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March 2014 Moms
sopranoali
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L&D trip...I'm ok now.
sopranoali
member
I had a BAD migraine, took Tylenol before bed last night but was still up all night with it. Tried saline, hot showers, you name it.
Then I made the mistake of trying to eat some dry Cheerios at 5 am and started throwing up and couldn't stop. Midwife wanted me to come to the hospital. I didn't want to go but Lee made me he said we needed to and in hindsight I'm glad we went.
I was very slowly and gingerly sipping Gatorade on the way there, and as soon as I got there I threw that up, too. Headache continued to get worse.
I really liked the midwife and nurses at the hospital. They were very swift (I had my own room with a bed and private bath in less than 2 minutes) and decisive about what to do. I was there from about 11:30 am - 6 pm.
They gave me 1 liter of IV fluids over the course of my stay, because I had thrown up everything in my system they didn't want to risk dehydration. They also gave me anti-nausea medicine and migraine medicine with my IV. I did not throw up again and rested and slept with all the lights off til about 5:30 pm. They did a urine and blood draw to rule out preeclampsia.
They called in a Rx to target for the nausea and migraine medicine, in case it happens again.
So, a pretty eventful day but I'm glad I went to the hospital and got that liter of fluids and the "good stuff" migraine and nausea medicine. My headache is nearly completely gone and no more nausea. They did have me eat some solid food before leaving and had me wait 30 minutes to make sure it didnt come back up! They monitored the baby the whole time with a heart rate monitor on my belly and said she is fine...but they are glad I elected to come in and get the fluids as soon as my stomach was empty.
I like this hospital and am really comfortable about having the baby there, so that is the silver lining!
Then I made the mistake of trying to eat some dry Cheerios at 5 am and started throwing up and couldn't stop. Midwife wanted me to come to the hospital. I didn't want to go but Lee made me he said we needed to and in hindsight I'm glad we went.
I was very slowly and gingerly sipping Gatorade on the way there, and as soon as I got there I threw that up, too. Headache continued to get worse.
I really liked the midwife and nurses at the hospital. They were very swift (I had my own room with a bed and private bath in less than 2 minutes) and decisive about what to do. I was there from about 11:30 am - 6 pm.
They gave me 1 liter of IV fluids over the course of my stay, because I had thrown up everything in my system they didn't want to risk dehydration. They also gave me anti-nausea medicine and migraine medicine with my IV. I did not throw up again and rested and slept with all the lights off til about 5:30 pm. They did a urine and blood draw to rule out preeclampsia.
They called in a Rx to target for the nausea and migraine medicine, in case it happens again.
So, a pretty eventful day but I'm glad I went to the hospital and got that liter of fluids and the "good stuff" migraine and nausea medicine. My headache is nearly completely gone and no more nausea. They did have me eat some solid food before leaving and had me wait 30 minutes to make sure it didnt come back up! They monitored the baby the whole time with a heart rate monitor on my belly and said she is fine...but they are glad I elected to come in and get the fluids as soon as my stomach was empty.
I like this hospital and am really comfortable about having the baby there, so that is the silver lining!
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