ripping, tearing pain in lower tummy Posted: 01-13-08 18:56pm
Yesterday I noticed this awkward pain in
my lower tummy. It was only on one side.
The pain increased as i walked but once i
laid down, the pain subsided. I have a
high tolerance for pain, and I didn't want
to be seen by the ER unless i was in some
serious pain and i couldn't bare it any
more. Well, the pain continued, off and on
for about 6 hrs. It felt like a
"ripping/tearing" pain. I finally decided
that i wasn't going to take any chances
and i took a trip to the ER.
Well that was basically a waist of time.
Because i am not 20 weeks pregnant yet, if
something was terribly wrong with my
pregnancy or my baby, they would of just
let it happen! They didn't even escort me
to the maternity ward because of the same
reason - i wasn't 20 weeks yet!
Their theory is - if the baby was born
under 20 weeks, the baby wouldn't be able
to survive. So they just "let it happen".
I can understand if a "miscarriage" was
already taking place, but if someone was
going into "pre-term" labor, theres
medication that would of stopped the
contractions ! Now, i don't know how safe
that is for someone that hasn't reached
the 20 week mart, but when i was asking
question about that last night, they
didn't have anything to say about the
safety of the medication for the baby.
Just that, if the medication didn't wok,
and the baby was born, it wouldn't be able
to survive!
Luckily, all of the tests that where run
came back normal. So I'm assuming, that
"awkward" pain was just one of the many
that come with pregnancy! But i was just a
little ticked off that they didn't take me
seriously only because i am 17 weeks
pregnant!
How ridiculous is that!?!
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young Girl
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i got that too and it freaked me out, but
everything went ok. i bet you and baby
will be fine. goodluck with the
rest of your pregnancy.
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Analisa
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Posted: 01-14-08 18:38pm
Yeah I got it too, I didn't know what it
was, my doctor says it's this thing that
in on your uterus and when your baby grows
it stretches beyond anything it is used
too, that's why it feels like it's
tearing. Tylonel helped sometimes for me.
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young Girl
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Posted: 01-14-08 18:55pm
Analisa
wrote:
Yeah I got it too, I didn't
know what it was, my doctor says it's this
thing that in on your uterus and when your
baby grows it stretches beyond anything it
is used too, that's why it feels like it's
tearing. Tylonel helped sometimes for
me.
yeah
i said that. its called ligament streching
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 01-14-08 18:58pm
What the ER doctors told you is true. If
you were having a miscarriage, there
wouldn't be much they could do to stop it.
Even contraction medication might not stop
a miscarriage. It's not pleasant, but it's
the unfortunate truth.
Thankfully what you experienced is normal
and common. Good luck.
goodluck with the
rest of your pregnancy. 
