Today I had a seven week ultrasound and exam at the RE's office. I was at work, ran down from the OR and met my husband by the fountain in our hospital lobby. He had cut out of work for a little while since he definitely wanted to be there. We then went down the nearby hall to the RE's office. When I got there, my doctor and favorite nurse looked a little somber when we went into the dildo cam room (aka transvaginal U/S. They told me once again that they were concerned due to all of the bleeding I had over the last week. But once the scan was visible on the screen they were all smiles and I knew things were A-okay for now. "Spot" as we have been calling our little one was jumping around on the screen with a nice rapid heartbeat! No subchorionic hematoma noted either...double bonus! There still isn't any detailed explanation for the bleeding, but as long as things continue to progress on my
ultrasounds and exams, then that is all we can do for now. I still
continue to have some red bleeding with some decent cramping every few
days or so, so we're definitely not out of the clear yet, but I'll take
a good ultrasound with a heartbeat to bring a smile to my face! They
said that when a person has excessive bleeding and cramping like I have
had there's up to a 50% chance that there will be a first trimester
miscarriage. But they also said that each day that passed decreases
that risk. Being around crazy medical stats all day at work and seeing
them be wrong more often than right, I'm just going to ignore that
particular stat for now. Instead I'm just going to be happy that we are
at the seven and a half week mark.
I think the best part of the day was the look of shock and then relief on my husband's face when they called him over to look at the ultrasound screen. I don't think I've ever seen him more nervous in my life, or more relieved. Now that I'm more relaxed I can actually figure out what to get for dinner. I'm thinking of ordering from our favorite Mexican restaurant. Since we're less than a mile away, they will actually deliver to our house. How lazy am I? I'm leaning towards some portabella mushroom quesedillas that are a little different and way yummy. Thanks again for all of your support and well wishes! I just wanted to say congrats to one of my fellow F-ed up uterus cohorts "uterus divided" who had a good ultrasound today as well. I'm glad things turned out well! (blogger seems to be screwing up my spacing...I'm not sure what's up with that :-)
29 comments:
Yay!!! I'm so glad the U/S went well and that little spot has a good heartbeat. Sending all kinds of positive thoughts that all continues to move along well.
Yay!! So exciting that you've got a little heart beating in there!
Glad to hear that everything is ok.
Yay! So happy for you. You have such an awesome outlook! I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed for you moving forward. Now, go order those quesedilas - mmmmm...Now I want some too!
Oh, good! I was hoping to hear about a good ultrasound today! I can't wait to see the picture.
YYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
This is such.... freaking...... amazing news!! I am soooooo happy!!!
Spot and the Skrimp are kicking some uteri ass!!!!
Are you in for another u/s next thursday? When you will your RE release you to an OB? Yeah, yeah, yeah!!!
Congrats on a great u/s, I can't wait to see the pictures!
WHEW! I'm so happy to hear that everything went well today! I can't wait to see the picture of Spot! When is your next appt?
Hurray!!! You made my day! :) Congratulations.
Hooray on a great ultrasound, and hooray for you ignoring negative statistics. I'm proud of you...and wish I could do the same! ha!
YAH!!! This is so exciting - you worked hard and deserve those portabello mushroom quesadillas!
your spacing looks good & I bet your ultrasound looks better. YAY!!! and thanks for the comment on medical statistics, I'm glad to hear that from someone in the field
Yay!!! I'm so happy you had a good U/S! I personally think you need to be lazy here for a little while, order in all you want...you and 'spot' take it easy. :) Looking forward to seeing the pic!
Sweetest pic I've ever seen. :)
What a beautiful picture!!
Spot looks just great! What a relief! I can't believe you're only 7 weeks, you've been through so much already! Hopefully things will start to settle now.
Fantastic!
Hooray for spot! So glad you both got to see the heatbeat! What a relief it must have been. Hopefully the bleeding will go away very soon.
Yay! I have been waiting to see the picture. I'm glad things went so well, and it is absolutely beautiful =)
So glad to hear that Spot is thriving=)
I just have to comment again that I think that is the cutest little ultrasound picture EVER!
beautiful news!!!!!
i am so glad to read this today, i cannot wait to hear more of the same from you in the coming weeks.
praying for that little "spot" to make it through.
*hugs*
How beautiful!!!!! Look at that little bean!!! I am so happy for you! <3
So glad to hear there was a heartbeat! I sure hope this bleeding bidness clears up soon.
I also enjoy reading my husband's expressions during these ultrasounds. I feel like it makes it a bit more real for him, since I don't look too pregnant yet. He just gets so darn excited when he sees movement.
That is such great news!! I just couldn't be happier to hear it. Your Spot is adorable, by the way.
Yay!!!!! That is such good news! I am just so happy that things are continuing to look good, even despite the somewhat scary bleeding! Whew!
I know you're not completely out of the woods yet but I have a feeling all will be well and all this worry will soon be a distant memory!! Yay again!
Congrats!!
Hi there! Found you through Dear Gherkin and I just have to tell you that after IVF I spotted too--bled so much I was CERTAIN it was another failed attempt. I even stopped my progesterone shots for 2 days out of sheer depression, but continued again at the urging of my husband. My HCG betas weren't doubling like they should either, another "bad" sign. I will never forget seeing that heartbeat at around 7 weeks after expecting the worst. It was one scary ride, but I ended up having an uneventful pregnancy and gave birth to a healthy daughter! The doctor thinks maybe the spotting/low HCG was due to one of the other embryos not making it (I had 4 implanted). Anyway, didn't mean to unload a whole history on you. I just wanted to give you some reassurances during this harrowing time. Sending Spot my positive thoughts! Love that ultrasound.
Sara - so happy to see that cute little baby on the ultrasound picture. I am praying that you continue to fall into the good side of that statistic! Hang in there! Thank you for your kind words this week too!
congratulayions
I just found your blog... but Im so glad everything is ok! Do you happen to work at UofM? You look super familiar, I am an RN in the CSR ICU cluster. Good luck with the baby!
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