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
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