Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Baby's First Car Accident

Yesterday I left for work and it was a day like any other. After driving an hour I made it into Owen Sound. As I was coming up to a set of lights I got this stabbing pain in my tummy right around where I've been feeling most of the baby's movements. It completely caught me off guard and scared me and I looked down, I have no idea what I expected to see, but there I was looking at my belly. When I looked up again there was a large white van making a left turn from the parking lot on my right, right in front of me. I slammed on the brakes and tried to steer to the right of the van but the road was slick and I ended up slamming into the rear right side. I came to a dead stop and the van kept making it's turn to stop a little behind me. I sat there for a couple of minutes with a death grip on the steering wheel trying to get a hold on what just happened. The pain was gone and my car was a mess. I didn't hit the van hard enough to deploy the airbag, thank god, or have any seatbelt burn, but where I hit on the van, and where I hit on my car, it looks like the car may be a write off. I eventually stumbled out of the car clutching my cell phone and shaking. The other driver came over and when she saw I was pregnant was so nice and comforting and helped me to sit down in her van. They called an ambulance even though I felt okay and I spent the next three hours at the hospital taking a bunch of tests and talking to the OPP. That wasn't fun. The accident was totally my fault but the OPP was very nice and understanding and felt the accident was caused by mitigating circumstances. He made me feel a lot better. I still was charged with running a red light and I got fined, but never having been in an accident before I wasn't sure what to expect and thought I was going to be arrested or something, so it was quite a relief. Jason showed up at the hospital as I was giving my statement and was there for one of the tests the doctors performed to check on the baby. I not only felt the baby kick for the first time during the test, but we actually saw it on a sonogram print out. That was the biggest relief of all. We don't know what's happening with the car as of yet, but as long as the baby's okay, all's right with the world.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm gald you and the baby are alright....that's no fun. these thigs happen. And really, who cares about a car.... puts things in perspective. drive safe mama bear! mona