I called into the Women's Clinic and asked to have one of my Dr's nurses call me back. She called back and I told her that I had been feeling yucky, had heartburn, wasn't feeling right at all. Looking back on it now- what an idiot I must of sounded like. She was probably thinking- girl you "are" pregnant. So I just told her that I could just be experiencing normal pregnancy symptoms but wanted to know what I should do for the heartburn. She advised me to get some Zantac and Tylenol. Keep on the Tums and definitely get some Tylenol PM for the night time so that I could get some sleep. I got off the phone with her and texted Daniel. Babe- could you do a drug run? :)
He came home about an hour later with drugs in tow and made me a sandwich. I could not eat it. I felt really nauseous. I took some Tylenol and Zantac for the heartburn. I thought maybe I was getting the 24 hour bug. I started to get a cramp in my right chest area, right above the baby. After Daniel made my sandwich and left- I fed the kids lunch and went to put them down for a nap. Laila wanted Strawberry Milk and so I went into the kitchen to get her some and threw up all over the sink. Yikes! I definitely have the 24 hour bug I thought.
After throwing up I started to feel worse. But I thought it was because I had just thrown up all of the meds that I just took. So- I re- took the Tylenol and the Zantac. I laid there for about an hour and did not start to feel better. All of a sudden I started contracting. Not like labor contracting because there was no pain just pressure. I started to time it. They were getting to be around 3 minutes apart. Weird- I thought.
So I called the Women's Clinic again. Talked to the same nurse and I told her I threw up and was starting to maybe feel slight contractions. I was still thinking at this point that it was Braxton Hicks ( false labor contractions) she told me that if I felt like I needed to go in then to go. So- I did.
I checked into Triage and the nurse kind of laughed at me and said "Oh honey, you aren't having a baby today. It sounds like you just have a bladder infection." "Oh, good!" I thought. So then she ran a test on me and came back and said that there were no signs of a bladder infection. But there was blood in my urine. My blood pressure had sky rocketed and she hooked me up to a monitor and could see that I was indeed contracting. She was puzzled, to say the least. So then she called the doctor. He came in and did a few more tests. One of the tests was called a Fetal Fibronectin test http://www.babycenter.com/0_preterm-labor-test-fetal-fibronectin_1511.bc
it pretty much is a test that if it comes back negative then you WILL NOT go into pre-term labor anytime soon. And if it is positive then you have a 50/50 chance of going into Pre-term labor and they will put you on bed rest and monitor you. Well, the test came back NEGATIVE!
The doctor was VERY puzzled! He checked me and I was dilated to a one. He gave me a shot of something that started with a T. To stop the contractions. She kept contracting. She was giving every one a sign that she was needing to come out because she was making me VERY sick.
Everything kind of was a whirlwind from then on. The doctor ran a few more tests and then briefly told me that they were going to keep me in the hospital for a while on bed rest. He said that I had Preeclampsia which turned into HELLP syndrome. The final stage of it. The worst stage! To prevent me from having seizures they were going to hook me up and monitor me and then give me an IV with Magnesium running through it. He said it would make me feel very hot and like I had been hit by a bus. He said that more than likely I wouldn't remember much after being on Magnesium. Before I knew it- I was hooked up and was feeling exactly that.
http://www.babycenter.com/0_preeclampsia_257.bc
http://www.babycenter.com/0_preeclampsia_257.bc?page=2#articlesection3
I was sent up to Labor and Delivery and hooked up to monitors. I was completely oblivious as to what was going on. My husband stayed by my side and I tried to get some sleep.
That night was rough. I was really confused. They gave me some Ambien to make me sleep but I was determined to stay awake because I was so scared. I thought of everything and everyone in my life. I thought of how it would feel to lose my baby or even have my husband and daughter lose me. Daniel stayed very positive the whole time because we were in a hospital and I was being monitored. He didn't ever express any negativity or sadness. That is why I married this man. He is my rock. He believed that everything was going to be okay. I on the other hand do remember looking over at him saying "Honey, I don't want to die." And he just held my hand and said " Babe, you wont die. We are in a hospital." I believed him and tried to sleep.
