Playing in Mud (not really) . . .
Yesterday was a scary day and I am still a bit scared. I went hiking in the Foothills with the dogs and it was very muddy. I slipped once and was ok. Then I really took a hard fall, right on my tailbone into the mud. I immediately started crying and once I got up felt pain in my abdomen. I managed to get down and back to my car ok with the dogs and on the drive home and thought I felt something wet between my legs. It was pretty awful because I felt like crap and had to get the muddy dogs into the house and bathe them. Bathed them, bathed myself and called my OB who wanted me to go to L&D triage to be seen. Little guy’s heart beat was just fine and the same that it always is, in the 140′s. They hooked me up to the fetal monitor and saw what is called uterine irritability, which is a new term to me. I guess it’s like little contractions. It shouldn’t lead to pre term labor. Anyways, they gave ME the option if I wanted to take Terbutaline which would stop the irritability. Since they gave me the option, I said no, since if I really needed it, they would say I had to have it. They monitored me for a few hours, did a blood test that checked for fetal trauma (I guess presence of fetal cells would indicate that) and swabbed my vagina for presence of amniotic fluid. All were negative, thank goodness. However today, I am still having some cramping. It’s almost like a dull stomach ache. I was really hoping my OB would call me today to check in on me since I didn’t get to see her in triage yesterday, but she didn’t. :( They told me to come back if it gets worse. I don’t really think it’s worse, but it’s still there. Trying to rest today but I am so bad at it. I work 12 hours tomorrow. L&D is just 2 floors below me so if it gets worse, I’ll head down there. Just so worried that this is going to mess up or Hawaii plans or send me off to bed rest or worse real pre-term labor.