Hospital Stay

This is my second pregnancy & little man has given me a hard time the entire pregnancy. I am currently 30 weeks & not ready for him to be here yet.

Sunday I woke up with severe pain from a pulled muscle / round ligament. Struggled getting ready but went to church & came home. By the time I finished cooking lunch the pain was worse & I spent the afternoon in the recliner.

The pain worsened & I quickly realized I was having some pretty strong contractions. Debated for a while if I should go to the hospital & in the end decided not to. Contractions let up & that was that.

Went to the chiropractor Monday & he struggled to get me adjusted due to how baby was sitting & my body just wasn’t having it. But he got the muscle pain to stop, so I’ll call it a win.

I had my routine OB appointment Wednesday & everything looked great. Baby is 58th percentile in size & weight so nothing to worry about there. No more contractions & just uncomfortable from him being head down & my torso not being very long.

Before the appointment he had majorly flipped or rolled or something because it HURT. Later in the evening after dinner I started feeling really uncomfortable and had a few minor contractions but nothing to worry about.

All evening into the night I just felt like I was constipated. But it was so much so that there was a lot of pressure on my tailbone. It was a very uncomfortable night.

Woke up today with the pain still there but was able to go to the bathroom several times so wasn’t convinced I was constipated anymore but hoping that’s all it was. Of course by this point I’ve talked to my mom half a dozen times trying to decide what to do.

Finally, we decided to go to the hospital to get it checked out, I’d rather be safe than sorry. They didn’t seem too concerned when they hooked me up and just ran some tests for infections. I was there from 12:15-2:45 and had two very minor contractions.

Turned out to be a yeast infection & that’s what was causing the contractions & could be causing some of the pressure. However, dr did say that it’s most likely that the baby moved even further down into position & that’s the pressure I’m feeling. Also said it will most likely get worse till I deliver. Not thrilled about that.

I’m uncomfortable & going to try a few tricks my L&D nurse friend told to do in order to get little man to move off my pelvis. Every time he moves I can feel it on my bones, it HURTS!!!!

I am thankful it is something minor that is treatable & baby boy is still cozy in there cooking. I am excited to meet him but he needs to stay out about 8 more weeks at least.

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