A little scare and some bedrest!

Well today is day 4 of bedrest. It has been such a long 4 days. Saturday I woke up at 7 a.m. gushing red blood. I was terrified. So off to the ER we went. They checked me in and brought me right back. They drew blood and hooked me up to an IV. I was so worried that we were losing our little baby. Then it was off to radiology for an ultrasound. Immediately the tech showed us our little baby's heartbeat! What a relief! This was the first great ultrasound we were able to see. We saw the baby's feet, hands, brain, eyes, and nose! It was absolutely amazing to see our little one just floating in there! Once the ultrasound was over and we were wheeled back to our room the doctor, Dr. Lisse, came in and said it looked like what was a subchorionic bleed and that a small portion of the placenta had detatched from the uterine wall. So still a little scared, but feeling a little more reassured, I was sent home for 48 hours of bed rest.

Sunday we had to have a return visit to the ER as I was passing some clots so they wanted to check and see that everything was still going okay. Sure enough it was the same...because the blood had slowed down considerably there were able to positive conclude that it was in fact a subchorionic bleed. They advised me to see my OB on Monday to determine the proper course of action.

So yesterday, Monday, I ventured to my new OB --- who I absolutely love! She said that it is about a 4cm separation, which is not bad, but not great. So she has put me on a month of bedrest with repeat sonograms every week so we can see if it is healing or if it is getting worse. My next sonogram is next Wednesday and my hopes is that it is getting better! I really want to return to work sooner than later. It sucks because I am now having to eat up my maternity leave. But we have to do what we need to do for this little baby. I want to minimize the risk of possibly losing him/her.

On a positive note --- hopefully next week we might be able to find out if the little one is a girl or a boy. The tech tried really hard to find out what it was this weekend when were at the ER, but she had no luck. Whatever it is...I will love it!

So because I am on bedrest for a month...this blog will probably be updated more than anyone really cares to read :) So check back often!

Keep Baby Stuntz in your prayers...he/she is a fighter and I know in my heart he/she will be okay and will read this one day and realize what stress he/she put mommy and daddy through! :)

We love you little peanut!