Monday morning was more than frustrating. I called my midwife's office and they couldn't get me in for three weeks. Even for an emergency. They told me to call their other office and I did, they couldn't get me in for two weeks. At this second office I got this awful nurse who thought she knew everything and she told me over and over that all I needed to do was take a bath and take some Tylenol and that it was just muscle cramps. I explained that I'd been pregnant before, I knew what muscle pains to expect and I knew about round ligament pain...this wasn't it! But she continued to tell me that I needed to take three, one hour baths a day for three days and if it wasn't better by then, then I could call back. Um...yea right. So I called my primary doctor. They took it as seriously as this nurse didn't and told me they didn't even want to try to mess with it and that I needed to get to ER right away. So, I went to urgent care. Doctor checked me out and turns out I have an umbilical hernia. The only way to remove it is surgery, and of course that's not an option while pregnant so basically I just have to deal. She referred me to a general surgeon to have monitor it throughout the pregnancy and make sure all is ok. I called and they couldn't get me in for another two weeks. In the meantime, no one has been willing to offer any help as to what to do for pain management. I've talked to the nurses at my midwife's office, had two notes put through, and I talked with the urgent care doctor...they all just tell me to talk to the general surgeon and take Tylenol. Well I'm obviously not ok with being on a steady stream of Tylenol for the next 7 months. I'm just praying each day that God will lessen the pain of this hernia and that the general surgeon will be able to give me some guidance on what to do for pain other than Tylenol.
The real kicker is that the urgent care doctor put me on a 10 pound weight restriction. First off, that's hard to do. Second, that means I can't hold my baby girl anymore. In light of the comment she made at the mall a few days back, this one has absolutely killed me. I'm trying to cling to these moments with her and that one is just getting taken from me too soon. I understand it and I know it's important to take care of me too, but that's a hard one. Hoping the general surgeon will feel differently...
As far as actual pregnancy symptoms, this week I've majorly been rocking the bloat-bump. I've been exhausted - I've had a couple nights where I've felt like literally if anyone asks me to do anything by the end of the night, I might break down sobbing. Poor Mark - we keep trying to watch movies or our shows in the evenings like we always do and I'm not ever making it for more than about 10 minutes these days! Thank goodness for such a wonderfully supporting and understanding hubby though!
Anyways, 9 weeks is still exciting. Baby is the size of a grape now and basically all body parts are established, even down to chambers of the heart and taste buds! Nothing like a pregnancy to show you how amazing God's plans and designs are!
