ER Visit - August 8th

Yesterday was kind of a scary morning. Just before leaving for church I started having a sharp pain in my lower right abdomen. It was pretty intense and my first thought was appendicitis. I tried to see if it would pass, but as time went on I knew we were going to have to make a visit to the ER :( Luckily, I am far enough along in my pregnancy that I got to go to the Women's Hospital ER (where I delivered Olive) instead of the general public ER. This probably cut my visit down by at least 3 hours, thankfully. The baby's heartbeat was perfect at 139 and my blood work came back fine so that ruled out appendicitis. Then they gave me an ultrasound and we got to see the baby for a long time which was nice. My uterus was really cramped up but no sign of preterm labor. The doctor diagnosed it as round ligament pain and explained it as the pain caused when the ligaments that hold up your uterus start stretching and irritating nearby nerves. Only a couple of hours later they sent me home and told me to take Tylenol for the pain. That night I continued to have contracting pain every 2 to 5 minutes for the next 5 hours. It definitely felt like labor pains but I was trying to trust what the Dr. was saying and just get through it. No activity, no lifting Olive, just laying on the couch. Chris was amazing as usual. He fixed us lunch and dinner (including Olive's) and kept her entertained all night. He also did laundry and prayed for me several times. I love him so much! Anyway, about an hour before bed the pain finally started to wane and I was able to get a good night's sleep last night. I woke up this morning with no pain at all. Such an answer to prayer. I don't know if it is going to happen again but I hope it doesn't. Especially closer to my due date because it felt so much like labor I don't know that I would be able to distiguish the two. The great news is that the sonotech confirmed we have another sweet baby girl. Here are some new photos of her for your enjoyment :)