We made it! The first trimester is over!! I really never thought this day would come. I had my 12 week doctor visit today and all is well with the baby, heart beat was 164. I had an ultrasound on Monday with the high risk doctors to check for Down's Syndrome, etc so they did not do another ultrasound today. That ultrasound showed I still have a pretty good sized bleed in there so the bedrest continues....however, I am now allowed to move around a little more to see how I do :) :) :) Normally I would see the doctor again in 4 weeks but since I am not normal, I will see her again in 2 weeks and they will do another ultrasound to check on the bleed.
I am starting to get a little stir crazy here at home.....Matt gets home around 7 pm, he makes and we eat dinner, he works more, and then we go to bed. So I don't really get to see him much. I look forward to the weekends, but he has been working on those days too. I am missing everyone at work, and feel so out of the loop with everything there! I am developing a baby bump and I love it...now if I could just feel this little one move, my life would be complete! I eagerly await that day :) Well, I think a nap is in order for me :) I will update as necessary!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Not Normal...
Well, a lot has happened in the last few days so I figured an update was warranted. I am fine and the baby is fine but it scared the crap out of both Matt and I!
Thursday: Feeling fine most of the day until about 3 pm when my lower back started hurting. I just figured it was growing pains from my uterus or from me laying around too much! Matt and I were supposed to have spaghetti for dinner that night so I thought I will get up and make it to try and work my back out...I also tried a heat pack. Matt came home and we ate dinner, by this point my back was killing me. He told me to go sit down and he would clean up the kitchen. While sitting I thought I would return a phone call to Laura (a wonderful friend of mine who lives in Florida). I had just started talking to Laura when all of a sudden I felt a gush. I asked Laura if I could call her back and ran to the bathroom. By the time I got to the bathroom my pants and underwear were soaked with blood. I started screaming for Matt and he came in the bathroom and his face said it all. I started crying.... I made him go get my phone as I sat on the toilet as the blood was pouring out of me. I called the answering service for my doctor and tried to tell them what was wrong so they could page the doctor (ps....they were asking way to many questions!!! I think it would have been easier to just get the number from work and page her myself!!) I told Matt to get ready and bring me some clothes because we were going to the hospital. The doctor called back very quickly (thank god) and I was crying and she said come in now and we will do an ultrasound. No problem...we left. In the car, the shaking started. We got to the hospital and went up to the unit, I used my badge and walked right in to triage...they knew I was coming and put me in a room. I was in a lot of pain at this point, the back pain was still there but also I was getting this sharp pain in the front and had constant cramps. The ultrasound was sitting there ready to go but we had to wait for the doctor to get there. I really wanted to just ultrasound myself.....but I didn't. Dr.Voelkel finally got there after what seemed like a lifetime (it wasn't). She put the ultrasound on and we instantly saw the baby's heartbeat...I could breathe again. She couldn't see much with the ultrasound we have on the unit so she said she was going to send me home and have me come back into the office on Friday to check everything out. She told me I was now on "don't get your butt up bedrest" She drew some blood and gave me a big shot in the butt (too hard to explain) and sent me home. I continued to bleed a little the rest of the night.
Friday: We went to the doctor in the morning when they could fit me in. We sat in the office forever! The ultrasound was first and showed the baby was still fine and moving all around, but I did have a pretty good sized subchorionic hemorrhage near what was baby A's sack. They thought that what was making me bleed. I saw the doctor afterward and she said that they wanted to see me again in a week to check things out and to call if I bled anymore.
Saturday: Day went by fine. Ate dinner at the dining room table with Matt, but wasn't hungry (that is unusual for me now). Went to sit back down and felt yet another gush. Ran to the bathroom and sat and again watched the blood fall out of me, this time with some clots. I cleaned myself up and came out to the living room to call the doctor....Matt got ready to go...he knew. Dr. Wagner was on call that night and he said to come in to triage and he would have the ultrasound people come and ultrasound me. I was nervous this time, but not as bad as Thursday night. We got there and had to wait for the ultrasound people (people I work with know, this takes forever). They finally got there and started the ultrasound. All I wanted to see was my baby's heartbeat...he put the ultrasound on my belly and was looking all over and not at the baby...I was mad! Finally, he moved it over to the baby and we saw the heartbeat and it was moving like crazy!! Whew! He even got a little picture of the face!!
We had to sit in triage for a little while longer while we waited for the official report to come back. Once it did, we were sent home.
So now I spend my days laying on my couch. I have figured out that if I sit up to long, I start cramping. I have learned to brush my hair while peeing to avoid having to be up too long in the morning. I eat dinner on the couch while laying back (this is a challenge). Last night I tried to take a shower....bad idea. As I was drying off I started to drip blood again. I hurried up and went and laid down on the couch and spent the whole night cramping (I couldn't even sleep). I guess it is baths only for me! I have a doctor appt
I will post more later!
Thursday: Feeling fine most of the day until about 3 pm when my lower back started hurting. I just figured it was growing pains from my uterus or from me laying around too much! Matt and I were supposed to have spaghetti for dinner that night so I thought I will get up and make it to try and work my back out...I also tried a heat pack. Matt came home and we ate dinner, by this point my back was killing me. He told me to go sit down and he would clean up the kitchen. While sitting I thought I would return a phone call to Laura (a wonderful friend of mine who lives in Florida). I had just started talking to Laura when all of a sudden I felt a gush. I asked Laura if I could call her back and ran to the bathroom. By the time I got to the bathroom my pants and underwear were soaked with blood. I started screaming for Matt and he came in the bathroom and his face said it all. I started crying.... I made him go get my phone as I sat on the toilet as the blood was pouring out of me. I called the answering service for my doctor and tried to tell them what was wrong so they could page the doctor (ps....they were asking way to many questions!!! I think it would have been easier to just get the number from work and page her myself!!) I told Matt to get ready and bring me some clothes because we were going to the hospital. The doctor called back very quickly (thank god) and I was crying and she said come in now and we will do an ultrasound. No problem...we left. In the car, the shaking started. We got to the hospital and went up to the unit, I used my badge and walked right in to triage...they knew I was coming and put me in a room. I was in a lot of pain at this point, the back pain was still there but also I was getting this sharp pain in the front and had constant cramps. The ultrasound was sitting there ready to go but we had to wait for the doctor to get there. I really wanted to just ultrasound myself.....but I didn't. Dr.Voelkel finally got there after what seemed like a lifetime (it wasn't). She put the ultrasound on and we instantly saw the baby's heartbeat...I could breathe again. She couldn't see much with the ultrasound we have on the unit so she said she was going to send me home and have me come back into the office on Friday to check everything out. She told me I was now on "don't get your butt up bedrest" She drew some blood and gave me a big shot in the butt (too hard to explain) and sent me home. I continued to bleed a little the rest of the night.
Friday: We went to the doctor in the morning when they could fit me in. We sat in the office forever! The ultrasound was first and showed the baby was still fine and moving all around, but I did have a pretty good sized subchorionic hemorrhage near what was baby A's sack. They thought that what was making me bleed. I saw the doctor afterward and she said that they wanted to see me again in a week to check things out and to call if I bled anymore.
Saturday: Day went by fine. Ate dinner at the dining room table with Matt, but wasn't hungry (that is unusual for me now). Went to sit back down and felt yet another gush. Ran to the bathroom and sat and again watched the blood fall out of me, this time with some clots. I cleaned myself up and came out to the living room to call the doctor....Matt got ready to go...he knew. Dr. Wagner was on call that night and he said to come in to triage and he would have the ultrasound people come and ultrasound me. I was nervous this time, but not as bad as Thursday night. We got there and had to wait for the ultrasound people (people I work with know, this takes forever). They finally got there and started the ultrasound. All I wanted to see was my baby's heartbeat...he put the ultrasound on my belly and was looking all over and not at the baby...I was mad! Finally, he moved it over to the baby and we saw the heartbeat and it was moving like crazy!! Whew! He even got a little picture of the face!!
We had to sit in triage for a little while longer while we waited for the official report to come back. Once it did, we were sent home.
So now I spend my days laying on my couch. I have figured out that if I sit up to long, I start cramping. I have learned to brush my hair while peeing to avoid having to be up too long in the morning. I eat dinner on the couch while laying back (this is a challenge). Last night I tried to take a shower....bad idea. As I was drying off I started to drip blood again. I hurried up and went and laid down on the couch and spent the whole night cramping (I couldn't even sleep). I guess it is baths only for me! I have a doctor appt
I will post more later!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Baby Boo!
Well, not much has happened since I last posted. My nausea is better, just every once in a while now :) I was supposed to go back to work this week, but I am still having quite a bit of pain on my left side when I am standing and moving around...so the doctor extended it for another week pending on the ultrasound I had today.
My ultrasound was amazing! They did a abdominal one instead of a vaginal one :) :) :) The baby looked so much bigger from two weeks ago and actually looks like a baby now!!
How cute is that?!?!?!!?
A great shot of the cord....looks good too!!!
It was moving around soo much too!!!!
A good look at the arms and legs when they weren't moving!!!
In cyst news.....they are still there but smaller. You can actually see which ovary is which now! My right ovary has a small one and my left had two larger ones. Going by the measurements they are smaller, but boy did it hurt bad when she moved the ultrasound on to my left side and was pushing. And now my left side hurts soo bad! The doctor is supposed to look at the ultrasound and let me know about working.....
Well, that is all the news for now. My next ultrasound is the nuchal translucency test (a test for down's syndrome) and it is in about 2 weeks on August 22....will post more then!!!
My ultrasound was amazing! They did a abdominal one instead of a vaginal one :) :) :) The baby looked so much bigger from two weeks ago and actually looks like a baby now!!
In cyst news.....they are still there but smaller. You can actually see which ovary is which now! My right ovary has a small one and my left had two larger ones. Going by the measurements they are smaller, but boy did it hurt bad when she moved the ultrasound on to my left side and was pushing. And now my left side hurts soo bad! The doctor is supposed to look at the ultrasound and let me know about working.....
Well, that is all the news for now. My next ultrasound is the nuchal translucency test (a test for down's syndrome) and it is in about 2 weeks on August 22....will post more then!!!
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