Pregnancy Venting

Last week we made our first trip to the hospital to get monitored. Unfortunately, it was because I was having SERIOUS gas pains. As in the I-couldn't-walk and had zero-desire-to-eat pain variety - and they lasted from Wednesday night until Saturday. After a few tears and godsend of a hotwater bottle, I'm feeling much better now.

The only flub was that no one told me if I had ever had MRSA (which I did thanks to a botched mole removal 2+ years ago) I would need to get a clearance lab done. No one told me this - not my regular doctor that treated me for MRSA 2+ years ago - not the dermatologist whos office I contracted it in then- and not the OB/GYN 9 months ago. Even though it was HORRID pain, I thank God I went to the hospital that day, and thank goodness for a thorough nurse. They said if we had waited to check in at the hospital when mcNugget was born without a clearance test, I would have been isolated from everyone - including mcNugget! So in turn for giving me the worst pains of my entire pregnancy, I got the warning notice and have now gotten my clearance swab. (not a fun test by the way - you have to stick a cotton swab so far up your nose it makes your eyes water). The test came back okay, as in I'm MRSA-free, and I have my 'all clear' paperwork.