Well I was right, I didn’t have a bladder infection like I first thought. I unfortunately had a kidney stone. A very painful kidney stone. On Monday morning I woke up and felt horrible and by 5 a.m. I was laying on the floor in my bedroom in severe pain. I was having horrible pain in my back on the right side and it was moving into my abdomen. OF course I wasn’t sure at first what it was so it did scare me with the baby. My husband got me to the local hospital and they gave me pain meds that were ok with pregnancy. They did an u/s and found the kidney stone. Htey also informed us that they couldn’t see anything with the u/s concerning the baby. I told them that I went through IVF and that the eggs had only been in me for 2 weeks. They weren’t listening very well. They did a hcg test with my blood and hte number was 500. Which was right where it was suppose to be. But they kept insisting that ther was no baby. After this I requested that I be transferred to a St. Louis hospital where my specialist was. So they took me by ambulance to that hospital. My specialist told me that the baby was fine and that we weren’t going to see anything until my levels were between 1000 and 2000. She said my hcg level was right where it should be and she wasn’t concerned at all. Thank goodness. But we still had the kidney stone to deal with. There wasn’t much they could so because I was pregnant. They kept overnight on Monday for observation and they sent me home on Tuesday with the kidney stone just at the bottom of my tube before going into my bladder. Luckily I passed it yesterday morning at school and with no pain. I am so glad to be done with this.
We go back Friday for another beta. Im sure its fine because Mondays was great. Im still feeling great. A little trouble with bowels and I am experiencing some pulling and tender feelings in my abdomen. Oh well that just lets me know that something is in there. I’ll post Friday when I hear something. Im just glad the baby is ok. Oh and I got a new teaching job. I found out on Monday while I was in the hospital. I don’t think I can take any more good news, Ha Ha.
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March 13, 2008 at 11:22 pm
kelster5
OMG! You poor thing! You’ve been through the ringer and then some!! You must’ve been so worried! SOOOOO happy it was a kidney stone and the baby is ok! Glad youre feeling better! HUGS!! xoxo What grade are you teaching?
March 14, 2008 at 11:28 am
Sweetpea
Oh, that’s terrible — and good, at the same time. Good that your pregnancy is moving along well, but terrible that you had to suffer through a kidney stone! I know about the stone; I’ve had two stones and they were among the worst pain I’ve ever had! Someone once told me that people who get kidney stones get one every 7 years, and I thought that was nonsense, until I counted the years between the stones and came up with 7! Hopefully you won’t have another one for at least that long, and preferably never again. I’m sure you already know this, but drink A LOT of water!!! Take care xx