a couple weeks ago i started taking ZANTAC for my horrendous heartburn. i would get it all day long and especially at night while trying to sleep. nothing else seemed to work well enough so i decided to go with this drug. which is totally against how i am! i never take medications for anything, i hate them.. but i was desperate. soo within a couple of days i noticed shortness of breath but dismissed it assuming it was just pregnancy related.. but at the same time i thought it seemed a little more concerning than regular pregnancy breathing troubles. but i didnt change anything. then exactly two weeks after starting this medication i wake up early in the morning with severe chest pains and spitting up blood.... i was a little freaked out. i waited for several hours then when i wasnt feeling any better i called the nurse. who then told me to go to the ER and make sure it wasnt a blood clot in the lungs... yikes!

so we spent the day in the ER. after checking all my symptoms and such the doctor said he thought it might be a blood clot in the lungs... suggesting a test to be done which many times gives false posetives. if it was that then it would be a serious situation. so i responded with "couldnt it just be pneumonia"? oh yes he said, we could start with an x-ray if you want.... hmm interesting that i had to suggest what was wrong with me.... so after the x-ray sure enough that is what he concluded. so the nurse came in a drew just about all my blood i think (: which actually was the most comfortable blood draw i have ever had and i didnt even get queezy! and hooked me up to an IV of medication. I asked the doctors and even the nurses if they thought zantac had anything to do with my troubles... they said no. but i am not convinced. that is an awfully BIG coincidence if you ask me (:

ANYWAYS. also in the past week i have been having a lot of contractions. lasting several hours at a time and not going away for nothing. but then eventually late in the evening slowing down and then stopping. i cant help but think this is all related. i also have been a bit stressed the last two weeks... quite a few things on my mind (doctor bills, possbily moving into a new house, and a few other things) thankfully dahlia and valen are old enough to understand when we say "mommy is sick" and they leave me alone and play together so well! i even took a nap on the couch yesterday and they didnt bother me! they are too sweet!

in conclusion i have stopped taking ZANTAC just in case, and have just been sleeping upright in a lazyboy (which has been very comfortable actually) and taking tums as needed. dont worry i have been in touch with the nurse daily and she said if i have more than 6 contractions in an hour to take 600 mg ibuprofin and if i have to do that twice in one day to come and see them. oh and also to get lots of rest and take it easy... ok ok ! i swear i havent been doing too much! dont worry i havent been touching the dishes or the laundry or scrubbing the shower... ok just kidding, but i am taking it easy i promise!