Trip to the ER

Tuesday

• after lunch -- my tummy started hurting a bit.

• during yoga -- I got heartburn but thought it was normal for a pregger in her third trimester

• home at 5pm -- tummy really started to hurt

• around 8pm -- Daddy came home from work and found me moaning in bed. He grabbed "What to Expect" and looked up heartburn. "Oh, this is interesting," he read, "New research has actually backed up what old wives have maintained for generations: The more heartburn you have during pregnancy, the more likely your baby will be born with a full head of hair. Implausible as it sounds, seems the hormones responsible for heartburn are the same ones that cause fetal hair to sprout."Clutching my stomach in a fetal position, I chuckled, "He'd better be born with a full head of hair or I'll feel robbed."

• between 10:30pm and 2am -- puked in the bathroom 6 times until nothing but stomach acid came out.

• 2:30am -- took a cab to the ER. They hooked me up to a saline IV to keep me hydrated and gave me some stomach medicine. Puked 3 more times while in the ER.

• around 6am -- puking stopped but the pain persisted. Got a second bag of saline.
  

• 8am -- I was wheeled to OB/GYN. They hooked me up to monitor your heart rate and movement. Your heart rate maintained around 147 beats per minute. After the 20 minutes, we went to check you out on the ultrasound. I didn't have my glasses on, so I couldn't really see you. Daddy told me that you were rubbing your feet together and moving your hands around your face. At one point, I saw you opening and closing your left hand. The last shot of you, which the doctor froze on the screen, was a close-up of your face. Even though it was a somewhat blurry black and white image, my heart melted when I saw that little face. The doctor estimated that you now weight about 1,400 grams (3lb and 1.38 oz), which is normal for a fetus at 29 weeks.

I felt a lot better after seeing you.

• 10:45am -- got home from the hospital. Daddy and I both passed out on the sofabed.

• 7pm -- had 3 spoonful of the congee Daddy made for me. Pain came in waves.
  

• 10:30pm -- passed out as soon as my head hit the pillow.

I first woke up 'cause Mocha was scratching the door. Then I noticed you were moving a lot. It felt like you were doing aerobics. The next time I woke up, I noticed there was no pain in the stomach (hooray!!) Gotta take it slow today in terms of what I eat though. You'll have to be on a light diet with Mommy for a day or two. Actually, I take that back. It doesn't really matter how little I eat, you're still gonna get all the nutrients and water you need from my system anyway.

Wait! It's Thursday already?!