My sister is pregnant. She is 35 weeks along. She isnt doing too good. Wednesday she went to the doctors because she was having pain in her stomach. They told her its just stretching and that its normal, to take the rest of the week off and rest. Today was her baby shower. When I arrived this morning to help set up and etc. She was still in bed, naked, under 3 blankets because she said it was freezing. I helped her with whatever she needed and then I went to set up. She could barely handle sitting on the couch while the whole shower was going on. I just got a phone call 30 minutes ago that she was in labor and delivery. I am waiting to find out if I need to head down or what is going on. So scared for her. This is her first child.
Update: They took a blood and urine test. They are waiting for the results of those to dertermine why she is in so much pain. They dont have her hooked up to any machines so they dont know if its really contractions or not. They think she may have an infection but wont know the source until they get results.
They said they will for sure keep her overnight and give her an antibiotic...still no exam but possibly meds for the pain They said they will give her 3 rounds of antibiotics and morphine for pain...they will continue to do test bc they still don't know exactly what it is...they are also ordering an ultrasound of her kideys to make sure no issues with them
Update: They took her off the morphine because she was having a bad reaction to it. They put her on 3 different pain meds now. Ultrasound of the kidneys show that she has kidney infection due to a bladder infection. The water around the kidney is preventing her to pee and they are debating on wether or not to insert a tube to drain it or take the baby. They will know by some point today what their plans are. She was also starting to have contractions and they gave her a shot to stop labor.
UPDATE 6/10/2012
My sister was kept over night and is doing MUCH better. When I talked to her this morning I could hear it in her voice. They decided to NOT drain the fluid around the kidneys and NOT to take the baby. But she will be in the hospital until Tuesday so they can keep an eye on everything that is going on and making sure all is healing. She started going into labor last night with contractions every 5 minutes and they stopped them with medication. She only needs to make it a little bit longer before they will offically let her go into full labor. Since she doesnt want her FI missing work I am going down in the morning and staying with her until he returns. The kids will be at sitters so I will have all day to have alone time with her which I havent had in months. She is super excited. She asked me to bring cards and games. Does anyone else have any ideas on how to keep us occupied?