First Emergency Room Visit (for this pregnancy)

Last night I spent 4 hours in the ER. Hours after I passed out in the shower, my doctor finally returned my call and suggested I go to the hospital. His reasoning was that despite the fact that I was having no pain at all the baby is to small at 18 weeks for me to notice if she or he is not moving. So something could be wrong without my knowing it.

Plus, he was concerned that I had a headache and then got dizzy in the shower and passed out with no recollection of the incident. I woke up with my daughter asking, "Are you ok mommy?" She was waiting her turn for the shower, and told me she heard me fall. I don't think she could have heard me since I was leaning against the wall when I fell. I think I just slid down. Plus the non-skid mat wasn't altered very much.

So after blood work an EKG, and hearing the baby's heart beat we were told all is fine. My blood pressure was normal, but on the lower end of normal. So the theory is that the hot shower lowered my blood pressure to much and I passed out.

The worst part of the entire thing was that I had 2 spend 4 hours away from my kids. By the time I got home it was more like 5 hours and it was after midnight! They had the hardest time sleeping without me and didn't fall asleep until after 11. Topher my youngest child will be 2 this month and he would not let any one lay down in my spot on the bed. We co-sleep. So when I got home I found daddy, Evie, and Topher all asleep, but squished onto half of a king size bed!