Courtney called me in the middle of the night from the emergency room. During the day, she had a lower backache and then later in the day, the ache went across her back under the shoulder blades.....but still she thought she was just not sleeping well and her muscles hurt. Her friend (who is pregnant as well) was experiencing sharp pains, so they took the friend to the hospital....All the way there, Courtney still hadn't convinced herself that she should see the doctor as well. With some nudging from everyone, Courtney finally told the doctors that she wasn't feeling well either. It is a good thing that she told them because she ended up quite the sick little girl with contractions to boot! Turns out that both them had a kidney infection. Courtney must have a high pain tolerance because she ended up with a 4+ culture. Poor thing had to get a shot in the behind and cried! I cried for her when I heard! She was also having contractions but the OB on call felt the underlying problem was the infection because her blood pressure was OK, cervix is closed, no swelling, no fever and the baby was fine. Speaking of Nevaeh, they had a monitor on Courtney's belly and the baby wanted nothing to do with it! She kept kicking at it the whole time!....I could even hear the kicks over the phone.....Too cute!
Courtney is not a happy camper here!
Not sure how to read this, but here's the recorded contractions. The contractions are hitting the 40 mark which means onset of early stages of labor, however, the nurse did not say how far apart the contractions were, and Courtney didn't think to ask.
Hopefully the shot and oral meds do the trick. So far, she has had a constant backache today, and since she didn't know she was having contractions last night, its hard to tell if she is today.....because they are in her back, not in her belly (or should I say worse in her back than in her belly).....I bet she has back labor when she does finally have this baby! She sees the doctor again on Tuesday!
Glad she is okay, that sounds like a horrible night.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment! She seems to be doing better and sees the doctor on Tuesday. Hopefully he hooks her up and monitors her again....just to be sure all has simmered down.
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