This past week has probably been the most stressful week so far during our pregnancy. I have had to take Donna to the Emergency Room two nights in a row because she couldn’t urinate. This has been the weirdest thing in that she has no problems at all going during the day but in the middle of the night she has had trouble going. Both times at the ER they were able to put a catheter in and have been able to drain her bladder and get some relief. The second visit they left the catheter in overnight but the next morning we removed it after speaking with our OBGYN. The risk for infection is just too great for her to have a catheter in all of the time so he got us in to see a Urologist to help us track down the problem.
While the Urologist wasn’t able to really give us a reason why she is experiencing these issues he did say that he didn’t feel like this was something that we would have to deal with long term. He said that he was hopeful that it would only last a week or two and that we could get by using an at-home catheter kit (which Donna said was a lot better than the ones they used at the ER). One thing is for sure, my wife is a whole lot tougher than I am when it comes to things like this. If I was faced w/ the idea that I had to have a catheter 4 times a day I’m pretty sure I would freak completely out.
On the upside to all of this, each time we have visited the ER we have been able to see the baby on the ultrasound and hear the fetal heartbeat. The heartbeat has been very strong and during the ultrasounds we have been able to see it moving it’s head around and even sucking it’s thumb (or at least that’s what it looked like to me). Being able to see these images of the baby has really helped put us at ease knowing that God has his hand on this pregnancy and is walking hand in hand with us throughout each of the challenges we are faced with.
As for my problems w/ the stomach ulcer, etc. I am doing a lot better, my doctor put me on a pretty strong medication to treat the ulcers and I have been able to start eating breakfast again, although the smell of scrambled eggs and anything with garlic in it still makes me pretty nauseous. We will move into our 15th week this Sunday, Praise the Lord!! I’m curious, have any other dad’s to be ever experienced morning sickness while their wife was pregnant? My mom says that my dad did while she was pregnant w/ me. At any rate, it’s an interesting phenomenon that can’t be explained…
Questions or Comments?