First trip to the ER

So yesterday, Friday the 3rd, I had to make my first trip to the ER. I'm not usually such a big baby, in fact I hardly ever spent time at the doctor's office before I got pregnant (mostly routine, maybe a UTI here or there over the years) but when I'm pregnant, I like to err on the side of caution! With the girls I didn't go to the hospital until I was almost 23 weeks, so I went straight to L&D, but I'm only 7 weeks so I got to visit the ER for the first time!

Anyway, so what happened was, I was at work like usual when my stomach started hurting pretty bad. The pain escalated then kind of moved to my back, so basically my whole left side where my stomach/kidneys are located was like this huge, never ending, really painful cramp of pain! I tried moving around, changing positions, walking around, nothing eased the pain! I was in tears after 30 minutes, started feeling nauseous so I called my OB and they directed me to the ER since I was in so much pain.

We didn't really wait that long for stuff to happen, which surprised me! It was pretty busy in there too! I peed in a cup, talked to the doctor who gave me some percocet and zofran for the pain. Had to get my blood drawn AGAIN! This makes 3 times in the past month! I told Justin that no sooner does a blood draw bruise heal, then they're poking me again! And I have more bloodwork to do on the 21st! I'm going to be bled dry! haha

We waited a little longer for ultrasound to get there, then Justin and I were both disappointed when he didn't get to come with me! I figured I'd tell him all about it, but when I got into the room I wasn't going to be able to see anything either! I had my kidneys looked at first, then she moved on to look at the pelvic region including baby. She couldn't even tell me if she saw a baby or not, because I had come in as an "emergency" patient, only the doctor could talk to me about it. Booo! But when I was getting dressed I sneaked a peek at the screen and saw some pictures of my Bitty Bean, who was much bigger this time around! Made me feel a lot better!

So the results came back, there was some bacteria in my urine and my WBC was a little higher than normal, but everything in my kidneys and bladder looked fine. So most likely it's the start of an infection, but man what an infection to cause that much pain! I'm on antibiotics now, even though I hate taking medication when pregnant! I'm going to transcribe my paperwork here, just so I always have another copy!

Ultrasound - Single viable intrauterine pregnancy with cardiac activity documented at a rate of 143 beats per minute. The crown-rump length is 8.8 mm (1.1 cm), corresponding with a gestational age of 7 weeks 1 day. There is a normal appearing yolk sac. No subchorionic hemorrhage is identified.
There is a 3.1 cm rounded anechoic, thin - walled cyst within the central aspect of the right ovary. No free fluid is identified. The left ovary is unremarkable.

Bloodwork - Serum Preg - Positive! BHCG Quant - 132,793

So basically, everything looks good except for that damn cyst! It is possible that the tech used a different setting, or had a different machine, or something wonky when measuring and the cyst is the same size that it was a week ago when my other ultrasound was measured.... BUT the baby measured exactly a week later, which was spot on. I'm going to call my OB on Monday and make an appointment to follow up and talk to them. I will be upset if this cyst is growing that much in just a week! I'm also hopeful that I get another ultrasound out of it, and this time I'm asking for a damn picture!

Well, that's all I've got for our first trip to the ER! Uneventful as it was, I'm glad I got to see Bitty Bean and know that he/she is doing ok in there! Growing like a champ, hope it keeps up!