Another Hospital Visit... :(

I woke up at 2 am on Sunday with sharp pain on the right side of my lower tummy and tried to go back to sleep. Around 10 am and after little to no sleep, we decided to call our doctor office to see what they thought I should do. Luckily with my doctor on call I was able to talk to her and she explained all kinds of possibilities. Since it could just be ligament pain from the stretching of a growing belly, she had me take some Tylenol and put a heat pack on my back. With no change in pain with the meds and a steady worsening of sharpness I called again around 3:30. This time she sent me to hospital since my pain was only on the right side, she wanted to rule out appendicitis as well as check on our baby.

So we arrive and go straight up to labor and delivery. I immediately get a whole variety of tests done... blood work, urine test, ultrasound etc. After it all, they seem to have ruled out appendicitis but still have yet to figure out what is causing the pain. Kind of scary when they are talking us through all the options which always includes the really bad stuff. But we remain hopeful and know that He is in control even when we don't understand. The baby's heartbeat was strong so they were more concerned with what my body was doing. They decided to put me on some meds overnight that relax the uterus since I had a few mild contractions and the sharp pain hadn't let up. This seemed to help and I was finally able to get a couple hours of sleep. Monday morning we had more blood work and another ultrasound. Our ultrasound tech was awesome and explained all of what we were looking at. Our little man is looking good and healthy. No noted defects and everything measuring right on track! They also checked my placenta, because they are looking at the possibility of a placenta abruption (when the placenta pulls away from the uterus). They couldn't see one on the ultrasound, but my doctor is still treating me for a small abruption since the uterus relaxer helped so much with the pain.

Very tired and slightly frusterated, we got sent home on Monday around 10:30am still without knowing what was causing all of this. So for now I am still on the uterus relaxer and on bedrest. We continue to trust and pray for the health of me and our little one. As of today, my pain is much lower and my doctor even was able to decrease the dosage for my meds since I am doing so well. I have an appointment on Thursday to decide where we go from here.

Please be praying for continued health and recovery from a tiring weekend. Also for wisdom as our doctor is watching me quite closely now. It still amazes me how much of a mystery pregnancy is. I guess it just goes to prove how we serve a wonderful and mysterious God!