Where to start?
DS wasn't exactly what you'd call a 'planned' baby. He is, what I like to call, 'a pleasant surprise'
Ahem. Or, he was planned, just not for another 2 or 3 years.
Anyhow, I found out I was pregnant in a hospital ER. I wound up there after a week and a half of EXCRUTIATING lower abdominal pain. At first I thought it was just my period coming (I've always had a lot of pain with my periods) but it didn't respond to the usual advil and stronger perscribed stuff. I went to a clinic 4 days in, had a preg test done (among other, more invasive investigatings and it came back NEGATIVE! IT was so severe at times that I would pass out or vomit (no nausea, just vomitting) from it. I spent most of my day in the tub with the HOTTEST water I could stand. The morning DH found me in the tub crying after spending most of the night there, he wrapped me up and took me to the ER.
SO as it turns out, all of this was due to the fact that I was pregnant. *L* They told me this after telling me I probably had a tumour or kidney stones etc. You could have knocked me over with a feather! The Doc said 'You're pregnant, congratulations'. My response was 'No, really, what's wrong with me? "
They told me I could have an ectopic or I could be miscarrying...Two ultrasounds later, and coming back every two days for a week, to make sure HCG levels were doubling as they should, I was told I and babe were healthy, 'go home and have a lovely pregnancy', The pain persisted (coming and going) for 3 more weeks. They could never give me an explaination for it!!! The pain went away and the vomitting commenced and lasted for 7 months until I started taking (YUK!!) anti-emetics as I was loosing too much weight.
Whew! If you've managed to read this far, I'm a bit scared to start TTC for #2. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Did it happen during your 2nd pregnancy?
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
DS wasn't exactly what you'd call a 'planned' baby. He is, what I like to call, 'a pleasant surprise'
Ahem. Or, he was planned, just not for another 2 or 3 years.Anyhow, I found out I was pregnant in a hospital ER. I wound up there after a week and a half of EXCRUTIATING lower abdominal pain. At first I thought it was just my period coming (I've always had a lot of pain with my periods) but it didn't respond to the usual advil and stronger perscribed stuff. I went to a clinic 4 days in, had a preg test done (among other, more invasive investigatings
and it came back NEGATIVE! IT was so severe at times that I would pass out or vomit (no nausea, just vomitting) from it. I spent most of my day in the tub with the HOTTEST water I could stand. The morning DH found me in the tub crying after spending most of the night there, he wrapped me up and took me to the ER.SO as it turns out, all of this was due to the fact that I was pregnant. *L* They told me this after telling me I probably had a tumour or kidney stones etc. You could have knocked me over with a feather! The Doc said 'You're pregnant, congratulations'. My response was 'No, really, what's wrong with me? "
They told me I could have an ectopic or I could be miscarrying...Two ultrasounds later, and coming back every two days for a week, to make sure HCG levels were doubling as they should, I was told I and babe were healthy, 'go home and have a lovely pregnancy', The pain persisted (coming and going) for 3 more weeks. They could never give me an explaination for it!!! The pain went away and the vomitting commenced and lasted for 7 months until I started taking (YUK!!) anti-emetics as I was loosing too much weight.
Whew! If you've managed to read this far, I'm a bit scared to start TTC for #2. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Did it happen during your 2nd pregnancy?
Any input would be greatly appreciated!
Wow, what a story! 
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