Here is 28 weeks to 37 weeks in a nutshell.
Around 28 weeks I started getting back pain on my right side under my ribs. I thought it was my ribs expanding until at 30 weeks it got worse. I realized the pain coincided with eating. The nurses said it sounded like gallbladder issues. I ended up at the ER in Newport California 2 days into our 10 day trip. They monitored baby and sent me home...very helpful.
The day we got home from our fun filled trip, we went in for an ultrasound on my gallbaldder...no stones. They sent me to a surgeon who works with gallbladders and I was too far long to do surgery and the next test to check my gallbladder would have to wait until after the birth of baby. (It involves injecting radioactive dye into my body and we didn't want my baby to come out with Spiderman qualities.) I was in so much pain with no answers except to wait it out.
Luckily about 4 weeks in total, the pain went away on its own. Once the pain subsided the rest of the pregnancy went well. Swollen feet and body with a side of heartburn and blurry eyes we're all that I needed to figure out.
I was lucky and blessed to have a healthy and perfect pregnancy. Not to brag but I couldn't have asked for a better experience from my perspective.
My family and coworkers probably didn't have a pleasant experience as I was an irritable pregnant lady. I lost my filter and didn't care. Hopefully I can find it again! In the end we're all alive and well.
