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worst day EVER
After all the cyst ruptures, the IVF retrievals, the surgeries and hyperstimulation.... I can honestly say hands down today was the MOST miserable day of my life!
I am now 14 weeks pregnant, and urinary tract infections are quite common during pregnancy. I've been peeing even more than my usual frequent amount lately, but I just thought since I have a sore throat/cold (which also added to my fantastic day), that I was drinking even more water than usual to make me pee more. I woke up in the middle of the night and really HAD to pee but couldn't pee. It was awful. I couldn't get back to sleep like that, so I woke up and drank a bunch of water hoping to get things going. Within an hour once I started peeing, and it felt like I had a UTI. It tingled and hurt SO much while peeing. By 8am I called my OBGYN, and he phoned in a Rx for me for the UTI. I was in complete agony. I had to wait til 9 for the pharmacy to open, and dh went and got it. By the time he got home I was in so much pain I was in tears. To top it all off, (sorry TMI warning) I had diarrhea and my hemorrhoid was acting up! So even if I was trying not to pee, I'd HAVE to go for the diarrhea, and endure the pee spasms and pain beforehand. Then the fun of the hemorrhoid. I just don't think I could've been anymore miserable! Did I mention my sore throat and stuffed up nose?
By 11am I called my doc again, begging him for anything to knock me out so I could sleep til the antibiotics kicked in. He advised against it and told me to take a tylenol. Yeah, tylenol -sure doc, I'm sure that'll take away my excrutiatingly painful urge to pee! Anyway, by 12:30 I couldn't even walk or sit or move at all I was in so much pain, and I was wailing and screaming in agony. We called one last time before heading to the ER, and NOW he finally said he thought it was a kidney stone.
They tried to dope me up but it didn't take away my pain or my insane urge to pee. All it did was make me unable to hold my pee, so I practically stayed on the toilet next door, peeing drops at a time and suffering through the painful spasms. The morphine did make those a little more tolerable. Then they tried to do a doppler heartbeat, and couldn't find one. The nurse then had someone from maternity come right over with a more sensitive machine....still no heartbeat. Meanwhile they're pressing on my belly and I'm practically wetting the bed in agony. Now I'm freaking that my baby is dead.
Fortunately we had an amazing nurse and she rushed us to the u/s tech, who immediately discovered that my bladder was the size of the u/s screen! Despite peeing nonstop, it was BEYOND full! They catheterized me and got over a LITER of urine immediately, and over the course of an hour I filled the giant bag completely! I instantly felt better. I never thought I'd be excited about a catheter! (at least for use in a hospital!) Then they were able to see the baby which thank god is OK!
I don't know why I can't pee, but now I have to wear a catheter for the next two days and I am most unhappy about it. Quite depressed actually. I'm trying to hang in there and remind myself it's not a kidney stone and the baby is OK, but I'm worried about how I'm gonna pee for the rest of my pregnancy and why this is happening. I go back to the OBGYN on tuesday to check on the catheter and hopefully remove it!
Thanks for letting me vent about my worst day ever!
I am now 14 weeks pregnant, and urinary tract infections are quite common during pregnancy. I've been peeing even more than my usual frequent amount lately, but I just thought since I have a sore throat/cold (which also added to my fantastic day), that I was drinking even more water than usual to make me pee more. I woke up in the middle of the night and really HAD to pee but couldn't pee. It was awful. I couldn't get back to sleep like that, so I woke up and drank a bunch of water hoping to get things going. Within an hour once I started peeing, and it felt like I had a UTI. It tingled and hurt SO much while peeing. By 8am I called my OBGYN, and he phoned in a Rx for me for the UTI. I was in complete agony. I had to wait til 9 for the pharmacy to open, and dh went and got it. By the time he got home I was in so much pain I was in tears. To top it all off, (sorry TMI warning) I had diarrhea and my hemorrhoid was acting up! So even if I was trying not to pee, I'd HAVE to go for the diarrhea, and endure the pee spasms and pain beforehand. Then the fun of the hemorrhoid. I just don't think I could've been anymore miserable! Did I mention my sore throat and stuffed up nose?
By 11am I called my doc again, begging him for anything to knock me out so I could sleep til the antibiotics kicked in. He advised against it and told me to take a tylenol. Yeah, tylenol -sure doc, I'm sure that'll take away my excrutiatingly painful urge to pee! Anyway, by 12:30 I couldn't even walk or sit or move at all I was in so much pain, and I was wailing and screaming in agony. We called one last time before heading to the ER, and NOW he finally said he thought it was a kidney stone.
They tried to dope me up but it didn't take away my pain or my insane urge to pee. All it did was make me unable to hold my pee, so I practically stayed on the toilet next door, peeing drops at a time and suffering through the painful spasms. The morphine did make those a little more tolerable. Then they tried to do a doppler heartbeat, and couldn't find one. The nurse then had someone from maternity come right over with a more sensitive machine....still no heartbeat. Meanwhile they're pressing on my belly and I'm practically wetting the bed in agony. Now I'm freaking that my baby is dead.
Fortunately we had an amazing nurse and she rushed us to the u/s tech, who immediately discovered that my bladder was the size of the u/s screen! Despite peeing nonstop, it was BEYOND full! They catheterized me and got over a LITER of urine immediately, and over the course of an hour I filled the giant bag completely! I instantly felt better. I never thought I'd be excited about a catheter! (at least for use in a hospital!) Then they were able to see the baby which thank god is OK!
I don't know why I can't pee, but now I have to wear a catheter for the next two days and I am most unhappy about it. Quite depressed actually. I'm trying to hang in there and remind myself it's not a kidney stone and the baby is OK, but I'm worried about how I'm gonna pee for the rest of my pregnancy and why this is happening. I go back to the OBGYN on tuesday to check on the catheter and hopefully remove it!
Thanks for letting me vent about my worst day ever!
ita17 - it is definitely NOT a UTI - my urine was completely clean. Just some sort of urethra obstruction that is not a kidney stone either!
Helen- yes, there was a bonus! No getting up every 5 minutes all night to pee! The night before this all happened my pee trips got bumped up from every 1-2 hours to every 30-45 minutes. Like I said, I thought it was from the sore throat and extra water I drank. I was pretty miserable on Saturday at work as a result! It was weird and still is even during the day not running to the bathroom every 10 seconds! I did wake up a few times with my sinuses and coughing, but other than that, slept like a baby for 12 hours! I needed it. When this all started I got MAYBE 3 hours of sleep that night with a few pee breaks during that time so it wasn't solid sleep. Then all the misery... so I really needed to rest for baby!
Off to lay on the couch and veg and rest some more! I was supposed to wrap gifts and get a lot done today, but I'll do that tomorrow after I go to the doctor now that I have tomorrow off of work. Today I will only rest!
Helen- yes, there was a bonus! No getting up every 5 minutes all night to pee! The night before this all happened my pee trips got bumped up from every 1-2 hours to every 30-45 minutes. Like I said, I thought it was from the sore throat and extra water I drank. I was pretty miserable on Saturday at work as a result! It was weird and still is even during the day not running to the bathroom every 10 seconds! I did wake up a few times with my sinuses and coughing, but other than that, slept like a baby for 12 hours! I needed it. When this all started I got MAYBE 3 hours of sleep that night with a few pee breaks during that time so it wasn't solid sleep. Then all the misery... so I really needed to rest for baby!
Off to lay on the couch and veg and rest some more! I was supposed to wrap gifts and get a lot done today, but I'll do that tomorrow after I go to the doctor now that I have tomorrow off of work. Today I will only rest!
What a terrible experience! I hope you will at least be able to rest.
Hugs to you and your baby!
Hugs to you and your baby!
OMGOSH, HUN I'm SOOOO SORRY;( This sounds HORRIBLE! So, is it not a UTI? If it's not, then what do they think it is???? You poor thing, what a yucky feeling this must be for you.
Keep us posted, & I hope you get lots of rest tonight.
Keep us posted, & I hope you get lots of rest tonight.
OFFS!!! I feel your pain. I had a bladder infection Years ago,,and the urge or need to pee and not being able to ,,drove me nuts,,,and then,,,THE Pain that followed. Grrrrrr....I'm a bit of a Control freak, and when ya can't fix something asap!!! It drives ya completely bonkers (as if the pain wasn't enough)
Its hard enough to deal with bladder problems when your NOT preggers, Hate to say it but, I'm glad it wasn't me.
Happy that you eventually found some relief and I hope ya get hit with some answers about what the heck is going on with ya.
All my best!!!
xoxox
Its hard enough to deal with bladder problems when your NOT preggers, Hate to say it but, I'm glad it wasn't me.
Happy that you eventually found some relief and I hope ya get hit with some answers about what the heck is going on with ya.
All my best!!!
xoxox
that sounds just horrible!! i had kidney stones when i was about 5 weeks pg and it was pain like no other, even worse than labor! i hope they can get to the bottom of what it is and you can feel better. whew! what a day!
OOOOOMMMMGGGG!!! WTF????
I have NEVER heard of such a thing! What the heck is going on? I almost wish it was a kidney stone so you would at least know what is going on! That is so dangerous when your bladder gets that full!
Please keep me posted and I hope to God you are feeling better. That is terrible! So sorry for your crappy weekend!
I have NEVER heard of such a thing! What the heck is going on? I almost wish it was a kidney stone so you would at least know what is going on! That is so dangerous when your bladder gets that full!
Please keep me posted and I hope to God you are feeling better. That is terrible! So sorry for your crappy weekend!
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