This post will be more brief than I'd like, mostly because I'm typing on my phone and I get irritated not having a keyboard. It's 1:50am. I just wanted to quickly share my day and get some "the baby is fine" reassurance.
At 11:30 today my students were complaining that someone farted. This is a regular occur acne in my class, but it's usually after lunch and the farter usually says "excuse me" immediately. At the same time, a colleague was urgently motioning me into the hallway and said she needed to speak with me "right now". She called me out because of a very strong smell. It wasn't just that someone farted. My friend alerted the office and I told my students to grab their jackets and we ushered our kids outside. Even outside we could smell the horrible odor.
Some other classes joined us and the principal designate (our principal was absent today) came out to tell us the laminator malfunctioned. Eventually they brought the kids back inside to a different part of the school where there was no smell. My designate talked to my principal who told me I should go home, as I was refusing to re enter the building. I was worried about the baby. We don't eat BPA. Who knows what crap is in burning laminate? I did go back in to get my things. I forgot my dad was a supply in the school thatand could have brought my stuff to me later. I should have just asked for my purse to be brought to me.
As the day went on at home the nausea and lightheaded ness stayed with me. Eventually I called labour and delivery at the hospital an they told me I could come in for a check. The baby was monitored for 30 minutes and I was told by the dr on call that the short amount of exposure an the fact that I'm already passed 26 weeks could not harm the baby. I'm worried about long term problems. Could my baby now have brain damage because I breathed in fumes? I will never know and just need to wait for baby to develop.
In any case I haven't felt well and woke up just after one with stomach ache. Subconscious worrying I'm sure.
In other short news, today was Buddy's Bark-mitzvah! After being told in October he had three days to live, he is now 13 years old. Happy birthday, buddy!!!
I have SR stuff too but I just can't type here anymore and I really should try to sleep. Hope to post soon.
I too would be worried but I am also sure you & baby will be fine. I am no expert & have no facts to back me up but I am pretty sure you'd need a lot longer exposure to actually affect baby. I'd be more concerned if you'd ingested it but I think inhaling would be less harm to baby & more harmful to you. I think it was so smart of you to go to L&D because the peace of mind if a check is so good. Take care & try not to worry. Hugs
ReplyDeleteI'll try to reassure you! The baby IS FINE!! Such a short exposure, and the baby is really just growing now, right? You really should not worry at all! Maybe your stomach ache is from the stress of worrying?
ReplyDeleteOf course I would worry too--because that's the nature of moms-to-be and especially moms who are teachers (and thus, have seen and heard it all) BUT I believe the doctor was right. It was a short exposure and you are approaching your 3rd trimester. If you were 6-16 weeks along, I wouldn't tell you to worry but I'd be secretly worried for you.
ReplyDeleteHope this stress has passed now and you are resting better these days.
I am sure the baby is fine! You weren't in there long.
ReplyDeleteHappy Bark Mitzvah Buddy!