Hospital visits, the waiting game and hormones!

This weekend we had a somewhat uneventful trip to the hospital. I had a really busy day on Saturday running errands, cleaning the house and getting ready for dinner as we were having another couple over. (They cancelled last minute of course! Grrrrr! But that is another story!) So by around 4 pm I was having some sharp pains on the top right of my baby bump. Almost like I'd been punched there. After resting for a bit it started to feel better, and only hurt when I touched that area, kind of like a bruise. Around 8pm, once we knew we weren't having company for dinner we (Hubby and I) ran out to the mall to pick up a wedding shower gift for a friend and the pain got worse again. The pain was really not excrutiating by any means, but since it was pretty unusual it kinda freaked me out.

I googled the possible causes, and came up with some useless possibilities namely:
1. Gall bladder pain - had my gall bladder removed 2.5 years ago, so not the problem
2. Baby has been kicking that area - well I have a high and anterior placenta, so I can never feel baby kick in that spot

Of course, then I got to thinking that something was wrong with either my placenta or scar tissue in that area from my gall bladder surgery. I decided to call my doctor (the clinic I go always has a doctor on at the hospital and you can page them at any time and they will call you back and answer your questions). She was nice, told me not to worry but that I should come in to the hospital and she would give me a quick check to make sure everything was fine.

Around 10pm we get in the car and go to the hospital, turns out to be a way bigger production than expected. There is paperwork, hospital bands, I get given a bed. After waiting, fetal monitoring, checking my cervix, blood work and urine tests I finally am given an answer......you're right, that is weird, we don't know what it is. Seriously??? Basically they said I wasn't in preterm labor (I knew that, I wasn't have contractions!) and that if the pain got worse to come in the next morning and they would do an ultrasound. So we finally made it home around 3am. I was so tired! I am super happy that I got to hear my little one's heart beat and I know he is doing ok in there, so I guess the peace of mind was worth it, but seriously? 5 hours of waiting and tests just to hear 'we don't know'?? Ok, rant over! lol!

This past week or so I have also been very hormonal, it feels like this pregnancy is taking forever and I just want it to be December already! I have been crying at pretty much everything, tv shows, songs on the radio, just random events in life in general! The worst part is, I am still logical enough to know that I am crying at something that doesn't warrant tears, but I can't stop myself. I feel like a huge teary whale!!! Anyway, that's my news...thought I would share this cartoon as it pretty much sums up my emotional state right now.