I had my three hour early glucose screen on Tuesday. I had been on metformin for pre diabetes/PCOS prior to becoming pregnancy and have a history of GDM with my second pregnancy so I get to do this twice.

Anyways, Tuesday night around midnight, I was woken up out of a dead Benadryl sleep (I had work the next day) by awful cramping, exactly like a period, wrapping around to my back. I laid there for 20 minutes waiting for it to pass and it didn't, so I got up, slammed a glass of water and got into the shower. No bleeding. It improved but I was still in pain so I called the on call line around 1 am to see if they thought I could wait until the morning and be seen. I wasn't trying to go to the ER cause I didn't want to be exposed to the Rona, and get nothing but a clumsy pelvic exam and a huge bill.

The on call line was not as helpful as I was hoping, and transferred me to L and D to talk to a nurse, even though their office policy says ER for pregnancies under 17 weeks. I apologized for bothering them but explained the office line had transferred me there and I explained the situation and the nurse was pretty much on the fence like I was and said it was ultimately up to me.

Since I wasn't bleeding, I drank some more water and went back to bed. I was still crampy in the morning, so I dropped the kids at day care, and went to open my department at work and called the doctor. They wanted me to drink more and call them if that didn't help. I slammed two 33 ounce bottles of water and it got a little better, but after a while, the cramping came back so they fit me in that afternoon for an US.

When she put the probe on my belly, the baby was still for the longest ten seconds of my life, then was rolling, kicking, and turning away with a great heartbeat. They did an internal scan and my cervix was long. Since I was still cramping but everything looked good on US, she wanted to swab for an infection and get a urine culture, so waiting on those results.

I was so relieved baby looked good but it was a scary day. Even if it turned out to be nothing, I'm glad I went in. It's my third pregnancy and it was different pain than I'd ever had with my other two. Never feel bad or guilty for advocating for yourself! You know your body best, and it's always better to be checked! Hope you all are healthy and well!