Having been unable to keep anything down for well over 24 hours, I finally called the midwife this morning, who recommended I go in to the ER to get rehydrated and get some anti-nausea medication. Thus began my five-hour sojourn in the ER. I got two liters of fluid through IV, as well as some Zofran for the nausea. It took a long time before I actually began to feel human again, instead of just a vomit machine. But after several hours I finally felt well enough to have some pudding and jello (green of course, this is Salt Lake after all). Once we were sure that was going to stay down, they pulled out the IV and discharged me, sending me on my way with a nice friendly Zofran prescription. I'm glad that ordeal is over. Not as glad as Jeff though - he had the kids with him in the waiting room the whole time. Neither of us realized that it would take so long, or he would have brought the kids back home for a while. As it was, though the kids enjoyed the little play area in the lobby, they were definitely quite antsy by the time I was discharged.
Anyway, it's been a really long and kind of difficult day. But on the plus side, there's only about three hours left until the kids' bedtime, and I actually feel like I might be able to get them some dinner (peanut butter sandwiches) without throwing up halfway through!
Also, almost forgot to mention this. But they did an ultrasound to rule out any problems (make sure the pregnancy wasn't ectopic, etc). I got to see the little baby, safe and snug in my uterus. There was cardiac activity, and fetal movement, which translates to mean that the heart was beating and the baby was moving. It was exciting to get to see my little one! I'm not one of those moms who don't feel like the pregnancy is real until they see the baby on the ultrasound. But it made the pregnancy feel closer and more special when I got to see my cute little Slug (that's what it looked like) on the screen. Ultrasounds are awesome.
5 comments:
Sounds like a crazy day!
I've heard Zofran is great stuff! Sorry you've had to go through all this, but that's great you got a peek at the baby. Insurance should cover that since it wasn't a routine, optional check.... but a diagnostic tool at this point. Hopefully the meds will work well for you and give you a bit of a break from here on. Only about 6 weeks or so until 2nd tri and a bit better tummy.... hopefully.
Wow, I'm sorry to hear you had such a rough day! Hopefully, the medicine will be a great help to you - there aren't many things worse than feeling nautious! I hope you feel better soon.
What a day! I'm glad you're feeling better. And you know they say the "morning" sickness is worth with girls, so that's my vote.
I'm so sorry this is going so rough. Hooray for drugs that keep us normal! It sounds like a very long day, but with relief at the end. Yeah for seeing baby!
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