[octobermoon]

sooo, i had a crazy day yesterday. i had been waking up with this pain in my side for three nights. it was on the right side in the back and where my kidney is supposed to be. the first night i didn't think much of it, same second night. each night it was worse and by the third night it hurt so much i was up on the internet scared and trying to figure out what it was as i felt like maybe it really was my kidney. plus i felt like i had to pee like every ten minutes. i posted on the i'm pregnant forum and got one response yesterday. i read via google that it is very hard to tell sometimes between a kidney infection and other things that could be serious or not such as a muscle ache. well throughout the day yesterday it was still there and one time it hurt so much i had to stop what i was doing and breathe and lean over something. i paged my MW twice and never heard back (

. the more i read on the internet the more worried i got that i may have an infection. so i called my pcp who i actually got to talk to on the phone (she is awesome, she also knows my MW, small world) she told me to come in and i had to go as soon as i got off the phone. i was so scared and worried i was bawling at the drs. office.

she checked me out, tested my urine and it was clean, did a few other tests and pronounced she didn't think i had an infection and that it was probably muscles. i took an epsom bath when i got home, put some heat on it and now it feels so much better, i'm so relieved! part of me is embarrassed i went in and freaked out but then the other part feels it's better to be safe than sorry. if i was not pregnant i would not have ran off to the dr. like that.
i also got to hear the baby's heartbeat, which was nice. they said s/he had a strong HB.

so there is my adventure. having a baby changes everything. i am so protective and worried about my baby, like all the time.

 

[deymm]

So sorry you had such a rough day! I can't believe your MW didn't call you back!

 

[octobermoon]

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Originally Posted by deymm So sorry you had such a rough day! I can't believe your MW didn't call you back!

thanks...

UGH my MW. i know. don't get me started. she does have good points to.

 

[mkksmom]

(((Hugs))) What a rough day. No need to feel embarrassed over that. The doc was worried too or s/he would have had you wait to come in and no go immediately.

I am very protective as well. I notice every little pain, twinge, or sensation that is within a 1 foot radius of the baby and evaluate it.

I'm glad it's just muscles, and I hope it eases up soon.

 

[coldandsleepy]

Yikes... that does sound like a crazy day! But I'm glad your kidneys are fine! I think I would have done the same in your position-- definitely better safe than sorry here.

 

[Guinevere]

I'm really glad the pain is now gone and everything seems to be fine. If the kidney pain returns, though, and your urine was clean, then it could very well be a kidney stone -- just something to watch out for!

Guin

 

[2boyzmama]

Dr Google, the hypochondriac specialist, strikes again!!

Don't feel bad, I did the same EXACT thing with my first! I was just past 20 weeks, had this weird pain in my side, couldn't figure out what it was, and it started freaking me out. Especially once I started doing online research

I went into the ER, who sent me to L&D, who hooked me up to monitors, then a few hours later proclaimed it to be round ligament pain

Or perhaps that I had pulled a uterine muscle. I had felt twinges in my lower abdomen that I thought were round ligament pain, but this pain was up higher in my side, around my kidney, so it worried me just like it worried you!!

So you're not alone...don't feel bad, always ALWAYS better to get it checked out.

And, like Guin said, look out for kidney stones...

 

[octobermoon]

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Originally Posted by Guinevere I'm really glad the pain is now gone and everything seems to be fine. If the kidney pain returns, though, and your urine was clean, then it could very well be a kidney stone -- just something to watch out for! Guin

she did mention a stone. i thought of you guin a number of times, probably not something you want to be remembered for but nonetheless i think i felt for a moment maybe a tiny bit how you may have felt.

 

[deymm]

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Originally Posted by octobermoon thanks... UGH my MW. i know. don't get me started. she does have good points to.

that is the #1 complaint I hear about her (the not returning phone calls/messages/being hard to reach)

 

[ChaoticMum]

I'm glad all turned out to be okay!!

Was it you we were discussing chiropractics with??I can't remember who it was that said they go (preggo brain! LOL). I know that if I go regularly it really helps ALL the muscle pain as I don't have my joints pulling the muscles in directions their not meant to go!

 

[RavenStar]

That sounds like it was pretty scary. I think it's better to play it safe in those situations. Your doctor sounds great. I'm glad that you're feeling better. Sometimes it's so hard to know where the pain is coming from. I had a horrible side/back pain with DD that scared me. It turned out to be muscular. I'm glad you've found some relief.
Have you ever used a rice sock? You can fill a tube sock with rice and then heat it up in the microwave. The moist heat is really good for sore muscles. If you don't have a microwave you can put it in the oven on low heat, wrapped up in tin foil. I carried my rice sock everywhere the last few weeks of my pregnancy with DD.

 

[octobermoon]

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Originally Posted by deymm that is the #1 complaint I hear about her (the not returning phone calls/messages/being hard to reach)

ha ha ha....i know... she's notorious. i knew this even before i booked her...your good, you remember. i'm impressed.

 

[kismetbaby]

Glad you are ok. I would have done the same! And my MW can be hard to reach sometimes too. . .but maybe not as hard as yours it seems.
My rice sock is my best friend! Really, its easy to make and reusable. Great for all sorts of muscle aches.

 

[octobermoon]

did you make or buy your rice sock?

 

[GiantGi]

Hope you continue to feel better

 

[octobermoon]

thanks, ODDLY and thankfully the last two night i have not had any pain in my sleep. yesterday after doing a little work around the house it started to hurt a tiny bit, i rested and it subsided. i hope it stays at bay!! maybe it really was a muscle, i swear the epsom salt bath cured me. who knows.......

 

[RavenStar]

I made my rice sock but I know you can buy them too. Sometimes they sell them with flax seeds in them.

 

[kismetbaby]

Made mine too. I actually used a piece of fabric and sewed it into a rectangle, b/c I wanted one that would cover my whole low back. I just bought the cheapest rice I could at the store, filled it up, sewed the end and have been using it for over a year. I should make a smaller one (maybe use a real sock this time) for when I don't need so much coverage and when I want it to heat up faster.

Its great for period cramps (remember those?

), muscle aches, neck aches, cold nights to take to bed for warmth.

I have heard you can use other stuff inside too, but the rice is perfect b/c of the way it heats and the way it conforms/shifts to any shape you want.

 

[KayleeZoo]

Sounds like it might have been a muscle, after all. So glad you're feeling better! And sorry you had a scare- things are so magnified during pg!

 

[octobermoon]

thanks all. amazingly the pain is completely gone!