On Wednesday afternoon, I went to the bathroom and as I was finishing up saw at least 1/2 tsp of bright red blood on the toilet paper. Well, this pretty much sent me over the edge. I did not have any cramping and after a few more obsessive wipes there was no more blood. My mind filled with terrible thoughts. I ran and called my nurse.
In tears, I told Beth that I went to the bathroom, there was blood and that I was freaking out. She calmed me down and said she gets calls daily of bleeding and this is what happens sometimes in the first trimester. She mentioned how it might be the placenta and all they would recommend for this is bed rest. So, without really knowing what was going on, she made me an ultrasound appointment with the doctor for the next morning and put me on bed rest for the remainder of the day.
I went down to the basement where Nick was cleaning and told him I was bleeding and pretty much just lost it. I finally got myself together enough to tell him what happened and what the nurse had said. He hugged me over and over and told me how everything thing is going to be okay.
I spent the rest of the day in bed with my feet propped up. I went to the bathroom over and over, of course, because that is what I do, each time looking to see and being so thankful when nothing was there. Besides the normal aches I had been feeling, I never felt any cramps.
In the middle of the night, I awoke feeling more achy than normal. The dull pain that was in my lower left side was also in my back. I got up to walk around to see if that would help and went to the bathroom. As I had done the hours before, I looked at the toilet paper and saw bright red blood. This time there were what looked to me to be some small clots. Back to bed I went, once again freaking out.
I sat in bed uncomfortable and unable to go back to sleep. I just kept praying that my little baby was going to be okay. Nick woke up...thinking I was sitting up but still sleeping. Once he realized what was going on, he turned on the light, laid next to me rubbing my belly, and telling me everything was going to be okay. Eventually, I fell back to sleep.
We had our appointment at 8:45. As we got closer I felt myself getting more and more nervous.
The doctor came into the room and I told him about the blood and the aching in my belly. He of course asked a few questions and went right to the ultrasound. So, as expected my ovaries are still very large which is what is causing the pain. He explained how it is a smooth muscle and when a smooth muscle contracts it causes pain. Resting is about all you can do but he said in the next couple of weeks the ovaries should be almost back to normal.
From there, he moved around and around which seemed like forever. Then he stopped. He didn't really say anything and although I saw something I wasn't sure. If that was the baby, I didn't see the heartbeat. All I kept thinking was why isn't he saying something about the heartbeat?? I finally asked if the baby was still alive...he quickly said "oh yeah" and showed me the heartbeat. He pointed it out and let me look at it for a while. Thank the Lord!!! I asked if everything looked okay and he said everything looked great. The baby is measuring 7 weeks 6 days. His only concern, which he didn't seemed too worried about, was that the baby's heart rate was very fast.
So what was the doctor looking at...he obviously looked at the baby but he was looking for the source of the bleeding. Turns out there is another little sac. It is super small compared to the baby's sac. The doctor believes the bleeding was caused by the body taking care of this sac. He also believes the baby's elevated heart rate could be caused by what is happening with the other sac. Where did this sac come from because it wasn't there on any other ultrasound??
The doctor also did an internal check of the cervix to look for blood and there was nothing. No even a drop. Then finally he requested was a urine sample just to rule out a UTI.
Everything looked normal and right where it should be. After giving me all this news, he basically took the dad approach and set me straight. He told me I really need to relax because I am too nervous about everything. He said when he is worried then he will give me something to worry about. He reminded me how I need to enjoy this. I of course started balling my eyes out because I know he is right. He handed me a tissue, reminded me of everything again and told me he would see me back in two weeks.
As I left the doctors office I made a promise to myself to enjoy the rest of this pregnancy because things are not going to go wrong. I need to relax and not stress out about every little things. Our little bean is healthy and growing just as it should. I feel incredibly blessed!!
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