Sick, yuck
I had a bad night. I don't feel like totally explaining it again, so I have decided to copy the story from my Sept. expecting club all about my first L&d experience. Here goes:
I took my first trip to Labor and Delivery today! Too bad it was for all the wrong reasons!
At about noon today, after a horrible restless night of no sleep, I got sick. I was feeling anxious for no reason, queasy, and I couldn't eat. I had diarrhea and then about a half an hour later I puked. (TMI) When I vomited I felt a significant trickle of fluid and when I checked my underpants there was a clear puddle with a giant glob of discharge in the middle of it. I thought, "Oh boy! My water broke and I lost my mucus plug!" So we decided to finish packing and head off. The hospital was an hour away, and so this was the longest car ride of my life. I hadn't eaten in nearly 12 hours, so when we pulled over so I could puke again, all that came up was stomach acid. It hurt so much.
We got to the hospital, I was wheeled to L&D triage where it was determined that I did not leak fluid, but that I possibly peed myself or just had runny discharge. Bummer. I was apparently 3 cm dilated and 50% effaced, but that was based on the opinion of an inexperienced nurse. They checked my urine and discovered that I was severely dehydrated and had ketones and protein in my urine. After about 7 hours and 4 bags of fluid, I decided to go home. They said it was totally fine if I wanted to stay overnight. They were so nice, but I wanted to be sick at home where I could cuddle with my own toilet.
I have no earthly clue who or where I could have caught this nasty stomach bug from. I'm kind of disappointed this wasn't my day to give birth, but at the same time I'm relieved. I thought I was going to be one of those unlucky women who puked throughout their entire labor and I don't think I would be able to handle that. Now I don't want him here for at least another week so I can get rid of this virus and give my husband the chance to get sick too.
Anyway, thats my story. Thanks for reading!
I still feel awful. They sent me home with Phenergen for the nausea. All I have been doing is sleeping and I can't eat much more than a little soup or broth and gatorade. It totally came out of nowhere. Anyway, now I am going to go pass out. Again.
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