Pregnancy Morning Sickness from Hell
Submitted by NadinaFEB11
Let's just start out by saying I haven't given birth yet...so I suppose things could get worse with delivery, but I am still an optimist at heart.
My pregnancy was unexpected, coming 6 months before my planned wedding. My first clue was that my breasts were so sore and I felt so sick. Morning sickness! Hah, what a joke! I affectionately refer to it as "24/7 sickness", as I have been nauseated for the past 9 months...and don't get me started on the heartburn--I truly believe I am going to give birth to a baby girl with shoulder-length hair!
I have a condition in which I have too much fluid around my brain and spinal cord. Guess what can make this worse? Pregnancy! All the increase in hormones and fluid levels was killing me...so I've had several spinal taps over the past 9 months to drain fluid from around my spinal cord.
A few months later I all of a sudden developed horrible sharp pains and cramping in my lower right abdomen. I also had a bad chest cold and a fever. I went to see my OB-GYN, he admitted me to the hospital because my fever was at 103 degrees, and they performed an emergency appendectomy at midnight! They transferred me to another hospital where I spent a week with extensive testing and another diagnosis of pneumonia.
I know what you're thinking..."Wow, that kinda sucks!", but I'm not done yet...this is almost therapeutic in a way ;p I spent a month off from work (physical therapy), and towards the end of this time I noticed a patch of bumps on my lower back that were REALLY painful! I showed them to my OBGYN at my next visit, and guess what I have? Shingles!!! So it's a round of anti-virals for me.
Another couple head colds later, I returned to the OBGYN (they must hate me there come to think of it! "Oh no, here SHE comes!"), and my blood pressure is really high...how about a little bedrest???
So here I am chilling out at home, blood pressure is back to normal and I am going back to work tomorrow. So knock on wood, throw some salt, don't break any mirrors...I WILL get through the rest of this pregnancy without anymore drama!!! And everyday I try to convince the innocent baby inside of me that it really is safe to come out...it's actually a little less scary out here than in there ;)
My pregnancy was unexpected, coming 6 months before my planned wedding. My first clue was that my breasts were so sore and I felt so sick. Morning sickness! Hah, what a joke! I affectionately refer to it as "24/7 sickness", as I have been nauseated for the past 9 months...and don't get me started on the heartburn--I truly believe I am going to give birth to a baby girl with shoulder-length hair!
I have a condition in which I have too much fluid around my brain and spinal cord. Guess what can make this worse? Pregnancy! All the increase in hormones and fluid levels was killing me...so I've had several spinal taps over the past 9 months to drain fluid from around my spinal cord.
A few months later I all of a sudden developed horrible sharp pains and cramping in my lower right abdomen. I also had a bad chest cold and a fever. I went to see my OB-GYN, he admitted me to the hospital because my fever was at 103 degrees, and they performed an emergency appendectomy at midnight! They transferred me to another hospital where I spent a week with extensive testing and another diagnosis of pneumonia.
I know what you're thinking..."Wow, that kinda sucks!", but I'm not done yet...this is almost therapeutic in a way ;p I spent a month off from work (physical therapy), and towards the end of this time I noticed a patch of bumps on my lower back that were REALLY painful! I showed them to my OBGYN at my next visit, and guess what I have? Shingles!!! So it's a round of anti-virals for me.
Another couple head colds later, I returned to the OBGYN (they must hate me there come to think of it! "Oh no, here SHE comes!"), and my blood pressure is really high...how about a little bedrest???
So here I am chilling out at home, blood pressure is back to normal and I am going back to work tomorrow. So knock on wood, throw some salt, don't break any mirrors...I WILL get through the rest of this pregnancy without anymore drama!!! And everyday I try to convince the innocent baby inside of me that it really is safe to come out...it's actually a little less scary out here than in there ;)
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