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August 2016 Moms
ashleyluxe
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Bad, bad weekend. (TW)
ashleyluxe
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This has probably been the worst weekend I have ever had and I think the week will follow suit. Friday morning I had an appointment with my family doctor, everything was great, ended on a great note and a promise of an early January ultrasound to finally figure out our EDD mess. It was peachy and I left so happy and optimistic. The only real issue we could see that they would take care of accordingly and would be a non-issue was my O- blood type. I will warn you this will be a long post.
On Friday evening, we were at my MIL and FIL's Christmas Cheer party and I went to the bathroom and noticed spotting. I freaked out and started Googling on my phone (no one at the party other than DH knows yet) and he caught me and told me to stop. Of course, he didn't know what was going on. I told him I wanted to leave and come home (we have a half hour drive from their place) and so we did. In the car I told him what was going on and cried the whole way home. I called the on-call doctor that works under my family practice and she went over all of the options of what it could be: ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion/miscarriage, implantation bleeding, or I could just be one of the women who bleeds and is perfectly fine. Of course, I was freaking out and so was my husband. The on call doctor said she would speak to another doctor and call me back. When we went into our home, I went to the bathroom and was bleeding much heavier including a few tiny clots. The doctor called back and said she didn't think it was an ectopic and probably not implantation and because this is my first it is likely a miscarriage or again I could be someone who bleeds during pregnancy. She told me I could stay home and go to the clinic in the morning (it was late by this time) because I was feeling fine otherwise...or if it got worse and I started feeling faint, losing a lot of blood, having heavy cramping, etc. I could go to the ER. She told me to call her anytime that night. By that time it was spotting again. There hasn't been enough blood to fill a pad (TMI, I know) and not enough even for a liner. I see it on toilet paper or in the bowl. We ended up going to bed to see how it was in the morning and then we'd go to the clinic.
Saturday morning comes around and I am still spotting. When I went to the bathroom there was a larger clot but then just spotting again. I called her back and she was very kind and supportive and told me my options are to go to the clinic or I could also wait until Monday but then results would take longer to see what is going on. She didn't think there may be anyone to process blood work or do an ultrasound. So I ended up going to the clinic. The on call doctor there went over the same things that the phone on call doctor did but he also spoke to the Urgent Care centre and sent me there. They could do both. I had bloodwork which came back normal, then we did a pelvic and transvaginal ultrasound. The ultrasound showed a sac and showed that I am early 5 weeks pregnant. There was no fetal pole but they can't rule out miscarriage yet because it's so early and you can't always see a fetal pole this early. I dealt with one doctor most of the day and he seemed much more optimistic than the on call doctors did. Because of my O- blood, they ordered me to have an injection of Rhogam in case this will help. So another doctor took over while I waited for this injection to come from the hospital. This doctor seemed the most optimistic of them all and told me to relax and not worry (yeah right!) but said that he sees this a lot and most women end up having a completely normal pregnancy and a happy and healthy baby. Finally I was given the injection and was sent home. I literally went to the first clinic at 9:30 am and did not leave the Urgent Care until 7:00 pm.
So I have to call my family doctor on Monday to set up an appointment for Tuesday or Wednesday to have my hCG checked again to see if it is going up. If it is doubling as normal then they should order another ultrasound for later in the week or so to see if they will see a fetal pole or a heartbeat. If the levels are not doubling then I have likely had a miscarriage. This is going to be the worst wait I've ever had. Trying to stay positive but it is so hard. Any positive vibes would be appreciated.
Re: Bad, bad weekend. (TW)
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