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All is well. I truly feel like I dodged a bullet. The baby looks good. It measures 7 weeks 4 days which gives me an adjusted EDD of 14June. That?s a week off from my LMP estimates?which says I?m 8 weeks 3 days today. But what?s a week as long as it?s healthy.
It?s time I share a little personal information that until now wasn?t relevant. I live in America. From a medical standpoint, it seems some of our care is different but only slightly. I felt it important to share this as some of what I did today may not coincide with things in the UK.
I thought AF arrived at 10:30am. It was VERY obvious, thick, and brown to red?.just like first day AF. I immediately phoned my OB/GYN?s office and left her nurse a message as I didn?t feel it was life threatening. I wasn?t in pain but did have some low cramping. The same low cramping I?ve had for weeks now that I attributed to things growing. The nurse called at noon and asked me to come on in for a scan. I peed in a cup (for no reason?I?ll explain in minute). Then my OB/GYN gave me a pelvic exam. The whole time I?m bleeding but not as heavy. The doc shook her head and said she didn?t ?see? any obvious problems so she sent me down the hall for a scan and another pregnancy test. It seems someone dumped my pee so they didn?t have what they needed for the second pregnancy test. That was a bit of an ARRGGHHH moment which only added to my mood AND the fact the fire alarm kept going off because it was being repaired. Oh and I had my 3 year old with me which could have been really bad but I grabbed her portable DVD player as we left the house??..only to have the batteries run out just before the scan.
The scan, which totally thrilled my DD, was exactly what I needed. I saw the baby with all its growing parts. The sac was nice size with plenty of fluid. It was embedded high which apparently is another plus. The heartbeat was very strong and soooooo wonderful to see. That?s when I finally broke and started to cry. The ultrasound technician was excellent. She gave me more information than my doctor has ever given me. She did however preface with the fact that this is very early in the pregnancy and anything can happen but that as of this moment, today, all looks perfect. Her explanation for my bleed today is this: Sometimes fluid gets trapped in pockets and when the uterus grows, changing positions, expanding to reach all the way across the pelvis area, those pockets get pushed out. The fluid can be brown, red, clear, or any combination thereof. Most times the pockets are small and you never notice when they get pushed out. She couldn?t be FOR SURE that?s what caused my bleeding today because she couldn?t find a large pocket on the scan but she did find a few small ones so the assumption has some founding. I did experience some hard core pain on my left side during the scan. The tech said it looked like that ovary was the one that produced the egg but nothing looked abnormal. Oh but I have a dozen pics of the little one...tomorrow I'll try to post one in my personal pics.
It?s been five hours and I?m basically free of blood. WHEW!! That was scary.
On a funny note, I called my DH, who?s over on the West Coast in Seattle till Thursday, to tell him the good news. He was excited to hear the good news then asked, ?so is it a boy or a girl?? [Twilight just shakes her head.] Men!!!
Thanks so much for all the kind words of support. I felt all the positive energy. You are an amazing group. Thank you.