Major freakout, spotting, Dr., and a Belly Pic (long)

kathymarie · February 2011

I woke up this morning to some brown spotting (just when I wiped). Cue the major heart attack.

I told myself to relax & if it continued or worsened, I'd call the Dr.

Around 12:30 at work (students were at their special class), I noticed that I had some more brown & a few spots of brown on my underwear. I called the Dr. immediately. They told me to come in right now. That freaked me out.

I called the office of my school and said I had to leave, & started crying while explaining myself. The assistant principal came in and told me to relax and she would cover my class for the rest of the day. She then asked me to call or email her with an update. (side note: I have the world's most supportive bosses. They are such great people)

At the Dr.'s office, I had an ultrasound and a cervical check. The u/s revealed a happy little dumpling of a baby, hb 149, measuring 16w2d. S/he had her hands over her face, probably hiding from a freaked out mama. The interesting thing about this u/s is that the Dr. used the femur to determine the baby's size, rather than the crown to rump, as she did previously. She said s/he is straightened out now, no longer curled up.

When she checked my cervix, she said it was long and closed. She feels that the brown blood was so old that it was from implantation. WTF? That was 14 weeks ago! She said it gets stuck up there and eventually has to come out. Ok, if you say so, lady. Then she told me to go home and rest because my blood pressure and anxiety were too high. Tell me about it.

So the outcome is I am fine (freaked out and relieved) and the baby is fine. I think I realized today how very much I love this baby & that my world would be destroyed if I were to lose it.

Ok, since you've made it this far into the post, I reward thee with some pics of my royal fatness. The first pic is from 10 weeks. The second is from 16 weeks (this morning). Can you see a difference?

ETA: I know the one on the right is a closer photo, giving me appearance of greater girth in that one.

TigerFan · February 2011

Poor thing - hope you are following doctor's orders and resting at home. So glad that everything with the baby is ok.

rock-elle · February 2011

wow, just a little difference! What you have my dear is a royal baby bump Big Smile

I'm sorry rambo is giving you a scare but all sounds fine and you have the LATEST IB I've ever heard of Surprise Dr Rachel is prescribing some R&R with a lot of water to drink and some trashy reality tv to ease the soul!

:::hugs::::

leneae10 · February 2011

what a scare! I am glad everything is okay, though. Your bump is cute and I definitely see it!!!!!

Love your phone case, btw.

Deepak&Derek · February 2011

I am sorry you went through all that stress. I would have felt the same way and taken the same steps. I am so happy to hear that your LO is good! It is so nice to have understanding boss. Hugs

EclairAngst · February 2011

Go awesome bosses and doctors! Glad LO is nice and snug!

Love the bump!

bryanandkatrina · February 2011

I am so sorry you had to go through that (((hugs))) but so glad to hear that everything is ok! Get some much needed R&R!

jen629 · February 2011

oh goodness sweetie glad everything is ok major hugs !

jr63_2020 · February 2011

That is so scary!! I am glad you had such a great outcome. Sounds like you need to watch something funny (with your feet up)! Sending hugs!

itsmegin · February 2011

Oh my gosh how stressful! I'm so glad you and baby are okay now.

rguinn75 · February 2011

((HUGS)) you poor thing... So glad baby is doing well... I swear they just love to scare us... I am also glad to know I am not the only one who seems to have popped at around 16w... These August babies are sure giving their momma's a run for their money...

Clerk9 · February 2011

((HUGS))

I am SO glad that baby looks good!!! And that you have such wonderful co-workers! The bump pics are awesome, too...you can TOTALLY tell the difference! YAY for good news all around. (And I agree...that may be the nicest cell phone case I've ever seen...so pretty!)

Hope you're able to relax today & enjoy your healthy LO.

quezzo · February 2011

I'm so happy you and baby are doing well! Try to enjoy the rest of your day relaxing!

damabo80 · February 2011

whew! glad to hear everything is ok in there!

And your belly pics are adorable!

olivia_eve · February 2011

How scary, but I'm glad all is well. And I too am in love with your phone case! (Your bump is pretty cute too.)

ravenorchid · February 2011

I'm sorry you had to go through that, sweetie. Definitely scary. But I'm glad all is well!

Gummybear · February 2011

You look great!!

How scary with the spotting!! So relieved all is well

martinimomma · February 2011

Beautiful bump! Now go put those feet up, Momma!

VeilSdeGTO · February 2011

I'm glad your bosses are so supportive and that your LO is doing so well. I'd side eye the implantation spotting, but whatevs, as long as everything else looks good.

caitlin*marie · February 2011

1. I did not like the title of this post until I saw there was a belly pic inside, so that probably meant everything was okay.

2. I am SO GLAD everything is okay.

3. I have the same phone cover except in pink!

4. Love the belly pic. I can totally tell a difference! Grow, LO, grow!

Glad all is well. ((HUGS))

sunflowr0803 · February 2011

I am so glad everything is okay!! Hope you get some R&R this afternoon, mama. Also, you look great!

shanna82 · February 2011

I'm sorry you had to go through that, but I'm glad everything is okay! And cute belly

OrangeDaisy13 · February 2011

So glad LO is doing well! How scary this morning! You look great too!

PrincessDi80 · February 2011

I am glad all is well and you look ADORABLE!

slgbreeden · February 2011

That sucks that it had to happen and cause a freak out, I would of been too. Happy to hear you both are doing well, I hope it doesn't happen again!

ashleyrsotomayor · February 2011

I see a BIG difference!!! LO is a growing!!! Oh, and the same exact (down to crying at school and having to leave and tell my wonderful principal) thing happen to me at 17 weeks. Brown blood. I freaked too. They only did a doppler check for me though. I wish they would have done a cervical check and u/s but I got to see LO the very next week at my anatomy scan and he was looking good! I am glad everything looks good with your LO as well!

Karen1998 · February 2011

Yikes - that's a scary mid-day discovery! I'm glad Rambo is doing well and you have a quick doctor and cool boss. I agree with Rock-elle's prescription... You definitely have a bump now!