Crazy Day
I was having a great week until Thursday. I have been having some tooth pain over the last week or so. It was starting to hurt when I ate so I decided to call my dentist on Thurs. They were able to get me in that day, which was great. I was so nervous about going being pregnant and all. They took some X-rays, which I made sure was ok with my OB ahead of time. They then just said "ok we have to refer you to an endodontist.". So the dentist walked out of the room and when he came back he said "they can take you right now." I was a little nervous. He said we needed to take care of this soon. I was supposed to be going back to work and didn't want to cancel but I drove over to Hinsdale and met with the endodontist. After a few more X-rays, she said I needed a root canal, ahhhhh! I did my best not to start balling in her chair. I had 45 minutes to wait and they were going to do it. I was freaking out bc I didn't know how safe this was while pregnant and I know that lately my body hates anesthetic. Well I was right, it was awful and my body still hates anesthetic. I could feel probably half of it or more. She had to stop after about 45 minutes or so bc she said she couldn't give me any more drugs. So now I have to go back in two weeks and do it all again. Luckily she said she got most of the really inflamed stuff, so that is good. But, talk about a crazy and unexpected thing to happen on my perfectly normal Thursday
:( no fun! I definitely don't recommend a root canal when pregnant.