Close call

Warning, this may be too graphic for some.

We had a lot going on this weekend, and I did several things Kelly did not approve of. First, I went to the grocery store and lifted a tray of bottled water by myself, and a watermelon. We also went to a concert, and I stood up for a lot of it and cheered and (according to Kelly) jumped up and down too much. I don't remember doing any jumping; I would say it was more like bobbing than jumping, but okay, I moved around a lot. We also had company this weekend, including 3 kids, and I lifted them as well.

I did not feel any pain or cramping until Sunday night, and when I was taking the clothes out of the dryer I just felt like something was not right. And in the night I had some bleeding, including a sizable clot, which I dug out of the pot to inspect. (I told you this might be graphic!) It contained some white tissue looking stuff within the blood and I was positive it was Baby Jane. This was at 3:30 am and I was up all night crying and convincing myself I had lost the baby.

Fortunately, we had a doctor's appointment this morning anyway. When we got there I, of course, burst into tears, but the doctor reassured me it was probably nothing to be worried about, and that 50% of women have first tri-mester bleeding, and even the white tissue looking stuff probably had an explanation.

We did an ultra sound, and there it was, a little gestational sac still stuck to the wall of my uterus. Just one, not multiples. We were so, so, SO relieved! The doctor said I have to take it easy, and Kelly has already given me the "I told you so" lecture. I promise to listen to him 100% from now on, and if he wants to do all the housework and lifting, then I am going to let him.

The doctor told me to take it especially easy over the next 7-10 days. He could see the spot that was bleeding in my uterus when we did the ultra sound, and he said there may be more, but don't worry unless it gets heavy or is accompanied by a lot of pain.

The doctor also referred to my being 5 weeks along. I can't figure out that math, but going with that figure, I should have a due date around the last week of April. I still don't have an official due date, or any more appointments for that matter. Everything happens one step at a time. They will call me this afternoon with my blood test results and tell me what the next step is. It's going to be a long 9 months, I can already tell.