February 8th 2013
It's 4 am right now.
I am really sick, as in vomiting and diarrhea sick. I have had this sickness since 10pm last night, it really sucks.
( Tmi post btw, so if you don't want the gritty details, don't read!)
Apparently when you have these two things together, you run to the bathroom go to throw up and then poop yourself in the process. I was so embarrassed. My husband is so sweet and trying to be modest about it. He brought me a new pair of pants 2 times. 2 times I did this! I didn't even think about having a bucket to puke in while I'm on the toilet. Thank God for my smart hubby! I would have been pooping myself all night if it weren't for him. Also, baby girl is not moving like herself. I poked at her and did things that she responds to and I'm not liking how she isn't responding as well as the norm.
On and off like this since 10 and im starting to get worried. I haven't even able to keep anything down. Not even a few crackers and I think that I'm starting to get dehydrated, which is causing her from not moving so much. I'm going to drink this juice and hopefully it stays down long enough to get a little more action from her. If she doesn't start moving soon, I'm not gonna chance it and gonna call my midwife. I just don't want her in distress because if all this. Because of the throwing up, I have been getting cramps frequently on a off too. Last 3 times of running to the bathroom I have just been dry heaving, i have thrown up and pooped everything out of me i think. I'll wait about an hour before I call. Come on tummy, keep something down please!
20 min later--apple juice-fail. :(
It's 5:15am. Called my MW already and now just waiting for my husband. We are gonna have to take Josiah with us because I don't want my MIL to take time off if its not the real deal. So heading off to the 20 minute drive to the hospital.
It's now 6:45...almost 7.
in L&D, I am getting fluids and they wanted me to pee in a cup. With what pee? Exactly! First off I barely had any to give, secondly, while I was trying to pee in that tiny cup I was scared to accidentally poop in it. So, the nurse gets hardly no pee to send off. She wasn't too happy about that! But hey, at least I didn't give her poopy pee! ;) also, she had to take some blood and boy did it hurt! I usually don't mind it, but because of my dehydration, my vain isn't as easy to get blood from. She also seemed kinda new. So I got to sit here for an hour and receive fluids, I did give some non-puking med. so nice to not have that feeling of nausea constantly. Josiah and Ben are sitting right beside me watching TV. Waiting for the nurse in charge now to see what are next plan is.
7:30...finally got some water! I'm am so parched!
8:00...they really wanted me to pee again. I thought that I was ready but when I went to go, and again barely nothing. A little more than last time but still not much. I just got a new nurse, she is much more friendly than the first nurse. She said that she thinks that we can get a reading out of my tiny bit of pee. It's still a bit dark though. I'm about 1/4 into my second bag of fluid. Ben and Josiah are out getting breakfast.
I get bland toast. :/ they don't want me puking every where I guess. Once I got my breakfast I ate about 3 bites of toast and drank all my apple juice and milk. I just don't have an appetite.
8:30. My MW finally came in. She asked me a bunch of questions and said that after this second bag, I can go home. Contractions are irregular, and they aren't painful enough to keep me here. I can't wait to get home into my own bed and sleep for a few hours. She did mention that she was glad that I called. Dehydration and pregnancy is not good to have and I came in before it got too bad to keep me there overnight.Thank God for that mother's intuition right?
10:45. Finally home at last. It took a little while to get out of there. The second bag of fluid took a lot longer than the first bag. I did end up falling asleep waiting for my body to soak up the fluid, after not getting any sleep that night I needed it. There was a mix up with the nurse and my mw, but we got it all taken care of. We were just waiting for the mw to talk to the nurse personally before letting me go home. I was offered the anti-vomit medication, in case I needed it for home. I think that I'll just wait till I really feel bad again to call in a prescription. I still feel a little nauseous, but not to the point where it makes me REALLY sick. Cramps are on and off still, not painful like last night. Feeling much better and ready to get some sleep. That poor husband of mine hasn't had much sleep either these past few days, and he has to go back to work. :(
This was a rough night and I hope that I don't have to go through this again. There really isn't a good, solid explanation for my severe sickness. After 8 hours of throwing up every 30min to 2 hours, I was getting dizzy, couldn't keep a thing down(not even water)my lips and throat were dry, I was not as quick to react. It was scary, but I went with my gut to call and it was worth it!
- mothers intuition is not bologna.
- IV's sometimes really do hurt when a newbie nurse is drilling a needle into your vain.
- Taking an IV out hurts just as bad--but not as long.
- Always wear depends(adult diapers) when you have nastys coming out of both ends, especially for the car ride to the hospital
- bring an extra pair for coming home in(in case the first one gets soiled)
- I was right when I thought that baby girl was a little distressed (after half a bag of fluid her heart rate went back to normal)
- hearing my baby's heart beat on the monitor lulls me to sleep every time--without fail
- don't take your husbands grumpiness seriously
- don't be overwhelmed by all the food the hospital gives to you.
- don't take it personally when the hospital staff takes longer than your husband likes to discharge your butt out of there.
- the gel from the monitors make my tummy itchy
- the velcro to which they strap around you is itchy
- take the hospitals water jug home with you(I love my new water jug) ;)
- Dehydration causes false labor as well as vomiting like I was.(I got a little taste of what labor really was though!)
That's it for my awful night. I hope that you didn't get too grossed out with all my poopy and vomit talk. Going to get some sleep, hopefully Josiah will cooperate and actually nap for me!
Good night! or is is Good day?
-Jess
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