My Scary Story - Warning - (Long)

smileyjenn · August 2010

Warning - here is my story (LONG). I just know how worried everyone is at this stage and don't want to freak anyone else out.

Like I said my appt last Monday seemed normal. I mentioned to the doc that I would on rare occasions have some mild menstural like cramps in my lower abdomen. They were very uncommon and sporatic. She said it was simply the weight of my pregnancy on my abdomen. She wasn't concerend since my stomach wasn't rock hard and they were localized to one place.

Tuesday after lunch I started to have the mild pains again. They would only last a few seconds and weren't frequent. But were occuring more than usual. I also had the most tiny line of blood a couple of times when I wiped. I researched and was beginning to wonder if I had BH or a UTI. Decided if it continued I'd call the doctor. I was at work the whole time and it wasn't stopping my abilitiy to work.

I left work and went for a hair appt. Before I left I had no bleeding and still just some minor pain. 20 minutes later when I got to the hair dresser I went to the restroom and had a huge amount of blood and the pain was more moderate. I called the on-call doc and convinced her something wasn't right. She sent me to L&D. Luckily my DH works right across the street from the hopsital so he met me there.

I checked in at 6PM. They found Amber's heartbeat fairly quickly and that relaxed me. Shortly after I arrived I started having sever contractions (very loud screaming on my part). They would only last seconds but were just minutes apart. They started running tests for UTI and did an U/S. After a little while I got Magnesium Sulfate to slow the contractions. That worked for about 15 mimutes, then the contractions came back with a vengenace.

Shortly there after I was coming down from one major contraction when all of a sudden my water broke. The nurse went to check for dialation and found my baby girl's feet coming out. They rushed me to do the emergecny C-section. I was checked in to the hospital at 6:00 PM and had my girl at 9:34PM. My blood pressure stayed normal the entire time and I had absolutley no other indicators something was going wrong. I only had a couple of contractions that ever involved my entire stomach, they were all located low.

I hope I have not scared anyone but do want to mention that if you have a doubt even small - don't worry about being annoying to the doctor!

Thank you all again for your prayers and support! I will try and keep you all updated. I am going to the hospital now to visit my precious gift!

lemon.sarie · August 2010

Sounds so scary - but glad you and your little girl are doing well..............I will keep you in my thoughts and hope that your little one thrives!

Sarah

Sweetdream415 · August 2010

Thank you so much for sharing your story. I think it is good to hear of others' experiences and you send a good message to not hesitate in addressing a concern no matter how small it may seem. Please take care of yourself and I'll keep you and Amber in my thoughts. Please keep us updated on things.

LW2410 · August 2010

Oh no! I hope little Amber stays strong! Thank you for sharing your story.

JenM9 · August 2010

Thank you for sharing your story with us. I will be thinking about you and Amber and hoping that everything with the both of you gets better. Hang in there momma...and please keep us posted on her progress!

paigeapoe · August 2010

Thank you for telling your story. I know it must have been hard but I think like PP said, that it helps the rest of us know to trust ourselves if we think something is wrong. Please keep us updated on Amber's condition if you can. Many T&P's ur way.

akastephyrey · August 2010

Please keep us posted! T & P's.

GavsMomAlready+Newbie · August 2010

Wow. I'll pray for you and your family. Please let us know how little Amber is and thank you for telling us what happened.

Kat_Bride · August 2010

How scary. Thoughts and prayers for your beautiful baby girl. Hugs.

tiffanyp · August 2010

Wow. Please keep us updated. I will be thinking about you and your little girl and hoping she pulls through. I don't know a lot about very early premies. How long do they generally have to stay in the NICU?

smileyjenn · August 2010

I have a follow up with the doctor tomorrow so I'm hoping they can have some idea by then what happened. They still weren't sure in the hopsital.

Generally Nicu babies are there until their original due date. So I won't be taking here home until sometime in December.

Thank you all again for the support. It's very touching! I hope my story helps!

Sezjj · August 2010

Oh wow, I am in shock. I hope you and your baby are going to be ok. Well done for going with your instincts. Thank you so much for sharing. Sending positive energy your way.

michelle22@cox.net · August 2010

Thank you for sharing your story. I have been having what I consider menstrual cramps off and on for maybe the last week. I was wondering if that's what the BH ones were. Anyhow, I haven't noticed any bleeding or anything that would raise my concern. The cramps have only been very mild and they don't last more than 30 seconds or less, but I appreciate your story and know that if I see anything out of the ordinary I'll definitely be making a phone call... Hope all is well with you and Amber. T & P to you!