Yesterday

Yesterday was a bit of a stressful day. It was about 1:45 in the afternoon when I started having a terrible pain under my belly. It was constant but the intensity would increase at times. So for the last hour of school I went between the teacher's lounge and the restroom trying to get rid of the pain. Nothing helped. Once the kids left I went into the classroom and laid down on the floor. My student teacher was pretty worried and really encouraged me to call the doctor. So I did. I was unable to reach him or the nurse so I left a message and left school. The drive home (all of 4 miles) was terrible! I made it home, went to the bathroom and curled up on the bed. Then the nurse called me back and told me to come in to clinic. So I drove there (about 2 miles), trying not to freak out and totally scared because David was flying and I couldn't talk to him-he's always so reassuring and it's just better when he's with me!

At the clinic they asked me some questions and did a urine sample. Then the doctor came in. While he was asking questions Nurse Candy found the heartbeats:), measured me, and used a catheter to collect another urine sample-that one hurt! The doctor then did a physical exam and told me he could feel a head! He said based on all the tests and his exam everything seemed to be ok (no pre-clampsia) but that he was going to send me over the hospital to have an ultrasound done to make sure there wasn't a tear in the placenta, contractions, and so on.

The ultrasound went well. The tech found nothing unusual or concerning and confirmed that we still had a boy and a girl who were doing fine. She called Dr. Fischbach and he requested she do a trans vaginal ultrasound to check the cervix-everything looked good. What they did find though is that both babies had their heads together (they were spooning) and their heads were very low in my pelvis. The doctor said that is what was most likely causing that pain since everything else looked good. He told me to do home put a few pillows under my bum to try and move the babies. He also told me I needed to be on bed rest through Friday (only one day) and to take it really easy through the weekend.

The pain improved through out last night and I don't really notice it today. Just knowing that the babies were ok was enough motivation for me to "push" though the pain! I'll talk with him on Monday about how the weekend went. Hopefully, I'll still have the ok to travel! Our next appointment is on the 10th of May and we'll have another test done at that time to check for pre-term labor.