I suffer from bipolar 2 along with r anxiety and panic disorder. I stopped taking my meds right when we started our IVF journey back in March. I've been ok with dealing with everything but I do still have my bad days. So yesterday I suffered a bad panic attack. I literally thought I was dying and ended up calling my husband at work and he left to come home to help me. A couple of hours after that I started spotting bright red blood and cramping and the left side of my lower abdomin started to get really tender especially to touch. I am 15 weeks and 5 days today. I thought I would wait until today to see how everything was going and when I woke up the spotting has almost completed stopped and cramping is not really there but I am still very tender on my left side. So I called my doctor and they said they needed to see me for an ultrasound. I am a FTM and kinda freaking out. I just hope everything is ok and it was just the panic attack that caused everything.
Ok so just done at the dr office. The ultrasound looks good and they said the fibroid doesn't look like it's causing any issues right now and the placenta is in a good location. The doctor checked the cervix and said it looks fine. She said she thinks it's just the extra blood flow to the cervix and that could have caused the spotting and that can cause cramping and bc everything else looks good that she is not concerned with it right now. I'm just glad the baby is doing great. I think I can deal with any issues if it was just me but I definitely couldn't not deal with it if there was something wrong with the baby. So I can relax a little now.
Re: Unexpected ultrasound today
I psychiatrist I know recently told me that some of her pregnant (ie off meds) bipolar patients do really well taking 1000mg of fish oil/DHA.