Today with my third pregnancy I'm 8 weeks and 6 days.
I had a huge, terrifying scare this morning. Big gush of blood. :( I tried to rationalize it by thinking that my cervix is extra sensitive because of the pregnancy and the progesterone suppository adds to that. But, seriously. It was a lot of blood. Bright, bright red. Not what you want to see any time when pregnant let alone after having two miscarriages.
It was awful. I continued spotting all morning.
I didn't want to tell Christopher about the spotting right away. Instead I went to my acupuncture appointment and tried to take it easy. When I returned home I folded some laundry while sitting on the couch. We had about 30 minutes before it was time to leave for the RE appointment. Chris asked me what was wrong. He's pretty dang perceptive that husband of mine, because I was trying to keep the brave face on. So I told him about the bleeding.
We had a normal ride down to the RE's office. We got into the parking lot and sat in the car for a few minutes. All of a sudden Chris started digging in the center console for napkins. Big fat tears are just rolling down his face and he tried to wipe them away with the napkin. I had been holding my own until that moment. It reminded me all too well of the time when I miscarried the first time. We knew it was over at that time and he cried a few tears. It was so heartbreaking back then to see this big strong husband of mine cry over losing our baby. It was no less heartbreaking today. I didn't want to do this to my husband again. I did not want to lose this baby and relive all that agony. We both ended up wiping away tears, fearing the worst.
The doctor entered the room and asked me how I was doing. Before I could even answer, she asks why I'm always so down looking at the start of each ultra sound appointment. She really must not have a lot of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss patients. This is nerve wracking, lady! Once you have lost your pregnancy innocence nothing is taken for granted.
I told her about the bleeding and she asked a few questions before starting the u/s.
She immediately showed me the baby's heartbeat. She took a few measurements: crown to rump is measuring 8 weeks 6 days (exactly as it should!) and the heartbeat was up to 165.
I asked her if she could tell where the placenta was. She changed settings and measured my cervix first. It was a normal length. Then she pointed out vascular areas on top of the cervix where the placenta was partially covering it. Cause of bleeding found, placenta previa!
It's still early enough that the placenta will probably migrate upward as the uterus grows. It's definitely something that we'll keep an eye on as it can be extremely dangerous to both the mother and baby if it doesn't move up.
I was told to discontinue the baby aspirin as that could be contributing to the bleeding.
But the baby is doing fine! Perfect in fact! It's still scary and it's still early yet.
I'm very thankful to God for this miracle.
From there we went to my first OB appointment. It was so nice to walk in there with some confidence and hope. The last few times I was there it was after miscarriage #1and #2.
We spent quite some time in my OB's office discussing my treatment and the crazy cycle that I had when I got pregnant. Thankfully the RE had given me the betas and Chart Summary (including the u/s measurements) so my OB could use those to date my pregnancy. I officially have a 10.28.08 due date. Give or take two weeks either way. ;)
Gosh, I actually think we may make it!
Since I had the bleeding, my OB wants to see me in two weeks. I'll be 11 weeks. We're going to try the hand held doppler but I really don't see it picking up the heartbeat with my extra curves and tilted uterus. He said we'd do an ultra sound if necessary.
Oh well, at least it's not too long of a wait until my next OB appointment. I was so spoiled with the weekly u/s at the RE.
Baby is good. And for now, so am I. :)
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