Last night I may have made a complete idiot of myself. It was around 5pm and John woke me up because he was going to Subway and he wanted to know if I wanted anything. After he left, I tried to go back to sleep, but I couldn't because I was having some cramping. Nothing too serious, it just felt like menstrual cramps. I got up to go to the bathroom and I was bleeding. Cramps + Bleeding + 22 weeks pregnant = Bad. I called Mom and asked her what she thought. She said she didn't think I was in labor and that I should call my doctor. I said I wanted to wait and see what happened. John came back and we ate and I got in the shower. Still bleeding. Since it had been about two hours, I told him to go ahead and call Dr. O. He did and she told us to go to Labor & Delivery triage. When we got to the hospital, my pain was about a 2-3 and Denali was kicking furiously. We got checked in and the nurse had me get into a gown and get a urine sample. When I looked at the urine, I became suspicious about the origin of the bleeding. It looked like trash and I started wondering if I maybe had a UTI. The nurse checked Denali and her heart rate was fine and she was moving a lot. She does not like being monitored and she kicked the (what is that thing called?) that had been strapped to me repeatedly! I wasn't having contractions at all, which was a relief. The doctor came in and said that I did have blood in my urine and some protein as well, but no bacteria. I was not having any flank pain and I wasn't febrile, so he didn't think it was pyelonephritis, but he got a CBC, ESR and CMP just to check. He checked my cervix (dear heavens that hurts!) and it was "firm and closed". He said that I had three options: 1) Go home 2) Be admitted 3) Be induced. I told him I wanted to go home and he said we could decide when my bloodwork came back. I thought it was odd that he offered to induce me. Maybe he thought I wanted to be in labor? I'm not sure. Anyway, my booodwork came back mostly normal, with a slight L shift. I was sick all weekend, so that wasn't too surprising. We concluded that I probably have a kidney stone. He didn't want to do any studies because I'm pregnant and I was okay with that. He offered to admit me again, but I wasn't interested. If I have a stone and it gets painful I will come back!
I thought the whole thing was rather bizarre. Asymptomatic gross hematuria? Kidney stone? I guess it's the most obvious conclusion. Now I'm kind of wondering if the sucker is going to get stuck and cause excruciating pain any time soon. I will deal with that when and if it happens, I guess. For now, I'm still having a little cramping, but the bleeding has stopped.
I do kind of feel like a paranoid moron running to the doctor. But, it is very difficult to tell the origin of bleeding in women. And maybe I have the right to a little paranoia. I've never been this pregnant before and it's not a normal pregnancy. I'm still embarrassed, though. I am happy that Denali is okay for now!
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