Our First Scare

This past Monday we experienced our first pregnancy scare. I woke up with a weird pain in my chest. It was not a sharp pain, just a weird achy feeling near (what felt like) my heart. I continued getting ready for work, trying to ignore the pain. As the morning continued I became more and more aware of the pain. As a result, I began getting nervous and worked up about the situation, so I decided to call my doctor's office just to make sure this was a normal feeling. When I called and explained the situation, the nurse put me on hold and called my doctor on her cell, when she came back she said I needed to go immediately to the ER, my doctor would call ahead. At this point I got really upset. I had a bit of a panic attack, making the pain worse and I couldn't catch my breath. Bradley did his best to keep me calm and reassure me it was nothing as we drove to the hospital. When we got the ER, they took me right back and did an EKG and blood oxygen test - both came back normal. The ER doctor, which was very sweet (he could tell I was really nervous), explained that he thought I might have chest inflammation from a previous cold, but they couldn't do anything to confirm or treat it without hurting the baby. He also explained some other rare, more serious possibilities, but said I should be fine unless it persists for a couple days or gets worse. They also checked the baby's heat beat (which I think they did just to make me feel better) - which was also good. SO - I am fine! :) The pain went away yesterday and we still have no idea what it was! All the body changes and new experiences are so stressful - it's hard to know which are normal and which are not!