Visit to the ER

If you've never had a kidney stone, I don't recommend starting now. Last night, I woke up with some of the worst pain in my life. We called the doctor and she said it sounded like a kidney stone and to head to the ER if it didn't subside in an hour. The pain did ease quite a bit but we were worried about what, if any, effects it was having on the baby. So we went to the ER just to be sure. They did an ultrasound of my kidney and said that it did appear that it had suffered trauma similar to that of a kidney stone. As a precaution (and a bonus to us), they did an ultrasound of the baby to make sure everything looked ok. Keep in mind we hadn't seen an ultrasound since week 6 when the baby was no bigger than a piece of rice on the screen. This time however, we are in week 14 and what a difference! The baby actually looks like a baby! It was moving and bending its arms and legs. At one point, it even appeared to be sucking its thumb. The heartbeat was at 160/bpm. So after losing several hours of sleep, Aaron and I are now trying to catch up. All is well.