Written June 4th 2014, 6 weeks 2 days pregnant.
In my last post I mentioned some terrifying things during
pregnancy, the worst so far is bleeding…I had a little bleeding on Monday and
went to urgent care to make sure everything was okay. I am so glad I did;
apparently my O negative blood type was not compatible with the baby and I
needed a needle, I also possibly have a bladder infection (will find out
tomorrow). The doctor sent me for a emergency ultrasound to make sure
everything was okay (even though he said my cervix was closed and my womb felt
like it should he wanted to make sure the baby was where it needed to be.
Thankfully we were able to get in that night and Mike was able to come.
I have never needed to pee so bad, I didn't even drink the full liter! I would have wet myself if I did, however it was a good distraction for how nervous I felt, so that’s handy. I am happy to report that babe is great! With a heart rate of 103 bpm, it was measuring at 6 weeks J Such a relief, AND we got to see the heart beat and get pictures…which we used to tell my mom and dad, and brother and sister in law about the baby! So exciting J
*Update* I know the talk of bleeding during the first trimester may be an overshare, but if I hadn't had my girls to talk me through it I would have lost my mind...it was so scary. I noticed that some things made it worse (Walking the color me rad race, peppermint oil) and once I cut those out it stopped. I eventually needed to come to the following conclusion to reduce my stress level about the spotting and move forward.
- Miscarriages typically are due to something being wrong, a genetic abnormality, illness etc. Short of using drugs and alcohol and overusing coffee/getting in an accident/assaulted there was little I could do to bring on a miscarriage. That's not to say I couldn't do things that increased spotting (heavy exercise, peppermint oils etc). AND some spotting is normal, if its bright red, filling pads, has clots or "stuff" in it or if your nervous its best to go to the doctor but a little spotting for me was normal and nothing to get my panties in a twist about.
- If I was going to miscarry there isnt a thing I could do about it. That doesn't mean that I didn't put myself on a few hours of bed rest if I had scary spotting, but that was to force myself to relax, pray and give my spotting time to change color so I could breathe again.
Thankfully this part of my pregnancy seems to be over, I haven't had a spot for weeks. Mental note for the next time I am preggo, I will brace myself for grossness and pray its just the normal and okay kind I experienced this time.
I also promise my next post will be less gross and bodily fluid-ey. But, to all my girls who have this during their pregnancy, I feel you, its scary as H.E double hockey sticks. And to the husbands/partners etc whose preggo love is having this happen, I know its scary for you as well, Mike was super supportive during this time and even came to a doctors appointment with me so he could hear the doctors take on the spotting so he could use the same words to reassure me if it happened again...and he did.
<3 Kass
1 comment:
I would have been terrified - for the first several weeks of my pregnancy I was worried about spotting too, and thankfully I never did. But it's interesting because I have O negative blood too but didn't need to get the shot until 28 weeks! I wonder why it affects some and not others in that way? Glad you are both doing okay :)
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