NOT FUN

We had a great day at the beach yesterday, and Jack and I came home pooped. Daddy brought home a quick dinner and we all went to bed early. It was so nice!

Fast forward to about 3am. I woke up, went to the bathroom as usual, and thought I was going to die. It literally felt like I was peeing out needles. I had a horrible burning sensation in my bladder and I knew immediately that I had a urinary tract and/or bladder infection.

I tossed and turned uncomfortably until Jack woke up. Then I woke Justin up and told him that I either had to go to the urgent care clinic or call my doctor because I was in so much pain. I think he believed me - I was kind of white and nauseous from the pain.

I called the on-call doctor from my OBGYN practice, and she told me that as a precaution, because I was so far along, they wanted me to go into labor and delivery to give a urine sample and for them to check on the baby. She said sometimes women weren't aware they were in labor, and attributed random pains in the lower abdomen to other things (like UTI's.) I was pretty confident I was right in my self-diagnosis, but I went in anyway.

Jack and Justin had a great morning hanging out together getting doughnuts for breakfast,

going to Home Depot and getting flowers and seeds, and working on the garden.

 I spent the morning like this:

The good news was that the baby looked great on the monitor!

They took a urine sample, and off it went to the lab. In the meantime, they monitored my blood pressure, which was sky high. It stayed that way for a good 2 hours as I met with more nurses, saw my doctor, and had a bunch of blood taken. The doctor did this test where she hit my back to check for tenderness, and one side was SUPER tender and sore. Doc assumed this meant the infection had gotten into my kidney, which could have been contributing to my high blood pressure and (possibly) protein in my urine. 

Anyway, they kept preparing me to stay the night if my blood pressure didn't stabilize. They let me settle into the bed and order lunch (side note: this hospital has amazing food, and you order it like take out from a restaurant! I am now very excited about my first meal post-c-section and I can't decide what I will have!) :) I enjoyed a quiet few hours hooked up to every type of monitor, reading my book quietly, and eating a very good meal in peace. Overall it was a pretty sweet morning, even if it was a scary reason to be there.

My blood pressure finally started to fall, and the doctor finally gave me the okay to be discharged around 2:00pm. She is still concerned about the possibility of preeclampsia, so she ordered me to collect ALL of my urine for 24 hours and come back at 10am tomorrow morning to drop it off and for another blood test. While I am very thankful to be home, I have learned two things: 1.) 24-hour "bed rest"with a toddler is darn near impossible and 2.) collecting your urine in a big tub and storing it in your fridge is really gross.

Anyway, I am sure that the results will be fine. I go back tomorrow and then I have another doctor's appointment on Tuesday to be checked again in their office. Mostly, I am super excited to have two doses (and counting) of antibiotics in me and not feel like I am peeing razor blades anymore!