Pain and more pain

Today was bad. For the past few days I have been very crampy feeling in my lower abdomen, and the pain radiates to my lower back. It seems worse if I have to sit or stand for an extended period of time. Which is what happened at work today. I had a lot of paperwork and emails to catch up on, so I spent all day at my desk. By about 2pm, the pain was unbearable. I began to worry that something was going wrong. So I left early.

I talked myself down on the way home instead of rushing to the doctor like a paranoid new mommy, crying about every little thing. But after being home a couple of hours and not feeling better even after taking Tylonol, I started getting myself all worried again. Words like miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy were running through my head. So I hopped in my car and drove to the doctor. The doctor didn't see me, but I talked to Bev again, who is sooo wonderful. Her first question for me was "Are you constipated?" Well I haven't been constipated since I was 4, so I really didn't know. I assumed that it meant that I wasn't going at all. But I told her that I was a little bit, but it was loose and not much at all. She said that it sounds like I was, and that everything was blocked up so only the loose stuff could get through. Yuck. But she said if for some reason that is not the case, then there is nothing they can do until I see bleeding (which would indicate the miscarriage or ectopic preg). So she recommended a laxitive and I was on my way. And apparently, constipation is very common in pregnancy. The increase in progesterone causes food to move slower through the digestive tract. Progesterone helps my uterus to become a more comfy apartment for baby. :)

But it will also make my boobs grow bigger. Ugh. Could do without that.

I came home and took the medicine, which said to take 1-4 pills (usually 2). So I took 2. Couple hours later and I was wishing for my backache. Horrible cramps and all I can describe as water passing through my rear. I know its supposed to loosen you up, but good lord! I had about 6 bouts of that this evening, so painful, I was weeping while sitting there, the pain in my gut was so bad. I broke out in a cold sweat even, from the pain. I was afraid it was going to cause me either to pass out or vomit. Luckily, neither happened.

I tried to eat dinner, but because of all this other stuff going on, eating just made me nauseous. So all in all, its been a pretty miserable evening. Right now I'm exhausted, but trying to stay up long enough to rehydrate.

I'm too tired to write anything else. More tomorrow.