The hectic day all started at 7am-ish. I woke up and had to go to the bathroom(as usual). As I was finishing up, I notice some brown blood on the toilet paper! Then I looked at my underwear. There was quite a few spots of blood on them. So now I'm freaking out. I wake Seth up to tell him. He shoots up and he starts freaking out as well. He told me to get the phone and he would call Mercy On-Call. The woman said that it's nothing to worry about. That it's normal. She connected me to the OB on call at the clinic I go to. Which she also said the same thing. So I calmed down a little bit. But then I started to cramp. Pretty badly too. So I waited until the OB office was open, which was at 8:15. I asked if I could talk to a nurse. The nurse called me back and I told her that I have been spotting brown blood and now I am starting to cramp. Yet again, I hear, "that it was nothing to worry about." "That it's completely normal." Then she mentioned that she would talk to my doctor and see if she would be okay with me getting an ultrasound. So I had to wait to hear back from her. The nurse called me back and said that my doctor agreed to me having an ultrasound. Thank God! My appointment was for 12:30.
So now it was the waiting game. But first I had to find a replacement for me at work. Thank goodness for my awesome co-workers! :o)
I figure that Samantha and I would head over to Seth's parent's house, so I could talk to mom about it and see if she would watch Samantha for me while I went to my appointment. I was a nervous wreck the whole time I was there. All I could think about was this baby.
While we were standing there talking, as she was making lunch for the kids. I felt a pretty big gush! It was happening as I was talking. So I totally stopped talking, told Mom that I would be right back and ran to the bathroom. Now, there was a lot more blood and it's red! I'm COMPLETELY FREAKING OUT!!!! I called Seth and told him. You can tell he's just totally sad and confused. All this happened around 11. So an hour and a half before my appointment. It was the longest hour and a half of my life!!!!
Thank God Seth called me back and told me that he was going to the appointment with me. I don't think I could of went by myself.
I met him at the office where they do the ultrasounds. We were seen fairly quickly. We told the tech everything that was going on. Then we finally got started. She had to do a vaginal ultrasound since I was still pretty early yet. Seth was standing right next to me and saw the baby and saw the heart beating right away!!!!!!! But he still had to ask, to be sure. Seth said "That's the baby's heart beating, right?" The tech said, "Yes. Yes it is!" Those were the most amazing words I have heard in a LONG time!
I couldn't really see the screen all that well and I was twisting and turning all around to try and check it out. The tech told me that I needed to lay back and relax. She said that she knows how hard it's right now but she had to get some good pictures of the baby and the surrounding area. She said after she got all that done that I would be able to see the baby and get a measurement of it and heart rate.
The baby was so cute and itty bitty! The peanut had a strong heart beat of 120bpm! Measuring at 6 weeks 1 day. So my new due date is September 6th, 2011!!
So now we had to wait and hear from my doctor to see how everything is and what is causing this bleeding. She finally called me and told me that the baby is perfectly fine. The reason for my bleeding is Subchorionic Hemorrhage. Here's a little info on that. http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/pregnancy-health/complications/subchorionic-bleeding.aspx Basically, it shouldn't last too long and it should go away on its own. I need to take it easy for about a week though. Which will be a little difficult to do with a 15 month old and work.
I thank you all who prayed for us! I truly, truly appreciate it! We are thanking God for a wonderful out-come. And I thank my amazing husband for sticking by my side and being there for me!
It has been a long/stressful day! So I'm going to bed! lol
I will leave you with some ultrasound pictures and a video of our little peanut! :o)
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