Seeing Red *UPDATED!

Blood- lots of bright red blood w/ clots.

When: 7am Thurs morning- I woke up and went to urinate. As I went to flush I saw that the toilet bowl was full of red blood and small clots. My heart dropped to the floor. I called the doctor on call at the local OB/GYN clinic. He called back and told me to come in at 1pm for an u/s.

When: 1pm Thurs afternoon...had an u/s that showed two babies with strong heartbeats measuring two days ahead (10 weeks 1 day). Placenta looked good. My cervix was nice and closed and there was no trace of blood to be found.

When: All day- had no more blood. Not a drop. My best friend was the bathroom where I checked my vaginal canal every 20mins for blood.

When: 5am FRI morning (almost 24 hours since 1st incident)...went to the bathroom upon waking up and wiped first to see if there was any blood...I always go into the vaginal canal a little and there was nothing...just white cervical mucus. I started to urinate slowly and watched as huge 2-3 inch clots came out of my urethra...About six of them total and then I proceeded to urinate bright red blood. not pinkish or tinted but what looked like blood shooting out of my urethra. When I was done urinating I checked my vaginal canal again and it was clean w/ just white cervical mucus. I proceeded to scream at J to look, run around looking for my cell phone to call the on-call Dr and e-mail Dr. Z all at the same time. The on-call doctor at the local OB/GYN told me it was most likely a urinary infection and ordered some antibiotics for me to take for a week. He said it's most likely from the blood thinners I'm on, the increased blood volume due to pregnancy and an infection in the urinary tract. I've never had a urinary tract/bladder infection and I thought you had difficulty urinating and it burned which are not symptoms I have. The doctor said you don't always have those symptoms. Dr. Z also called me and suggested I follow this doctors advice and that he thought antibiotics was an appropriate course of action. Dr. Z also said the babies should not be affected by this at all! Thank you God!!!! So I have now taken my first antibiotic (Macrobid) which is safe for pregnancy and doesn't contain Sulfur (severely allergic to this) or Penicillin (get hives with this). I'll be on this for 7 days and hopefully I will stop seeing red in a day or two, since I've now urinated 4 times this morning and it's all been red with large clots. One of my fears if having an obstruction in my urethra b/c of a clot and needing surgery or something. I'm also scared that it could be something else and we won't know it until a few days down the line when we see if this medication works or not. I am thinking its not a kidney problem or I'd be in a lot of pain.

When-NOW! any one out there experience anything like this or know of anyone that went through something like this? Please share. I'm scared, although very relieved that it's not vaginal blood.

Quick Update- Was just told by Dr. Z to stop my blood thinners (Lovenox) and baby aspirin for 48 hours.
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UPDATED!!!

Around 3pm on Friday I started to feel an ache in my lower back on the left side. This ache turned into full blown pain within two hours. It was excruciating... I had to call one of my best friends to take me to the emergency room. I felt like I was dying... the pain was miserable. I couldn't stop shaking or throwing up. Once at the emergency room they got me in pretty quickly and took my vitals. J arrived shortly after I arrived. My blood pressure was 155/115 when I'm almost always around 90/65. My pulse was 103 and I had a fever of 101. They immediately suspected a kidney stone and they were right. They did an u/s (saw my babies and they looked great thank goodness) and found that I had a blockage in my kidney so the urine was getting backed up and they said I had a kidney stone that was 3mm...maybe a little smaller. They were hopeful it would pass on its own. I was given a small dose of morphine which eased the pain a little. This also helped bring down my fever and blood pressure which was basically caused by the state I was in. Unfortunately pain killers and I don't get along so I was throwing up even more.

Finally I was released to pass my kidney stone at home. They said it could take anywhere from 24 hours to several days...even up to a week. They said to come back if it hadn't passed by Monday. I couldn't imagine feeling like this for so long. I was given some vicodin and sent on my way....throwing up on my way out.

Friday night was the longest night of my life. I was up all night in horrible pain. It just wouldn't let up. I couldn't keep anything down. I would suck on a few ice chips and even that wouldn't stay down. I would dry heave over and over. I tried to take my antibiotic b/c I didn't want this turning into a kidney infection and I couldn't keep that down. Finally at 7am on Sat we called the on-call doctor and told him that I hadn't kept any fluids down in 12 hours and I also therefore couldn't keep down any painkillers or the antibiotics. This concerned the doctor greatly so he said we could try some suppositories for the nausea and see if that helped. He said if that didn't work right away that I'd have to be admitted to the hospital. He said it was vital that I get fluids down and manage the pain with the pain killers.

J left to the pick up the prescription and I started to feel this intense pressure and pain in the lower female region. (J read later that this is what it feels like when the kidney stone drops into the bladder) After that I never felt the intense pain again. It was gone. My side was really sore and still is... feels like it should be all bruised up. I was still nauseous but it was easing up and I felt much better after I used the suppository. I was able to get some ice chips down and even a piece of toast after a few hours. Eventually I was able to eat a little more and drink a little water.

It is now Sunday I feel almost human again. I am so very grateful that it is over and didn't last longer than it did. (I'm also hoping that I'm not speaking too soon and that it isn't over and the pain will start up again!!!!) I'm so thankful I didn't have to go back and be admitted to the hospital. The bleeding is lessening and I'm praying I never go through this again.

And my babies are fine and there is nothing more important than that. Although it would be nice if my health could stay intact.