This pregnancy has been a different kind of journey than I expected. I never experienced this with any of my other pregnancies. So I thought I'd document it here. Where to begin? I guess I should start at the beginning of this pregnancy journey.
In October, I had a feeling I might be pregnant so I took a pregnancy test at home. The lines were real light but it was showing positive. So I did it again the next day and it was showing positive. I couldn't believe it. At the time we weren't really trying for another one. In the spring, we talked about getting pregnant and we both agreed that we wanted to try. But then in the summer I started to develop some health scares. I wasn't feeling very well. The doctors started to do a lot of testing and telling me that it could be this or this. Which brought lots of stress on me and then I was hoping I wasn't pregnant because of all the testing and possible illness. Anyways, thats for another post. So we stopped trying. I guess we stopped trying a little to late. We found out we were expecting baby #6, so this put a temporary halt on any further testing. So far I am healthy and will continue the testing after the baby comes.
Our new journey was about to begin with this little one. Early November, I started to bleed and thought oh no….a miscarriage. I called the doctor and they wanted to do an ultrasound to see if the pregnancy was viable. I was hoping and praying that everything was fine. We went in and they found a heartbeat. They told me to go home and rest. I did and the bleeding soon stopped. Things seem to be going smoothly, I was feeling exhausted and wanted to sleep any chance I could…check. I was nausea and throwing up, so yeah morning sickness.....check. My first official doctor appointment wasn't until late November. We saw the doctor and he did another ultrasound to just make sure everything was fine and it seemed to be.
Saturday morning, 2 days after Thanksgiving I woke up to a lot of bleeding again. I mean a lot! So much that I thought oh no this has to be a miscarriage. We called the nurse which she said, to rest and if it increased to go to the hospital. It started to decrease and was completely gone after a few days. The doctor ordered another ultrasound to check on the baby and this time they found that I had a subchorionic hemorrhage. Which could threaten a miscarriage if it continued to get bigger. The doctor gave me my instructions to take it easy, no strenuous excersise and rest as much as possible. Easier said then done when you are a mama to 5!
December 20th, was the last day of school for the kids Christmas break. I was so relieved because that week had been crazy busy with all the Christmas concerts and parties. I was stressed out and tired. Oh so ready for a break from that routine. That evening I went to the restroom and found more blood. I couldn't believe it! I was so frustrated and tired of feeling like are we having a baby are we not? I was seriously scared every time I had to use the restroom.
On Christmas Eve I had another doctor appointment. The doctor had a hard time finding the heartbeat, which was nerve wrecking. She said that I needed to really rest and she ordered another ultrasound.
3 days later I get a call from the nurse saying that the blood clot had grown. Oh my gosh, I was so scared and nervous. I thought I had been doing everything right. The doctor's orders were just to rest.
To be continued…..
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