Still in hospital - rare pregnancy condition

I feel for all those ladies who have been on bed rest- this shit sucks!!!

I came to the hospital with severe chest pain, vomiting and dehydration on last Tuesday night- my lipase enzyme levels (which should usually be around 20) were in the 3,000s and sure enough when they gave me an ultrasound on my upper abdomen my gallbladder had hundreds and hundreds of gallstones- giving me severe pancreatitis. This is most likely caused by the hormones in pregnancy but can be affected by diet and genetics too 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ who knew !

Because I was 37 weeks 5 days at the time, and due to my health seemingly deteriorating they were going to induce me as soon as possible so that I could have a surgery to remove my gallbladder. I was defeated as I wanted to have a natural birth, but then I gathered as much info as I could to be informed about the induction process and I came around to the idea I was going to meet bub much sooner than I first thought. Buuuuut... because my symptoms and pain were improving so much from the treatment I was receiving they bumped me off of the induction list- only telling me after I was expecting to be induced on the Friday. Although I was feeling better in terms of my pancreatitis, I was absolutely devastated they (the doctors) had changed plans and eventually I broke down in front of the midwives, sad that I wasn’t in fact going to be meeting my son soon.

Fast forward to today (Sunday in Nz) and they have put me on the list to be induced on Wednesday this week 😳😪😅 the decision was made by my obstetric surgeon team as they were hesitant to release me from hospital as they don’t want my pancreatitis symptoms to get worsen. Also, now there is a rough timeline for baby being here so my gallbladder removal can be scheduled for 4-6 weeks after delivering bub.

Now I’m just waiting!!! In hospital, in the postnatal ward listening to everyone with their new babies crying and I’m sitting here yearning to meet my baby. I can’t imagine how some of you ladies on bed rest have managed to cope with just sitting, waiting to meet your bubs!!!

Overall I’m terrified of what could happen during the induction and if I’ll need a c-section, and scared about being away from my baby to have a surgery to have my gallbladder removed but I also feel relief knowing that in 3 more sleeps I’ll be much closer to meeting my little one 😭😭

If you read this far, thank you for reading my story- I’m sitting here at a loss of what to do and I know we are all patiently waiting for our little bundles to arrive 😬😬😬 we just need to hang in there!!