Emergency Room- 8/28/09

On August 28th, 2009 Courtney went to the emergency room due to a kidney infection. She was worried that this infection would harm the baby and insisted on hearing the heartbeat to reassure herself that the baby was OK. The doctor took a look at her records (this is the same hospital that told her she was not pregnant 9 weeks ago) and said that there was no way she was 9 weeks pregnant and didn't believe her. At first the doctor argued that even if she were pregnant she wasn't 9 weeks and a doppler would not pick up a heartbeat. Courtney informed the doctor that she indeed was 9 weeks pregnant and his records were incorrect. She also insisted that a doppler picked up the heartbeat at 8w5d and there would be no reason that a doppler wouldn't pick up a heartbeat at 9w1d. Needless to say, this doctor was a difficult person to work with! He finally listened to her request. Sure enough, the heartbeat was detected within minutes of applying the doppler to Courtney's belly. The baby was telling her that she/he was fine and growing by the minute! Now it was time to get her well.

Courtney was given an antibiotic through an IV. It was a category B drug. She also took Tylenol with Codine for the pain. This drug was a category C, which means it is safe when tested in animals but not enough studies to determine in humans. She was very sick and had to take a category C drug for vomiting called Phenergan.

Courtney was sent home with oral medication. Now they are both OK! Courtney such a loving mother already...... taking such good care of the baby and herself!