KrystalS
10-10-2010, 10:39 AM
Since so many of you were following my story due to my water leaking I wanted to post and let everyone know what happened.
I think I was leaking water for several days but never got a positive test so got sent home twice. Late Monday night I started having contractions. I waited several hours to make sure it was the real thing and finally woke up my mom at 1:30 am and told her it was time to go. I was having intense back contractions, nothing like I had with my DD. I was in a lot of pain. We got to the hospital about 2am and the nurse checked me, I was only 3cm. Same as I had been earlier that day. Nurse did the pH test, negative of course. She hooked me up to monitor but the contractions weren't really showing up, I guess because they were in my back. Nurse was very rude, acted like I was being dramatic about the pain. My mom told her about the infection and that I was positive for strep b because we knew I needed the antibiotics.
Finally I got up to use the bathroom, I couldn't make it due to contractions so I was leaning over a chair and my water gushed out.
About an hour after I arrived they finally admitted me. Nurse checked me again when we got to room and I was an 8! So of course nurse had to rush to get antibiotics started because I needed 2 bags before delivery. I'm allergic to penicillin and it was the middle of the night so pharmacy was closed. They had to call pharmacist on call to come in to get antibiotics, I guess they only kept penicillin on the floor. This took awhile. I was able to get an epidural despite the nurse's protest. She kept telling me I could do it even though I told her that was not what I wanted. Later she told me she didn't think there was going to be time for an epidural and she was trying to prepare me. I just think she could have went about it a better way, she had a lot of attitude.
DH was driving up from Ft Hood so once I got my epidural they let me wait for him to arrive before I started pushing. They were only able to give me one bag of antibiotics before DS was delivered so as a precaution they gave him IV antibiotics after birth. We had to stay 2 days. Felt like forever for me because I had never been away from DD for that long.
DS is doing great, all cultures came back negative for him having strep b. So happy that he is finally here and everything worked out okay. I still think I was leaking water despite all the negative tests. My outcome was fine but for others going through this you should trust your instincts because I just knew something wasn't right.
I think I was leaking water for several days but never got a positive test so got sent home twice. Late Monday night I started having contractions. I waited several hours to make sure it was the real thing and finally woke up my mom at 1:30 am and told her it was time to go. I was having intense back contractions, nothing like I had with my DD. I was in a lot of pain. We got to the hospital about 2am and the nurse checked me, I was only 3cm. Same as I had been earlier that day. Nurse did the pH test, negative of course. She hooked me up to monitor but the contractions weren't really showing up, I guess because they were in my back. Nurse was very rude, acted like I was being dramatic about the pain. My mom told her about the infection and that I was positive for strep b because we knew I needed the antibiotics.
Finally I got up to use the bathroom, I couldn't make it due to contractions so I was leaning over a chair and my water gushed out.
About an hour after I arrived they finally admitted me. Nurse checked me again when we got to room and I was an 8! So of course nurse had to rush to get antibiotics started because I needed 2 bags before delivery. I'm allergic to penicillin and it was the middle of the night so pharmacy was closed. They had to call pharmacist on call to come in to get antibiotics, I guess they only kept penicillin on the floor. This took awhile. I was able to get an epidural despite the nurse's protest. She kept telling me I could do it even though I told her that was not what I wanted. Later she told me she didn't think there was going to be time for an epidural and she was trying to prepare me. I just think she could have went about it a better way, she had a lot of attitude.
DH was driving up from Ft Hood so once I got my epidural they let me wait for him to arrive before I started pushing. They were only able to give me one bag of antibiotics before DS was delivered so as a precaution they gave him IV antibiotics after birth. We had to stay 2 days. Felt like forever for me because I had never been away from DD for that long.
DS is doing great, all cultures came back negative for him having strep b. So happy that he is finally here and everything worked out okay. I still think I was leaking water despite all the negative tests. My outcome was fine but for others going through this you should trust your instincts because I just knew something wasn't right.