Definitely not the greatest day I've ever had... in Life as a Mom of 2 boys.....and a girl!!

So I had a pretty terrible day yesterday. Mike, the kids and I were just about to go for a walk when bent over a little bit to cough and felt something snap in my back. Instantly I was in excruciating pain and couldn’t move without worse pain. I couldn’t even get in the van to go to the hospital so Mike called an ambulance. I was just crying and crying. The sore part of my back just felt so tight and I couldn’t believe how much pain I was in. Mike and the kids followed me to the hospital. They gave me 2 regular strength Tylenol to see if that would help the pain since I am pregnant and they didn’t want to give me much. It did nothing. So the doctor prescribed me Tylenol 3 and had me go up to the maternity ward to have a non stress test done on the baby. They also gave me some morphine in the form of a small pill but that didn’t help the pain other than it made me tired and a bit dazed. I gave a urine sample and the dr said I will have to go for an ultrasound this week. After 4 hours I was told my urine sample was fine (they were looking for kidney issues) and the baby was fine and I just needed to go home and heal.

So yeah, that was a fun day! And now I am stuck sitting in a chair for days until my back heals. I tried a Tylenol 3 and it did nothing for the pain either and it’s a drug that you should try to avoid while pregnant unless you need it so I’m not going to bother taking any more. I have to move so slowly to get around, can’t bend much at all and I still have a cold and it’s absolutely brutal when I cough. As in sharp pain in the sore part of my back. So Mike has been taking care of me of course and getting me what I need. I have been putting a hot pack on the sore area but it doesn’t hurt if I stay still. I’m so worried about how long it will take to heal as I have 17 days before the baby is born. It really sucks but I am trying not to let it get me down. I still cuddled and played with the kids today and I can walk around better than I did last night so that’s promising. I slept sitting up on the couch last night cuz I knew if I lay down I may not be able to get back up. I’m just going to hope that day by day it gets better. They didn’t even tell me what it was.... Like a back strain or what. And I was so drowsy from the morphine I forgot to ask. I’m open to any suggestions if anyone knows how I can get better sooner rather than later. Hoping I can lie down to sleep tonight but I doubt it.