New to all of this and feeling a little overwhelmed!

NurseCJR

Hello everyone, I just want to say that I have found so many of your stories so comforting at this very uneasy time... I am currently 7 weeks and 2 days pregnant! I was pregnant back in December 2009 and at my first OB visit (11 weeks) there was no heartbeat... The whole situation was devastating. This time around I was super surprised to find out that I am pregnant since my fiance and I weren't technically trying. Because it was so unexpected I wasn't taking vitamins, I was drinking, and I was doing things at work (I'm an RN) that expectant moms shouldn't be doing ie taking care of a CMV positive patient etc... 

This time around I actually FEEL very pregnant (nauseous, sore breasts, etc) which I didn't feel at all last time and my doctor is watching me closely... I have already had 3 vaginal U/S and saw a little heartbeat (again a first for me) I feel like this baby WANTS to be born but I am still a nervous WRECK!!!!! Last night I I had a small amount of brown discharge when I went to the restroom and I FREAKED! I was able to get in to see my Dr today and saw that little heartbeat still beating strong!! I was soooo relieved but now I just feel like I want to chck my panties every 2 minutes and I'm even considering buying one of those home fetal HR monitors! I am so afraid that I will miscarry just because it happened before and I feel as though I will never relax and enjoy this pregnancy! 

I appreciate this forum to vent and learn about all of your experiences and just to know that I am not alone!

I would also love a little tutorial on all of the abbreviations and how to get pics/tickers on my posts (I'm pretty computer-challenged) LOL. Pheeewwww I know that was a lot and again thank you for letting me get it all off my chest!

C 

AggieKim04

First, congrats and welcome! I'm a nurse, too, and work night shift so I'm always online too late for the party, ya know. I'm sorry for your past loss, and I really hope this is your take home baby.

I know it'll make you worry about the things you were doing early in pregnancy that you usually wouldn't if you were trying, but try not to worry. You have a great heartbeat. Just make sure to take your vitamins now and do your best to take care of yourself. Tell your doc about your concerns, if you haven't already and listen to him or her. And stand up for yourself at work. At my ICU, we use Ribavirin on RSV+ patients who are immunocompromised and the information we're learning about that medication is that no woman in child birthing years should take care of that patient without an N100 mask AND on birth control. So far my unit has been awesome and keeps me out of MRSA, VRE, and other contact precaution rooms. We had a nurse whose son had hearing difficulties that were unexplained and her research showed some significance between VRE and hearing problems...so cautious is ok!

Don't worry about spotting too much, especially if its brown. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it happens when you poo, but if you keep worrying you'll stress out way too much and thats not good for you, either.

If you scroll all the way down and look at the Left side of the screen, under "my boards," there is a "nest glossary." That'll be the best place to start learning abbreviations.  

I can explain how to make siggies with pictures and links and such, but I think there is a girl with a description in her blog or something...so I'll let her tell you. But if she doesn't, send me a message (private message or something) and I'll copy and paste examples and tell you sites on how to get things posted.

Good luck and relax! We're all here for each other.  

Sarahbear621

Hi and welcome to November.  I just wanted to say that my first pregnancy sounds similar to yours- I didn't realize I was pregnant and then miscarried.  I know it is extremely scary afterwards but just try to relax.  You can spend 9 months saying "what if's"  Just take it one day at a time, it will help calm you down.

 

NurseCJR

Wow thank you ladies!! I really appreciate your kindness and thoughtful words! I can't wait to go through this experience with you...

 I have decided that from this point on I am going to stop worrying and try to ENJOY everything about this time (even the N/V, LOL) because it is now in Gods hands and I am going to be grateful for everyday!

I was trying not to tell people this soon at work but I realize that it is probably best that I do because of the patient population and protecting me and my baby!

Thanks again ladies