blackcat25
08-11-2006, 09:58 AM
Hi all,
I feel a bit guilty for posting this but I'm really struggling. I am 13 weeks pregnant with my first child. The whole thing has been a bit of a miracle thanks to PCOS, previous miscarriage earlier this year and a threatened misscarriage at 7 weeks this time round, and I am very thankful to have got this far. I have damage to my sacral nerve which means that my bladder is essentially dead and my urethra contracts uncontrollably. Before the pregnancy I was managing with ISC combined with oxybutynin, valium and tramadol as needed, as well as Xatral as a smooth muscle relaxant, and cipramil for depression/anxiety.
Since I found out I was pregnant I stopped all of my meds apart from my alpha blockers, which my Uro says are not safe to stop, as they can cause rebound hypertension. Since then I have had 4 UTIs and today I was admitted to hospital and had a foley catheter fitted as I was retaining over a litre of urine because the spasms were so bad that the ISC catheters wouldn't go in and my urethra was bleeding. I've just been discharged now, and I'm really glad because the urology ward was full of really ill people and both myself and the doc decided that being kept in would do nothing to help me recover. I have to go back on Sunday to be reviewed and they will decide how to play it next.
However, now I am home, I'm really struggling. My husband is away on business so I've had to go through all this on my own, I really don't want to bother my mum with this as she has her own major issues to deal with and will only stress me out more, and I haven't told anyone else about either the pregnancy or the catheterization.I know I should be grateful to be pregnant, and I am, but at the moment I am scared and in a lot of pain.Even though the doctor told me that this will not harm the baby I still can't help worrying after past experiences.
I don't expect anyone to have any answers but I just needed to say this to someone who might understand.
Hugs to all,
Blackcat
I feel a bit guilty for posting this but I'm really struggling. I am 13 weeks pregnant with my first child. The whole thing has been a bit of a miracle thanks to PCOS, previous miscarriage earlier this year and a threatened misscarriage at 7 weeks this time round, and I am very thankful to have got this far. I have damage to my sacral nerve which means that my bladder is essentially dead and my urethra contracts uncontrollably. Before the pregnancy I was managing with ISC combined with oxybutynin, valium and tramadol as needed, as well as Xatral as a smooth muscle relaxant, and cipramil for depression/anxiety.
Since I found out I was pregnant I stopped all of my meds apart from my alpha blockers, which my Uro says are not safe to stop, as they can cause rebound hypertension. Since then I have had 4 UTIs and today I was admitted to hospital and had a foley catheter fitted as I was retaining over a litre of urine because the spasms were so bad that the ISC catheters wouldn't go in and my urethra was bleeding. I've just been discharged now, and I'm really glad because the urology ward was full of really ill people and both myself and the doc decided that being kept in would do nothing to help me recover. I have to go back on Sunday to be reviewed and they will decide how to play it next.
However, now I am home, I'm really struggling. My husband is away on business so I've had to go through all this on my own, I really don't want to bother my mum with this as she has her own major issues to deal with and will only stress me out more, and I haven't told anyone else about either the pregnancy or the catheterization.I know I should be grateful to be pregnant, and I am, but at the moment I am scared and in a lot of pain.Even though the doctor told me that this will not harm the baby I still can't help worrying after past experiences.
I don't expect anyone to have any answers but I just needed to say this to someone who might understand.
Hugs to all,
Blackcat