It's a boy!

On April 14th, Dennis and my 5th year anniversary of being together, I had horrible pains in my stomach. They seemed to come iu waves of bad and worse. After about 20 minutes of them not going away, I called the doctor, who told me to go to the emergency room. Dennis, Andrew and I loaded up around 12 noon. It was just before lunch time, so we actually didn't get to eat anything. I could tell that the pains were very high, and that they were more than likely in my stomach, but I wanted to be sure that it wasn't some sort of early labor. It really felt that bad.

When we got to the emergency room, Andrew had fallen asleep in the back of Dennis' car. I had called my parents just as we were leaving our house so that they would be able to meet us and take Andrew. I just hung on Dennis in the line to be checked in because I didn't feel that I could really stand on my own. I was hurting so badly.

After I talked with the lady at the desk, they brought a wheelchair out for me. I sat there just doing my lamaze and trying to get through it. I was trying to remember labor with Andrew and the pains I felt. It wasn't quite like this until I was pushing. It was very hard to imagine that these weren't labor pains, and that something "normal" could be causing this.

Just as I was wheeled back to the triage area to get my vitals read, I started to feel better. The pains were there, but they were going away in a fading motion. It was so strange, but after I was placed in a room and told them that the pains were leaving, they wanted to keep me around to do some tests to check me. They took some blood, had me pee in a cup and did an ultrasound. All came back normal. I had some stress that week at work, which is what I partially attributed this pain to, but I still wasn't sure since they couldn't tell me much.

The ultrasound was worth the $217 the trip to the emergency room cost, because on our 5th-year anniversary, we found out that we were going to have another boy! I was alone in the ultrasound room, since I sent Dennis to get some lunch. I thought that we both shouldn't starve, since I didn't know how long we'd be there. I was able to see my son's fingers, toes, spine and little pee-pee. I couldn't help the smile forming on my face, because I just loved him so much. I had a wonderful son at home, whom I adored, and I knew then that I would love this son just as much. The tech asked me what I had at home, and then after I told her I had a boy already, she asked if I wanted to know the sex of this baby. I OF COURSE did, but I could already tell by looking at the ultrasound. It was just nice to hear her confirm. I was also too shy to ask her, so I just answered "yes." I knew Dennis would be upset because he really wanted a little girl, but I was too excited to keep it from him.

When I got back to the room, he was already there sitting in a chair to the side of the room. I was beaming from ear to ear from hearing the news, and I couldn't keep it to myself. I could tell he was a bit sad, but he mentioned just what I was thinking earlier. We both shared a wonderful son, and he was excited to have another little boy to love, who may be a bit more like mommy. :)

We left the emergency room with no real answers. The RN who was mostly in charge of me said that it might have been gas or something that has to do with the digestive system. I took that information and left. The cramps were gone, but I was left with a happy feeling of knowing that I would soon have another little boy.