Not that pregnancy ever is.... and I knew it from the get-go. I mean, having Casper die changed my life forever, and made me realize that I had no idea how terrible things could really be. (does that make sense? nothing ever that senseless happened to me before....)
Anyway. This little bubble is keeping me on my toes. There will be no easy going, I'm afraid...
After the ultrasound last week, the bleeding settled down. It was still there, but very lightly. I would notice a little more when I went to the bathroom and had to push.... But nothing that concerned me. Well, all hell broke loose and this weekend I was a fountain. I woke up Saturday morning and bled into the toilet. Like I was on my period. I tried to relax, because I figured one little episode was nothing to freak about. But it came and went all weekend.
This morning, I woke up feeling a sense of dread that I couldn't explain. I felt like the bleeding wasn't right. But at the same time, I was terrified of giving it any attention, because if I gave it attention, that meant that something was wrong. So I posted a message on Facebook, and my amazing and caring friends all badgered me to call the clinic. (I mean that in the nicest possible way, I love them all for pushing me not to ignore it)
So I ended up going in for an ultrasound again. Tammy the nurse was amazing as always. I drank my gallon of water, and floated to the clinic.
Well, right away I noticed during the ultrasound that baby was still there. Baby was bigger too! She said that we would definitely have to do the internal exam, which I figured. But that proved to be just fine too. Definitely bigger, and the heart beat was still there too. Last time it was 118 bpm, and today was 132. All in all, everything looked great. She said that she just didn't see anything to explain the bleeding though.
So she gave me some pictures and sent me on my way, and said that my doctor's office would be calling. Sure enough, Nurse Tammy called shortly before I made it back home. She said that everything looked pretty good still, strong heart beat, and she said that they did find an explanation for the bleed. It was called a subchorionic hemorrhage. Well, that scared the crap out of me. But she explained that it's basically a blood clot right next to the baby. Most of the time, it goes away on its on. The body reabsorbs it and everything is fine. Up to 20% of pregnancies can have a SCH, and most cases are never even known. Worst case scenario, it grows and causes a miscarriage.
She said that Dr. Jayne wanted me to take it easy - modified best rest. No lifting over 20 pounds, no exercise, and no sex. Since I have my first OB appointment already scheduled, they would see how things were going then and see about a follow-up ultrasound.
So there we have it. I'm really glad to have an answer, to know what is going on. I did some research on my own to find out as much as I could about SCH. Nothing scared me, not really anyway. I mean, the chances of things going back are 1-3 % with a really big clot. So I just have to force myself to take it easy and keep calm. Easy right?
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