so they allowed me to go home instead of keeping me in the hospital for 3 days. I'm home now with some pretty good pain meds and hoping that they pass soon. Tim and a friend of ours gave me a blessing and since then I've been doing so much better.
I had an appointment with my OB the next day and was given an "order," to take it easy since my contractions are still 3 minutes apart (they are pretty small at this point) and they are actually started to dialate me. At 35 weeks I'm 1 cm dialated and thinning out pretty quickly. I'm doing my best to "take it easy," but it's really difficult. I have so much to do and a 30 lb son! Taking it easy is something that isn't easy at all! For now she seems pretty well settled in there and hopefully decides to stick around for another few weeks. :-)
with Owen I was desperate for an induction by this point but with June I feel amazingly calm. I haven't even packed a bag or put her carseat in the car! She has just been a lot easier to carry and I'm feeling pretty zen. I am getting uncomfortable but I'm very okay with her staying put for awhile. We'll see how long that feeling lasts. :-)
