Week 18 Bumpdate

Oh hey, bumpdate. Heeeey!

You guys, I jinxed myself. The end of week 17 went downhill fast ending with a trip to the ER.

How Far Along: 18 weeks, 4 days
Size of Baby: A sweet potato and 5.6 inches long!
Gender: It’s a sweet girl! Read all about our gender reveal party here!
Movement: Yes, yes, yes! This past weekend, I was pretty sure I was feeling Hot Pie flip and roll around and on Monday, I was laying down when I felt a definite kick (or arm or head).
Sleep: I’ve slept a lot this past weekend and started having crazy, vivid dreams again. The weirdest part is almost every single dream involves someone from high school. Many of these people I haven’t seen in almost 11 years.
Workouts: Yeah, about that… 
Maternity Clothes: Maybe you caught it on Instagram but thanks to my sweet friend Paige at Retro-Belle Wife, I am set on maternity work pants. Plus, I found two more pairs at a local consignment store for $6 a piece. That’s what I’m talking about! I work 9.5 hours a day, four days a week, so having comfortable pants has been a game changer this week!
Weight Gain: I’m up about 6 lbs according to my scale but I’m not sure how accurate that is.
Symptoms: Goodness gracious, y’all…let’s start from the beginning. Last Wednesday, I had a meeting at church and when I got home wasn’t feeling that great and told Cory I was gonna lay down on the couch. About 9:00pm, out of nowhere, I got the worst pain in my kidney area I’ve ever felt. It was like an awful menstrual cramp that would not ease up or go away for almost 20 minutes. I had no idea what was happening but I could stand up and sitting down hurt even worse. It affected my breathing and I seriously thought I was going to vomit from the pain. After it eased off, I went straight to bed.

Thursday morning I called my OB and told them my symptoms and asked to be seen, and they told me it was round ligament pain. Now, I understand that they probably have a ton of first-time moms call and ask to be seen and it ends up being nothing but this was something. I wish I had listened to my body (and Cory, and my Mom) and called back and really pushed to be seen because I knew it wasn’t round ligament pain. I felt better for most of the day on Thursday and about 3:30, I started getting dull cramps again in my left kidney area. By 4:15, I was calling Cory asking him to come on home because the pain was as bad as the night before. When he got home, he called the OB again and explained my symptoms again and made sure to tell them he didn’t think it was round ligament pain. They suggested I head on to the hospital where I will be delivering (which is an hour away) to be checked for kidney stones. This is a women’s hospital and I didn’t even know they had a regular ER. I thought I would be able to go straight to a room and also see the OB on call. Well, this wasn’t the case at all. You have to be at least 19 weeks along to go to the labor ER so I had to sit down there with people literally puking everywhere and hacking up lungs. I wasn’t very happy! After about 5 hours in the ER, they checked on the baby, told me my symptoms were the same as kidney stones but told me because I’m pregnant, they couldn’t do a CT scan to check. I was sent home with nothing more than instructions to take Tylenol, drink lots of water, and rest.

Friday morning I got a call from my OB saying they had gotten the report from the hospital and wanted me to come in Monday for follow-up. The rest of the weekend, I felt really run-down and had mild cramps in my kidney area but not the extreme pain I experienced on Wednesday and Thursday. At my follow-up appointment on Monday, the doctor agreed that it did sound like kidney stones (which are common in pregnancy) but since I hadn’t had anymore pain from them, they just want me to wait it out and see. If I experience the pain again, they will do a renal ultrasound to find out more about where the stone(s) are and a plan of action to get me some relief. Until then, I’m praying I didn’t catch some kind of bubonic plague from that ER and that maybe, just maybe these awful kidney stones will magically disappear and not give me anymore problems!
Cravings/Aversions: I had a dream about Froyo with Sour Punch Straws in it the other night and woke up wanting some ice cream. And Sour Punch Straws. But I resisted! Other than that, nothing new other than a lot of fruit.
Missing Most: This isn’t really pregnancy related, but I miss being tan. I used a self-tanner for our gender reveal party and now I feel all pale again. Only a few more weeks until I can soak up some Florida sunshine!
Nursery: We have our crib picked out and we’re waiting for it come in so we can pick it up. We don’t have anywhere to put it yet, but it was out of stock online and it just so happened that Buy Buy Baby had one on the truck to be delivered when we called to ask about it.
Labor Signs: No! Thank you, Jesus.
Belly Button In or Out? In but starting to flatten out.
Wedding Rings On or Off? On
Hubby: You guys, he was a total mess Wednesday and Thursday. He’s never seen me in that much pain and the whole ride to the hospital, he was completely stressed out. I’m pretty sure he turned his emergency flashers on at one point, which was completely unnecessary! Let’s hope he can handle the stress when I’m in labor and it’s an actual emergency.
Best Part of the Week: Even though it has been a rough week, we have still had some great moments. But the best part of the week? Definitely getting to feel Hot Pie swim around in my stomach! I can’t forget to mention all the prayers and support we got from our friends and family. Our little family is loved and that’s a great feeling!
Can’t Wait For: We go back on Monday for our 20-week anatomy scan and we are also planning on registering since we will be close to Buy Buy Baby. Hopefully, our crib will be in but I need recommendations on car seats and strollers. What do all you mamas like or dislike?

Here’s to hoping the end of this week goes much better than the last!

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