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Selissa
12-05-2004, 08:46 AM
so ywsterday i went to urgnet care for a urinary tract infection....no big deal but my genrtal practitionaer couldnt' get me in for a few days and i am pregnant i didnt want to mess aroudn with it and went into the ER/urgent care. After they tested my uringe it came up negative for the urinary tract infection ( I also had a very frustrating conversation with the nurse practioner that i won't even go into) but i digress the transferred me to the er so they coudl test me more thouroughly.

where they immeadiatly started giving me the run down on all the myriad things that could be wrong.... primarily revolvong around things that could be wrong with my pregnancy.

then they go away for a long tiem...me with thoughts of ectopic pregnancies looming large in my brain...emerency surgery and a traumatized toddler.

after awhile they came ain adm did a pelvic, then soem blood work...and then finally a few hours later i get in for an ultrasound. I am at this point at the verge of tearsi am soo scared theya re going to tell me soemthing is wrong with my baby.

as i am crawling on the table the tech tells me she cant' tell me if anything is wrong or not... iask you can't even tell me if hte baby is in the right place? she says no...i'm sorry. I tell her that is ok i understand that it is not her doing. we bond aobut babies..she has a 15 month old dd...she is avery nice lady

so as the ultrasoudn progresses..she sort of pushes the ultrasoudn screen towrds me and finally whispers..there is your baby but you didn't hear it from me..and there it was..heart beating and everythign...i cried with relief....then she says..now this is the earliest i have ever seen gender so it is not for sure..but i hink i see boy parts...lol

and i coudl care less because now my baby is dancing on the screen clearly healthy and happy...YAY!!!!


lol i am soo glad that she was a mommy cause she totally undstood that you just can't leave apregnant mama hanging like that... thank goodness the releief that flooded me was unbielieavable.

anyway..waht is the result of all this..they'll call me in afew days if i have a urinary tract infection ...great..the whole reason i went to the er is so that i wouldnt' have to have it for a few more days...sigh


so with the exception of seeign the baby..which was great...but i wouldn't have needed in the first palce if it hadn't been for them...well...four and half hours down the drain.

buti did see the baby..and hear it's (his?) heartbeat..adn that was awsome


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Ary99
12-05-2004, 08:34 PM
Wow, what a saga! I'm sorry they didn't find the original cause of your pain, but I'm so very glad you were reassured that you are having a healthy baby (boy?! it'll be interesting to see if she's right).

Good luck!

MamanFrançaise
12-05-2004, 08:39 PM
Wow! How many weeks are you?

BinahYeteirah
12-06-2004, 01:28 AM
I know!

She's 10 weeks. :wink

leosmama20
12-06-2004, 08:32 PM
Selissa,

Are you SURE you aren't farther along? Just wondering because that is really, really early to see parts. LOL My pg book says they don't even form until this week! Plus, you already have that cute pg tummy... just wondering!



Emily

Selissa
12-07-2004, 11:30 AM
well actually the ultrasoudn dated the pregnancy exactly one day further along than i am supposed to be...but sincei was chartign and had been for awhile and knwo exactly when i o'd...yes i am sure...withen aobut 12 hours give or take of when i
ovulated :D

oh and she actually said this is the earliest she ahd ever seen anythign and that it was notsure at all...but honeslty i am still considerign it up in the air..cause like you said...it is WAY to early to know for sure...i was actually jsut trying to make the scrambled point that she coudl have told me anything at taht poitn..that the babies eyes were green or that he/she was going to be president of the world..and i woudlnt' have cared becausei was sooo relieved to see that little heartbeat...

and further that i had no fear in the first place until they introduced it..which is why i try to stay away from those people in the first place

mmgarda
12-07-2004, 07:30 PM
1) SUCKY experience. :Hug

2) COOL ending! :love

Skim
12-11-2004, 08:02 PM
:Hug

Glad you made it through... I'm sure those hours were simply torture. And dealing with an unhappy toddler at the ER is soooo fun!