Tuesday Scare

Last Tuesday I woke up and felt bad, but I blew it off...heck being pregnant you feel bad most days. I got in the shower...got ready...and headed to work. I talked to my sister on the drive to work and when I hung up with her and got out of my vehicle I had the worst pain I had ever experienced. I wasn't even sure if i could walk to the elevator. I sucked it up and made it to my office. I guess I had "pregnant lady in pain" all over my face because when my co-workers took one look at me they made me lay down. After about 30 minutes I thought I felt better. I walked to the bathroom and on the way back down the hall the excruciating pain started again. As soon as I made it to my desk I called Stu and told him he needed to take me to the emergency room. My co-worker helped me down the elevators to meet Stu and we drove to the ER. Poor Stu was so worried about me his driving got a little crazy (if you have rode in a vehicle with Stu take his regular driving and multiply it by 2 and that was how crazy it was) and I was in so much pain I couldn't even yell at him LOL!! He even put on his hazard lights, which now when I look back it makes me laugh.

When we got to the ER they rushed me upstairs and I immediately was being hooked up to machines and poked and jabbed. I was having pretty hard contractions that were coming about every 7 minutes. They gave me three shots to stop the contractions. The contractions finally stopped, but the back pain was still crazy so they ran all kinds of tests and finally discovered that I have short uterine tubes and the pressure from the baby is causing them to pinch which is what is causing me so much pain in my back. All I can do are exercises and take Tylenol.

I saw my doctor Friday and she sent me to ultrasound so they could have a look at the baby and he is fine...he's measuring 2 weeks big and they said he already weighs 4lbs 3oz...and they expect him to double by 40 weeks. He's a big boy already. Stu was joking that we could have a preemie baby that weighs 8 pounds. My sister Julie's baby was born premature and our baby already out weighs her at 30 weeks. HA!

The good news is baby is fine. I have my overnight bag packed and in Stu's car just in case Baby Flannery feels like coming early and my next appointment is Oct. 22.