My Total Preggo and healthy blog

Ok, so I overdid it a bit at the gym..  Ok, alot!  I was doing the bleachers and walking on high incline.  Not to mention keeping up with my 4 day split.  Granted, I have dropped the weight a bit and don’t do any squats or leg presses for legs anymore.  Last Wednesday I was traveling for work and went to the hotel gym.  Not much of a gym, just cardio machines.  Wednesday is usually my off day so I just walked for 30 min. on high incline.  About 15 minutes in, my right side started hurting BAD!  I mean it felt like someone was stabbing me.  So I dropped the incline and dropped the mph to 2.  Yes, I was walking SLOW and it STILL hurt like crap!  I finished out the 30 minutes, in pain and headed back up to my room.  I laid down on the bed and wham, started having major cramping.  I really thought it was contractions, but sucked it up and rested. 

On my way home the next day, I made an appt. with my doctor.  During the drive, the cramping started getting worse and more frequent.  I called her back and she told me to go straight to labor and delivery.  Ok, NOW I was freaking out.  I got there and they admitted me.  After about 7 hours, they put me on fluids and demerol.  They also gave me a muscle relaxer for the cramping, if it was infact contractions, which it WASN’T.  They did an ultrasound and baby looked GREAT!  Thank GOD!  I thought it was a cyst on my ovary and they said due to the size of my uterus they could not tell but did not think it was.  I still think it may have ruptured and that is why it hurt so bad, but hey I am no Doctor! 

I stayed the night then they released me.  It turns out that I was overdoing it at the gym and had to take a week off.  Last night I took the pup for a quicky 25 minute walk at a very slow pace.  I felt ok until the end, started hurting again.  SO, I am going to ramp up slowly and be very careful not to overdo it.  Also, during the ultrasound it was found that the Previa is still there and has not moved.  This is not the news I was hoping for so I am still on pelvic rest until the next ultrasound in 3 weeks.  If it does not move, I will not be able to deliver the baby vaginally but rather have a scheduled C Section.  They typically like to do them early so I don’t go into labor.  Worst case, I could hemmorage and bleed out killing both the baby and me.  I really feel strongly that I don’t need to worry about that!  As long as we keep an eye on the condition, we will be fine!

Due to my inability to work out as hard as pre preggo, I really need to clean up my diet and pull the strings!  So, any suggestions are helpful!

Take care,

Laurie

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