My first hospital visit.

Well, my child decided to act a fool today, and not move. 
At all.
For 4 hours.
I tried everything.  I drank juice, ice-cold water, laid on my side, jiggled my belly.
Nothing.
Told C-Dub, and the next thing I knew, I was on my way to the hospital.
Got there, the strip(the heart rate) was 140s, but not exactly what they call “reactive.”  [...]

Return

So, I feel much better today.
I say that because, although no nausea…
The indigestion returned, the exhaustion returned full force.  The boobs are hurting again. 
I hate not knowing!
I had intended on checking myself out yesterday while I was working, but I got so busy, and never got to do it.  In fact, I am so tired of [...]

Weekend observations.

So……..
I go to work today, working at the hospital for an odd weekend shift.  (Still need that extra money you know).  So, I get there, do a delivery, chill.  I’m doing all right.  Get another patient.  Chill.  Deliver( and I do mean deliver, literally.  The doctor didn’t make it. ) someone else’s patient.  Then, I get [...]

Tales from the dark side.

Off topic today.
I returned to L&D today(couldn’t get out of it).  The day was going really good.  I had one patient who I got an epidural as soon as I got there, she progressed nicely, we’re pushing, and pushing and pushing………
Her Doctor decided to put on a vacuum to assist the big baby out.
It wouldn’t come.
She [...]

Post Mortem.

I am so glad I am not going to be working in L&D for a while.
My patient last night was 18 weeks.  Due two days before I was.  Her water broke.  After a sono discovered the baby was deceased, she and the doctor decided to induce labor.
She kept asking why?  Was it something she had done? [...]

What more can I say?

So.
I am……………unsure of what to say.
I was doing fine, then suddenly, I started bleeding much more heavily and it just hit me.
I am no longer pregnant.
I keep trying to move on, to “get over it.”  But I seem to keep getting smacked upside the head with it.
I work in freakin Labor and Delivery.  My patient [...]

IPS run amuck

Sooo, hmmm. After I chucked up my wonderful breakfast of Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal and banana(I just love that stuff. ) I was scared to eat until noon.  I felt perfectly fine afterwards, but I didn’t want to do it again.  Besides, I was at work, and couldn’t very well pause in the middle of [...]

?

So OK.  My baby cuz did turn out to be pregnant.  She took 4 tests and got 4 BFP’s before she was convinced.  How ironic is that?  I am happy for her.  I can’t wait to play with her baby.  But…..you know.
I was trying to explain how I feel about all of this to my [...]