Sunday, February 24, 2013

The Sound of a Cow in Labor

Yesterday J and I drove up to a cousin's house for a wedding.  It was a lovely ceremony.

I should have stayed at home.

The 1.5 hour ride back home left me making noises like a cow in labor.

I'm not kidding.

I was fervently praying to God to let me get through the ID check at the gate without making the offending noises to alert the guards that I was in such pain.  It worked.  I made it to the house.

Poor J had to listen to me moan, groan and cry. 

I was panting and trying to breath through each contraction.

Yes the were muscle contractions.  My lower back was in spasm and my pelvic region decided to run a competition.  I was having my own version of the pain Olympics.

I was told the other day no pain killers by the IVF nurse.  Only hot packs and a hot bath.  Oh and I could use my tens unit but um that hasn't arrived from Vancouver yet.  I sent it out about 10 days ago for a battery swap out.  Not sure what is taking it so long to get here.  It would have been quicker for me to drive down there and exchange the battery myself in person.

When we got into the house I had trouble exiting the car.  Movement to bend was almost impossible the pain was so bad.  I would have thought sitting for 1.5 hours I would be able to bend forward easily but nope.  I should have realized I couldn't bend without pain as every time a spasm would hit my back I'd arch against the seat belt causing more pelvic pain.

Today I warned J that if I have another episode like last night I'll go to the ER without a fuss.  I'd rather not go on a weekend if at all possible.  I'm not dying though I rather feel like it at times when the blood leaves my face making me dizzy.

CD 4 and I'm still bleeding heavy.  Normally by now I'm down to spotting.  I can't say enough, Something Is Wrong!



18 comments:

  1. Here from ICLW (this time) That sounds so horrible! I'm sorry you had to go through that!

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    1. J bought me a 2pack box of the thermacare for my back today. This means I can just put the hot rice bag on my pelvis.

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  2. Oh no! Something does sound wrong, I'm so sorry!

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    1. Wishing it were a weekday so that my clinic was open and I could beg an appointment from them. I know the ER is probably just as good but I'd be sitting there for hours until they can get the ob/gyn or RE on call there for me.

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  3. I am worried about you. This does not sound good :( Your pain sounds way too much like my miscarriage. Is there anyway you could have an ectopic pregnancy? Thinking of you.

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    1. I've never had an ectopic pregnancy before so I've no clue how it feels. This morning my right ovary area decided to feel like it was twisting, thankfully the pain let up a bit.

      I'm thinking I have adhesions growing back.

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    2. I haven't either, but I know that they didn't see an embryo when they did the SIS so I wondered if maybe that could be it? The contraction like pain sounds like your body is trying to get rid of something. An ER visit might not be a bad idea.

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    3. Made it through another night. I called RE office this morning.

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  4. hope everything is ok!! go to the doc if you don't feel better soon!!

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    1. I probably will this week if I can weasel an appointment out of them.

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  5. Yikes! I hope you do go to the ER if it gets that bad again. That is not right :(

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    1. Thankfully pain isn't as bad as it was Saturday night. I think keeping off my feet for most of yesterday helped.

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  6. I'm so sorry you're going through that kind of pain. Something doesn't sound right at all. I hope you can get an appointment with your doctor this week.

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    1. I somehow doubt they'll have an opening. I'll probably get referred to OB/GYN if they can't see me.

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  7. Gosh, I hope they figure out what the ongoing issue is before start your DE cycle. Good luck!

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    1. Me too. I want to go forward with the DE cycle without issues.

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    1. Hoping and I'm doing everything possible to make it so.

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