I woke up feeling very sick. It felt like a celiac attack coming on. Which is nothing out of the sorts for me. These happen ever so often. And usually last no more than 6 hours, and then Im done.
Well throughout the day, it kept getting worse. And not typical symptoms of my celiac. I tried to eat dinner, which was the worst idea. And around 9pm, the pain was just too much for me. So I called the on-call doctor. She suggested I head to the ER. So off to the ER. Ray stayed at home since the girls were already in bed. Going to the dr solo is not my favorite thing I have to admit!
I got checked in around 10pm. The dr came in, pushed on my stomach a few times, and was convinced the pain was due to my appendix. So immediately, I had an Iv with pain and nausea medicine. And a guy brought me that famous puke-inducing drink to prepare you for a CT scan. (thankful that they changed the flavor of this drink since the last time I had one) And then began the 1 hour wait. Only they didnt come in an hour later to wheel me off for a CT scan. They came in to tell me there was a change of plans. My blood work came back that I was pregnant!!! My hcg levels were low. So they were now looking for other things that were causing my pain. Within minutes, a was the proud new owner of a catheter. And waiting on the ultrasound tech to be called in. The fact that they make you hold your catheter bag in the wheel chair on the way to the ultrasound room is not exactly my idea of the latest fashion accessory, but I was too tired to care at that point. The ultrasound was uncomfortable of course. Are they ever fun? Maybe its just me, but having someone poke and prod and my very full bladder for 20 minutes is awful.
After i get back in the room, the dr comes in for a pelvic exam. Which he said checked out just fine.
So. Here we are. 3:30am. 2 doses of nausea medicine, and one dose of pain medicine, ultrasound, pelvic exam, IV..the works.....The dr has his final say. I have a UTI, which is what was causing my pain. My ultrasound didnt show anything. But thats not uncommon since I am so early in my pregnancy. He wants to recheck my hcg levels no later than monday to make sure they are rising as needed. He said the low hcg levels may mean 1 of 3 things.
1) I am just way early (which is true anyway because my period was Dec 8th. So I am just around 3 weeks) and my hcg level was 45 which is typical for 3 weeks.
2) I have an ectopic pregnancy. (which they will do another ultrasound to rule this out when they do more blood work)
3) My hcg level is so low due to a miscarriage. (no bleeding or spotting)
I am cautiously excited. I dont think until I hear that my hcg levels are rising can i fully let it sink in. But there it is! Its a positive! Now just praying. Praying like crazy!
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