Today I'm so happy to be 6 weeks pregnant. Half way through the first trimester. Never did I dream I'd be pregnant much less on my very first fertility procedure.
New symptoms that started in the last week...I am craving Mexican food ALL the time. I'm not normally a big fan of it which is funny. Also I have to pee ALL the time!!! My Mom and I went to the movies today and she was laughing because I had to go to the bathroom more times than her. LOL
Late last week was really rough. I decided not to put it on my blog until I could talk about it without being so emotional.
Wednesday I had some spotting while at work. I called the OB and went in for an HCG test. It came back great. So Thursday I prayed all day to not having anymore spotting and praised God that night that I didn't. About 11pm on Thursday night I woke to bleeding bright red and passing a couple of handfuls of clots. I was scared and shaking as I woke up my husband. He offered to take me to the ER but I didn't want to worry my son as he doesn't know about the pregnancy yet.
I ended up waiting until the OB's office opened and then called for an appointment. They got me in at 10:40 and did an ultrasound. They could see one sac (too early to see the baby) and outside of some bloody residue when the OB checked me I wasn't actively bleeding. Thank God. They also did another HCG but I won't have the results until Tuesday.
I called Dr Kumar's office and spoke with Arlene. She told the dr everything and he said not to worry. He said everything is fine. She also warned me I'd have some old brown blood for a few days and not to be alarmed.
Since that night I haven't had any more red blood. I've only had the dark brown Arlene told me about. Praise God.
The OB wants to do another ultrasound on Friday to check for a heartbeat and to see if we can see the baby. The sac Friday measured 5w1d and I was 5w5d. She said that was a good sign that the sac was measuring so close.
So the OB says to be cautiously optimistic and the RE says everything is fine and not to worry. I'm trusting my RE on this one and just continuing on as normal.
Unfortunately my DH won't be able to be with me when I see our baby Friday. He has to work and because this was a last minute appointment, I had to take the appointment I could get. :(
April 2022
3 years ago
I've known several women who had issues with bleeding early on in their pregnancy and everything turned out ok. Try to relax and rest! Praying for you and your precious baby!
ReplyDeleteI know that was scary for you, but Ashley is right...there are plenty of women who have had bleeding in their early pregnancies and have carried and birthed healthy babies. :)
ReplyDeleteOh sweetie! I have had BIG scares during my pregnancies before. I pray all continues to be well and it is always a wonderful sign when the doctors "feel good" about everything. Thank you for sharing with us. Your voice could help someone going through the exact same thing you just went through.
ReplyDeleteMany hugs to you!
Shannon