I crept forward as much as I felt I safely could, but by now the light was red.\u00a0 My hope was that I could give her enough extra room to stop.\u00a0 Or at least lessen the blow.\u00a0 (Yay those physics classes came in handy after all.)\u00a0 Well, I was not able to prevent it, but I guess it could have been worse.\u00a0 We experienced some whiplash . . . well, Pete and I did.\u00a0 S is still rear-facing (yes!), so it was truly no big deal to her.\u00a0 (Pete said he asked her if she was okay after it happened, and she just looked at him like, “uh, yeah, why wouldn’t I be??”)\u00a0 I talked to Pete about calling the police since I didn’t have my phone, and my brain must have stopped working for a moment because I totally forgot I was able to drive around to not block traffic.<\/p>\n
We spotted the other driver who had already pulled into a parking lot, so we stopped next to her.\u00a0 The rain had already stopped; in fact, I’m pretty positive it had stopped before the accident took place.\u00a0 But the roads were a little wet, and it was a lower lying area.\u00a0 She said she’s sorry and she hydroplaned.\u00a0 Finally, we called the police, which I wanted to do for insurance reasons.\u00a0 Felt like a long time waiting for the policeman to arrive, though probably not as long as it seemed.\u00a0 He asked the other girl what happened, and she told him.\u00a0 Then he just turned to me and said something like, “She said she hydroplaned, pretty straightforward.”\u00a0 I was like, “yeah….”\u00a0 I kept expecting to have a chance to give some kind of statement, but I never did.\u00a0 It kinda bothered me, but I guess it didn’t matter.\u00a0 I just didn’t want anything to bite me in the butt later.<\/p>\n
In the end, the officer told the girl he wasn’t going to give her a ticket because she hydroplaned and it’s not like she did anything illegal.\u00a0 In a sense, I was kinda glad for her because she seemed like a nice girl and not necessarily irresponsible.\u00a0 I wasn’t in her car with her to know what she was doing, so maybe it really was just a bad luck day.\u00a0 In another sense though, I was concerned that an insurance company would see it as no ticket = no fault = not paying.\u00a0 The traffic report should have just been available today (oops it was Wednesday when I typed this part), and I haven’t gotten a chance to look at it yet.\u00a0 But from all my conversations with her insurance company, SO FAR, it doesn’t seem like it’s going to be an issue.\u00a0 They just accept that since she rear-ended me, it was her fault.<\/p>\n
Finally we were all done, so we got our food and went home.\u00a0 Between the bleeding from earlier that day, and then the incident going home, I ate my food (as much as I could stomach), then put myself to bed.\u00a0 I called my parents to tell them what happened before I put anything on facebook.\u00a0 My mom of course was concerned, and my dad was ticked<\/em> that the other girl didn’t get a ticket.\u00a0 Then I posted to facebook (I know, insert joke here).\u00a0 Some friends urged me to go to the ER, but I wasn’t really sure if I’d experienced anything ER-worthy.\u00a0 It would put my mind at ease, for sure.\u00a0 But I didn’t know if it was reasonable.\u00a0 The jolt was similar to some roller coasters.\u00a0 Not necessarily dangerous to the average person, but still, pregnant ladies aren’t supposed to ride roller coasters.\u00a0 Plus I didn’t know if it was something that could have exacerbated the SCH.\u00a0 I called the nurse on call again and mentally prepared myself to wait for what felt like forever for a call back.\u00a0 It didn’t even get that far though because the last nurse I talked to asked me if I was having any bleeding. Well, I was this morning before the accident, but nothing since.\u00a0 Any cramping?\u00a0 Well…yes…not necessarily anything new though….\u00a0 I was told that cramping meant I needed to go to the ER.\u00a0 Alright well that made that decision for me.<\/p>\n Pete called my parents and asked if we could bring S over, and they said yes of course.\u00a0 So Pete got things together for S to spend the night at my parents’ house again (if it took as long as last time, we’d be way past her bedtime getting out), then I pulled together some snacks and entertainment while I waited for the washer to stop (it was 15 minutes and I wanted to be able to put the towels in the dryer rather than have a moldy mess when I got back).\u00a0 I was getting a little impatient waiting for Pete to get back, and I was debating whether I should chill and wait for him to get home and move the towels…or if I should try to move them so we could leave sooner.\u00a0 I was getting more restless waiting, so I decided I’d move the towels.\u00a0 It’s not like it’s a rigorous activity.\u00a0 I stood up from the couch, and the cramping suddenly got worse.\u00a0 Not severe, but still worse.\u00a0 I sat back down and decided to wait for Pete.<\/p>\n Finally, Pete got home and we were on our way.\u00a0 I was not in the mood to sit at the ER for hours and likely have dinner at 9:30 pm or so.\u00a0 I could hardly eat lunch, so I knew I’d be starving soon.\u00a0 Still, I was eager to HOPEFULLY get some very reassuring news.<\/p>\n My memory is not the best at this point (I started this post on Monday, but now it’s Friday), but I think by the time we got to the hospital, and I got off the phone with the other girl’s insurance company to be able to check in, it was around 5:00 pm.\u00a0 Like before, I told a woman at the front what I was there for, and she wrote it down on a paper.\u00a0 I thought it was weird that I told her I was pregnant, but all she wrote down was MVA (motor vehicle accident) and abdominal cramping.\u00a0 This time, instead of having me sit in a small waiting area for check in, they just sent me straight to the desk.\u00a0 They asked the usual questions (mainly identification type stuff) and printed off my bracelet (which fit a LOT better this time…I even had to cut it off later).\u00a0 Then they said they’re getting ready for me and that we could just have a seat “over there” (she gestured to the next desk over which no one was working at that time).\u00a0 I looked around at the waiting room–I could pretty much see all of it from my vantage point.\u00a0 It was maybe a little less busy than last weekend. I wondered if they would do any of the same bloodwork over because that would be pointless.<\/p>\n I quickly found out that, if you go to the ER saying you’ve been in a MVA and report ANY level of abdominal cramping for ANY reason…they do not mess around.\u00a0 Someone was around within just a couple of minutes to take us to my room in the ER.\u00a0 (!!!)\u00a0 I felt kind of bad like I was cheating the system somehow.\u00a0 I knew for a fact I wasn’t hurt personally.\u00a0 I just needed to know baby was okay.<\/p>\n The only lab stuff they did was a urine test, which I think they do on everyone.\u00a0 And it did make sense to do anyway.\u00a0 I was somewhat less obsessive about doing a perfect and contamination-free urine sample (necessary precautions taken, just not as extreme)–or maybe I am finally becoming more adept.\u00a0 So I did that and walked back down to my room and answered the nurse’s questions.\u00a0 I think it was stuff like what happened, were you wearing your seat belt, etc.\u00a0 Pete asked if I could have some water because for whatever reason I didn’t make it out the door with one and I was thirsty and trying to stay super hydrated (and I never dreamed I wouldn’t have a chance to hit up a vending machine after I got there).\u00a0 The nurse said sorry I should probably be seen by the doctor first.\u00a0 So then we waited for the Dr to come in.\u00a0 I think it was at this point that I realized that I was in a trauma room!?!?<\/p>\n After a relatively short wait, the ER doctor came in.\u00a0 I can’t remember his name this time.\u00a0 He talked to me some more, can’t remember details.\u00a0 Then he checked stuff like making sure I can turn my neck certain ways, looked in my ears, I’m guessing stuff they need to check after a MVA.\u00a0 I was glad to have that done too.\u00a0 But then we talked about baby stuff.\u00a0 Main thing was going to be ultrasound.<\/p>\n The Dr was nice and brought me some water, then we waited for me to be carted back to the ultrasound room.\u00a0 It was the same sonographer from last time.\u00a0 She asked if my symptoms got worse, and I explained that we were there for an altogether different reason.\u00a0 She didn’t even mention anything but over the belly this time, and I didn’t even really need to pee that bad (yet).\u00a0 She brought the baby up on the screen, again measured a few things–this time measuring exactly on schedule based on LMP (9 weeks, 6 days).\u00a0 Then we got to see that beautiful heartbeat again.\u00a0 I can’t believe I’m failing to remember the exact bpm–I should have gotten around to typing this sooner!\u00a0 I think it was 176 bpm, slightly faster than before.<\/p>\n The BEST part though was all the moving around baby was doing!\u00a0 It was truly astounding the difference 8 days makes.\u00a0 Last time the baby was basically a lump just laying there on his or her back.\u00a0 But this time, baby was quite active!\u00a0 It was like we had a tiny dancer in there.\u00a0 And the little arms and legs were much more prominent.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 It was really, really cute. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Pete got a phone pic again.\u00a0 Hard to really see but:<\/p>\n Pete also asked some questions about the SCH.\u00a0 I wasn’t sure about asking because (this may just expose my ignorance but) I didn’t know if the sonographers were expected to interpret data or just gather it.\u00a0 I mean I know they know HOW.\u00a0 But since nothing was said last time until we spoke to the doctor, I wondered how much she could say.\u00a0 She said it was still there, but still small.\u00a0 About a centimeter in one dimension (which would be about the same as last time at 12 mm) and about 5 mm in the other dimension.\u00a0 Which was slightly bothersome to me, but only slightly, because as she pointed out, my uterus has changed a lot in the last 8 days also.\u00a0 The main thing was that, based on the color, it appeared to be resolving.\u00a0 I will take that.<\/p>\n I was feeling very reassured.\u00a0 When we got to the room and saw the doctor again, he said he didn’t see any need to do another internal exam since it was done last time and they established that the os was closed.\u00a0 I think he said, “if that’s okay with you.”\u00a0 YES, that is okay with me.\u00a0 We saw admissions AFTER we saw the doctor this time, and this time they gave us stuff to give to the other driver’s insurance company rather than paying the $150 ER copay.<\/p>\n![\"9+6\"](\"http:\/\/babyg.brainstormwarning.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9+6.jpg\")
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