Pregnancy week 21

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I have been having a terrible second trimester!!!  First the back pain, then all this....I have been suffering from Bronchitis for over two weeks now.  Thankfully, I am finally starting to feel some relief from the coughing.  My lungs were so bad last week my doctor wanted to admit me to the hospital, but instead agreed to let me go home to rest (I hate hospitals).  I have been using an inhaler now for about 5 days and that seems to really be helping.  There isn't a lot a pregnant woman can take when she has Bronchitis...that is part of the reason it has taken so long to recover.

Then for the last several days I've been having severe pain in my side...at first I thought it was an ovarian cyst that had busted which isn't unusual for me...but last night I realized that I have a kidney stone (this would be my seventh I think...I've kinda lost count over the years).  I have been popping Tylenol like crazy trying to avoid the hospital.  With my first pregnancy I got a kidney stone at about 28 weeks and had to be hospitalized for a week on pain meds.  This stone seems to be smaller and although I'm in a lot of pain, I think (mostly hoping) I can ride it out until I pass it.

The good news is that the pain I was having in my back seems to have gotten quite a bit better.  There are still times when I have some pain after standing or sitting in one place too long, but for the most part that is better...

I'm hoping that in the next week or so I'll start to feel good...you know the way you are supposed to feel during your second trimester!