First trip to L&D

Starting yesterday I have been having more pain and cramps. It seemed like my stomach was hard more than not. So I went through the day. We had our first child birth class at 9 am and then we had my dad and stepmom over for his birthday lunch. They left around 5:30. After that we just cleaned up and hung out. I was really uncomfortable all day. When we went to bed I thought it was going to be typical, go to sleep with no problems. My belly was so tender when I layed down and when my DH rubbed my belly I thought I was going to through up. A little later I had to get up and go to the bathroom and my back hurt so much. I layed back down felt like I was going to through up and was really crampy, so I got back up and went to the bathroom again, this time I was able to go number two. I drank a bunch of water and then layed back down. I wanted to cry I was so uncomfortable. I kept getting these pains, but they were long and not enough to call the dr. I finally fell asleep for a while and got up again a few times closer to the morning. I have been really uncomfortable and getting a lot of pain and discomfort during the day. We got up and took my DD to the movies and the store and I didn't think I was going to make it til we left. After we dropped her off I called the dr. because I also hadn't felt the babies move as much. So the dr. said it could be a stomach bug or a reaction to the antibiotic I am on for this stupid sinus infection. So I went in all nervous and was hooked up to the contraction monitor and the nurse was having trouble locating two separate heart beats. The dr. checked my cervix which thank God is still closed and high and hard. The machine didn't pick up any contractions and they were still unsure if they were getting two different babies. As the nurse was trying to locate them the babies started moving and kicking like crazy. They ended up doing an u/s just to make sure. It was good to see the babies again and their heartbeats were fine. I felt really silly and was told that I needed to not worry so much just because I am having twins as opposed to my singleton pregnancies. I had also asked if I might have a UTI, and was reminded that I am already on an antibiotic but they could do a urine culture if I wanted so I said it was fine. The dr. had asked why I thought I might have one, she didn't think from what I had told her that I had one and I just said that you are the dr. you know better than I do and she said that I needed to stop and gave me a lecture about not worrying and asked about me being nervous with my other two. I don't really remember, and I was so young I didn't worry about stuff like I do now. I felt like a little kid being reprimanded. But then they were telling me I did the right thing to come in and it was better to check than to worry and to call anytime. I am so confused, do I call or not and do I worry about things I haven't experienced or not. Anyway everything is fine. I am still very uncomfortable but have been reassured that it is all normal pregnancy related pains. I am going to go tomorrow and get my prenatal cradle fitted and hopefully that will help. Sorry for the long post.

Jen

 

So glad everything is ok *hugs* I think you were right to go. And anytime you are worried, go in. It is always better to be safe than sorry.


Dianna

 

QUOTE(Dianna @ Feb 3 2008, 09:28 PM) [snapback]603787[/snapback]
So glad everything is ok *hugs* I think you were right to go. And anytime you are worried, go in. It is always better to be safe than sorry.
Dianna


Thank you.

 

I'm glad the babies are doing great. I hope you feel better....

 

Thank God the babies are okay. Don't worry about calling them if you aren't sure. That is what they are there for, and better to be safe than sorry. Don't waste even a second worrying about what any docs or nurses there might think. Twin pregnancies feel so much different from singleton ones. How are we supposed to know everything is okay? Feel better, Lisa

 

Glad everything is ok! Yes, it is always better to call/go in than not I think!!! I also usually feel like you - I know it's probably nothing, but going in really does put your mind at ease, and better safe than sorry! You can bet if I felt like you did, I would have gone in too! And probably earlier! You did the right thing.

 

im glad they are ok! i wish there was an at home way for us to tell sometimes those contractions can really get scary!

 

Better safe than sorry! I'm glad all's well.

 

My OB used to poke fun at me for being overly cautious, but then told me that whenever I worried I should come in anyway. So, I got flak for it, but they always took me seriously if I came in. I loved her to pieces other than feeling like I was being made fun of occasionally - so I put up with it. Sounds like your OB is the same way - in which case, if you're willing to put up with it, then just ignore the comments and go in whenever you are worried - definitely better to be safe than sorry!

 

Sorry about that - next time tell the nurse to do an U/S before she trys to do a NST......That is how they locate my babies every time. I have had several NST now....and for them to quickly find where the heart beats are -they need to do an u/s. Good luck.....

 

Thank you for the encouragement. I don't often take being talked to like that well. It is good to know that I am not alone. :love0028:

 

Sooo glad all is well with the babies, when I was in L&D on Friday night they spent like 20 min pushing hard w/ the Doppler to find both heartbeats… they (the nurses) were making me MORE uncomfortable… so I think if I ever have to go back I will ask them to do an u/s. I know what you mean about the confusion, and feeling silly when it turn out to be “normal pregnancy pains” BUT I came to this conclusion on Friday night… of course they (nurses and Drs) can have the “oh that’s nothing” attitude AFTER they have done the u/s and ran tests… I was having sharp pains on my cesarean scare… my Dr wanted me in because he had fear it was rupturing… well the nurse in that night did an u/s to see that one twin was really low and probably hitting a nerve… then she had the “oh that’s nothing” attitude BUT 5 min before she had me filling out delivery forms incase my scar was rupturing… so hind sight is 20/20 and last time I checked I wasn’t an OB nurse…
Not that all nurses are like this, I’ve have lovely nurses… but it’s those ones that stick with you… so go when ever you think you might need to go, and dont worry about them...

 

I think it's terrible they made you feel bad for coming in when you were having severe pain and fluid leakage. Those are two things that should never be overlooked, my Drs have said. I'm so glad everything's fine, and I hope this experience won't make you hesitate to call and/or go in if you have other concerns. Just think if you didn't go in and there was a problem, it's just not worth the risk

 

Elizabeth,

Thank you. I will definitely ask them to do the u/s first also. They made the babies so uncomfortable which made me more uncomfortable and they still weren't sure they had two. So they did do the u/s but we had already been there about an hour. I am glad everything worked out for you also. Some nurses just don't have people skills, and in my case some dr's, I just hope that if I have to go in again, my OB will be on call.

QUOTE(jenanne @ Feb 4 2008, 07:44 PM) [snapback]605531[/snapback]
I think it's terrible they made you feel bad for coming in when you were having severe pain and fluid leakage. Those are two things that should never be overlooked, my Drs have said. I'm so glad everything's fine, and I hope this experience won't make you hesitate to call and/or go in if you have other concerns. Just think if you didn't go in and there was a problem, it's just not worth the risk


Thank you