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dianadrw
LIF Adult

Member since 5/06 2092 total posts
Name: Me
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My evening in L&D at Good Sam
I'm 30 weeks and I spent about 5 hours in L&D last night. I started having what I thought were Braxton Hicks contractions on Tuesday night. I went to work on Wednesday and finally decided to call my doc in the afternoon. Which, btw, he yelled at me for. He told me I should have called immediately, even if it was 3am. God, I love him!
Anyway, I left work and went to L&D thinking they'd put me on a monitor for a half hour then I'd be on my way. Yea, not so much. I got the whole work up. Monitoring, IV fluids, FFN test, blood work, etc. I was in fact having very real contractions but it turned out I was just dehydrated. Once the fluids kicked in the contractions subsided.
So my advice to everyone - DRINK DRINK AND DRINK SOME MORE! Apparently it's extremely easy to become dehydrated.
One other thing I'll add is the nurses at Good Sam were amazing! They were all so sweet and attentive. They saw I was really nervous and really calmed my fears.
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Posted 9/1/11 11:39 AM |
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yelley
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Member since 11/07 3037 total posts
Name: Danielle
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Re: My evening in L&D at Good Sam
So glad everything was okay!!!
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Posted 9/1/11 11:44 AM |
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Finally1108
My two boys

Member since 12/08 3541 total posts
Name: Angela
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Re: My evening in L&D at Good Sam
Thank goodness everything is ok!!! You better be drinking water right now!!!
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Posted 9/1/11 11:45 AM |
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Champ
2 little ladies

Member since 1/11 2918 total posts
Name: Rose
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Re: My evening in L&D at Good Sam
glad you are ok
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Posted 9/1/11 11:47 AM |
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Wishing4ababy
My life is complete!

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Re: My evening in L&D at Good Sam
Happy to hear everything is ok.
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Posted 9/1/11 11:51 AM |
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Bearcat
Love my little girls!!! <3

Member since 6/10 10818 total posts
Name: E
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Re: My evening in L&D at Good Sam
i went through a very similar thing a few weeks ago, glad everything is okay!!
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Posted 9/1/11 12:05 PM |
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ODonnell
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Re: My evening in L&D at Good Sam
Glad to hear you're okay and they took good care of you. It's no joke when they say to drink LOTS of water. My Dr. recommends at least a gallon a day and I usually do more than that.
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Posted 9/1/11 12:12 PM |
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luvmyReese
Hello Kitty

Member since 1/08 7542 total posts
Name: Catt
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Re: My evening in L&D at Good Sam
Phew, so glad it was nothing serious.
I had my son at Good Sam and had a really
wonderful experience(9yrs ago). It was
Thanksgiving
Day and the jokes from the nurses and Dr
were keeping a smile on my bloated face.
Good Luck! and Congratulations!
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Posted 9/1/11 12:23 PM |
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