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August 2016 Moms
HeyStVincent
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High anxiety (a vent)
HeyStVincent
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I have had spotting this entire pregnancy. It seems to have slowed down over the past two days. I was seen in the ED (while on vacation) a week ago this Sunday to rule out an ectopic pregnancy (was having lower right sided pain in addition to the spotting), and everything looked OK on ultrasound. They told me I was 5 wks + 2 days at that point, so there really wasn't much to see - just a gestational sac and yolk sac in the right location. I guess this makes me 6 wks + 4 says today.
Anyway, I continued to spot after my visit. I also got norovirus shortly after my ED trip (probably from travelmates who brought their vomiting toddler on vacation with us) and lost 8-9 lbs over three days of illness and agressive vomiting. I now weigh about 104 lbs at 5'4" (not good). Needless to say, I'm not feeling really great about the health of this pregnancy. I have my ED follow-up appointment today with my OB provider at home. I really have a sinking feeling that they're going to tell me the pregnancy is non-viable.
I'm trying to be hopeful, but I just have a forboding feeling about this visit. I am at home today and my daughter is at daycare. I would normally spend this day being super productive, but all I've been able to do is watch the clock, counting down the minutes until my appt. I leave for the appt in 1.5 hours. Just 90 more minutes to go...
Anyway, I continued to spot after my visit. I also got norovirus shortly after my ED trip (probably from travelmates who brought their vomiting toddler on vacation with us) and lost 8-9 lbs over three days of illness and agressive vomiting. I now weigh about 104 lbs at 5'4" (not good). Needless to say, I'm not feeling really great about the health of this pregnancy. I have my ED follow-up appointment today with my OB provider at home. I really have a sinking feeling that they're going to tell me the pregnancy is non-viable.
I'm trying to be hopeful, but I just have a forboding feeling about this visit. I am at home today and my daughter is at daycare. I would normally spend this day being super productive, but all I've been able to do is watch the clock, counting down the minutes until my appt. I leave for the appt in 1.5 hours. Just 90 more minutes to go...
Re: High anxiety (a vent)
My son is now just over 2.
Agreed with PP - many women experience very severe morning sickness and lose much more weight with no I'll affects to the baby.
Keep us updated about your appointment. Good luck!
The appointment went well. They put me at 6 wks + 4d/+5d which is right on target with what I had been told in the ED a little over a week ago. We saw the embryo (I'm calling it the amoeba) with a little flutter of a heart beat. The spotting has stopped as of yesterday, now for over 24 hours.
I really am surprised. I didn't think this appt would end with good news. I just quit my job (where I worked as a prenatal and postpartum RN in a clinic) and this type of spotting usually didn't seem to ever end well for my patients. The OB I saw yesterday told me it's really common this early in pregnancy and it may start to level off since I'm at the point where the placenta is starting to take over for the corpus luteum (placental shift). I'm hoping he's right (about the levelling off) because bleeding is not what you want to see in pregnancy.
Anyway, thanks for the support and well wishes ladies!