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Feel so dumb

Wicked4589Wicked4589 member
in January 2016 Moms
Yesterday I woke up with really bad stomach soreness. I took a shower, ate some oatmeal and laid back down. After about a half hour I started having stomach cramping and pains in my lower back. I've had many surgeries and procedures over the years and this has by far been the scariest pain I've ever had. Baby was very active and no spotting thankfully. I called my doc and she told me to go to the hospital because it sounds like it could be preterm labor.

Went in and after all the tests they come back with a diagnosis of gas. He said he thinks it is an early onset of sickness too but that I have gas and told me to take gas drops. Seriously?? I was in such extreme pain there that I started shaking and couldn't speak. Tears were just flowing and wouldn't stop. I'm not a wuss to pain either.

My OB told me to get rid of the gas drops and to take gas x. I've taken them every 4 hours since being released along with using a heating pad and drinking hot liquids. Feeling much better today. Still tenderness in my lower abdomin but I can actually walk today. Yesterday it was horrid to walk.

I feel like a complete idiot. It was terrifying to have such extreme pain but now I just feel like an idiot for it being gas. Last week at birthing class we watched a birth and our instructor was teaching us all these different moves to help with the pain. I left there thinking I was going to go as long as possible without an epi because I want to experience childbirth. I have always had a high tolerance for pain so maybe I could do this. Now I feel like a complete moron and that I won't be able to handle even the first contraction. :(

Just feeling majorly down on myself. I did throw up last night a few times and started feeling better afterward. But the stomach cramps have mostly subsided. Just tender now.
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  • sarahbeara25sarahbeara25 member
    Ya... gas sucks :( I've been getting it pretty bad lately. But not to that extent. I totally would have gone in too, better safe than sorry and in a couple years this will be one of those awesome stories that you think is hilarious. I'm glad you got checked out :D

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  • makeshifwingsmakeshifwings member
    The first few weeks of my pregnancy I thought I was going to die from gas cramps. I've never felt anything so painful in my life. So don't feel too bad! It's a really awful thing to go through!
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  • kfreeman2008kfreeman2008 member
    Don't feel dumb....at all. I'm basically immobile today from constipation. My gas is super painful and I have chronic kidney stones that are super painful. I've convinced myself I was going into labor last night (31 weeks with twin so not too crazy of a thought). Woke up this morning and couldn't get out of bed without help. And then I finally went to the bathroom.

    I'm dumb and a whimp. I've been through this before and still thought I was going into preterm labor (I did twice before they induced me with my son).
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  • Kelley421Kelley421 member
    Yes! I get this terrible abdominal pain and think oh no! Is it a contraction? It's gas... Everything is so much worse and exacerbated in pregnancy!
    Better to be safe than sorry. I've been to L&D twice now, once with dehydration ( ER wouldn't see me) and the other time was absolutely
    NOTHING wrong. I thought the back pain and cramps were maybe PTL or UTI...nothing, just normal pregnancy pain.
    Better safe than sorry.

    Two years, two losses and three IUIs...

    We are having TRIPLETS!

    EDD 1/26/16

     GGB born November 2015!


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  • failuretoflyfailuretofly member
    I agree with PPs. Gas pains are a lot worse in pregnancy because our bowels arent working properly due to being totally squished almost beyond recognition, there is limited space in there so even a small amount of gas feels awful! Glad everything is ok!
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  • cawalpcawalp member
    Never feel bad about being safe just in case. Doctor's would rather you come in and them tell you it's nothing than wait and it be really serious.
    I had a massage the other day and ended up with some really severe sharp chest pains and all my reading led me to a blood clot that the massage broke loose. I went to the ER at 1 am and they told me it was heartburn. I almost cried from embarrassment but the pain was really really bad and the doctor said she'd rather see me today and send me home than tomorrow and it be really bad.
    You are just taking care of yourself and the baby! Plus they get paid whether you have gas or are in labor lol.
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  • Wicked4589Wicked4589 member
    Thank you ladies. :) I have felt so embarrassed since yesterday. When people ask me if I'm ok and what was wrong I've been saying early onset of sickness and exhaustion. Which the doc did say. He told me to relax and rest and that I probably have a cold or stomach bug coming on. But have been to embarrassed to say it was partly gas too. I was fine until the stomach cramps started and they felt like strong period cramps. It wasn't a constant pain either. It would come and go every 10 minutes or so. And I guess the way I was sitting the gas couldn't escape so it was making it worse. I can't wait for my next OB apt in a week and a half.
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  • ashhsaashhsa member
    Early on in pregnancy I was googling videos on "how to make yourself fart" because my gas pains were so intense. Haha! I honestly never thought that would be a thing I'd Google!
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  • mg137mg137 member
    How we experience pain is largely mental. Gas, badly stubbed toes, and other normal pains hurt really really bad but, when we know what they are and that they'll pass soon, they aren't scary so we're able to cope with them well. You reasonably thought this could be a problem with your pregnancy so it wasn't a normal pain. It was something scary. That's why it felt so painful and caused so much stress. Labor is the same way-it hurts a lot, but if you are calm and keep reminding yourself that what you're feeling is normal and healthy and temporary and necessary to get your baby out, it will be a much different experience than if you get very anxious and scared or have other negative and fearful emotions. I don't buy the stories from women who say it doesn't hurt at all (I don't think they're lying, maybe just a little nuts or nutty tough) but I certainly think that your state of mind has a HUGE effect on how much pain you experience. The pain you felt with this experience has no bearing on how you'll handle labor.

    Also, now you'll probably have more sympathy when your baby screams inconsolably with gas pains since babies don't know that it's temporary or normal. :)
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  • Wicked4589Wicked4589 member
    That's exactly it. Once I knew what it was, I didn't mind the pain. I mean sure it hurt like heck, but I was much more relaxed. It made it bearable. When they told me baby was fine and I wasn't dialated, I didn't even care what it was. Just as long as he's safe and still cooking in there. I can deal with whatever comes. But him coming too early is my biggest fear.
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  • apinkpelicanapinkpelican member
    That's a funny story for the baby book at least ;)

    Someone suggested this yoga pose to me for gas relief and it's been helpful

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  • Wicked4589Wicked4589 member
    Funny enough, I haven't farted at all. It has all been burping to release the gas. Lol and a lot of it.
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  • MeghaJakeMeghaJake member
    Gas pains are totally different than labor pains! You'll be fine. Labor pains actually give you a break and come in waves. I had gas pains so bad at the beginning of my first pregnancy that my OB was concerned it was an ectopic pregnancy. I couldn't walk the pain was so bad.
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  • Wicked4589Wicked4589 member
    I know I'll be fine, they have mostly gone away as of this morning. And the gas pains were in waves. Cramping in my stomach every 10 min or so then they would subside. That's why I was so scared, the fact that it wasn't just constant. That it came in waves. But now the stomach bug has hit so at least the doc was right that it was early onset of a sickness.
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  • hvwithamhvwitham member
    I had gas pains so bad one time from eating too much maltitol. I thought I was going to die. I've had two drug free deliveries and it was way worse than that, so you might be tougher than you think!
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