10 Weeks Preggo!

Size: 1 1/2 inches
Weight: 14 oz or 4 grams

The biggest and most exciting news is that by the end of this week the baby graduates from embryo to fetus!

Your baby now has discernible fingers and toes, which will explain the steady stream of kicks and punches you'll feel down the line.

Junior's skeleton is starting to grow and harden. The ears are beginning to take shape and the eyelids are no longer transparent. Tooth buds are forming, although your baby won't get any teeth until six or seven (or eight or nine or 10) months after birth.

Baby's brain will make an incredible 25,000 new neurons every minute this week.




Baby is about the size of a Nigger Toe or I mean a Brazil Nut ;)

10 Weeks Pregnant

Ultrasound Pic as Promised

Finally I got around to scanning it ;)

The guy that did the ultrasound did have cuter pictures but I didn't ask him to make copies of them. This one is nice though, one I wouldn't have had if we didn't go so i'm not complaining. You see it's little head and body. He/She does have arms but you don't see them so well, we saw fingers and arms squirm, they weren't perfect little limbs but you could tell they were arms :) So different than the first pic huh? What a difference three weeks makes!

6 weeks 2 days

Holy Crap!

I didn't know what else to title the post, maybe WTF would have worked too.

So I called my docs office like I was told to from the ER. A nurse called me back to discuss what the problems were to see if I needed an appointment (routine). I was told by the nurse that my cervix was only 2.7, which freaked me out. She ran off to talk to doc and was going to call me back with a plan. I in turn called Jason sobbing, which he promptly left work and then I called mom sobbing. During the call with mom, I got another call from the nurse and she said that she mistakenly read my paper wrong and the cervix was 3.9cm and that the baby was measuring 2.7 crown to rump. So my cervix is still good. So my heart started beating again. However they are prescribing me Prometrium which is a progesterone supplement. It will boost my levels. Its what they normally prescribe for what they found in the ER: Subchronic Hemorrhage. I had a hard time finding things on the inet about it. I think it happens but it's just not common (ofcourse) and it all depends on the severity of it. For now it's taking pills and putting my feet up as much as possible... (here's a better site about the hemorrhage)

I just keep reminding myself it's ONE day at a time. I don't know if honestly we can keep going through pregnancies like this, it's just too much stress...


Just as a side note, the nurse that called me I LOVE, she's the woman who runs the support group and I know she's there for me. I also would RATHER it been a mistake than the truth, so instead of being upset I was relieved.

Trip to the ER

Okay so it was probably me being paranoid, but can you blame me? The discharge wasn't going away and it had then turned into stringy stuff, like blood clots and so my nerves just couldn't handle not knowing anymore.

So we went to the ER, last night.

We left at 9pm.
Got all checking in by 9:30.
Then waited.
And waited.
And waited.
Until 2 AM to be seen!

I was so pissed by the 4 hours mark. At one point they came out called me name, looked at me and said oh before we bring you back we need to take your vitals and left. Proceeded to call in three people after me. It was 1 1/2 hours AFTER that they got me in! Which as soon as I got back there guess what they did! Took my fricken vitals.

So after drawing blood, taking a urine sample, checking to see if my cervix was closed manually, they sent me for an ultrasound. Which found my little one squirming and his/her heart still beating away It was the first ultrasound we saw him/her look like a baby and move So that alone was worth the trip.

Then at 3:15ish they said that they believe the bleeding is being caused by the placenta forming. That when it forms sometimes it can cause bleeding and they saw a small pocket of blood in my uterus near the placenta. That things look good and to checking with me OB on Monday.

So right now I feel better knowing that the baby is okay and my cervix is still nice and closed I'm still getting a little discharge but I will be calling Kassis on Monday.

{Ultrasound Pic to be uploaded later}

Spotting Continues :\

So I still have it going on :\ Which is not making me happy. I mean seriously can't this pregnancy atleast let me get through the first trimester without issues?

It does seem to be lightening but then I get this burning sensation in the uterus area that is beginning to concern me. If it is still light tomorrow and into Monday I will be going in to the docs for an ultrasound. If it gets worse tomorrow we might end up in the ER, since this is nerve racking! Bleeding of any kind (except for implantation early in) is not a normal thing, some women may experience it but usually you don't. I didn't with Kaitlin, except for the implantation bleeding. So it worries me.

Grumble

So around 2:30ish today I got a blood clot. It was brown so that is a good sign but getting clots is never a good feeling. Thus far it was only the one and now it's turned into a brown discharge. I did call the doc and I was told to just take it real easy, with my legs up and if it gets worse to call or come in. My question is though why can't pregnancy just be EASY for me? Jason and I both had to have our hearts restarted during the ultrasound since it seemed to take her forever to find the heartbeat :\ Oh well thus far things are good...positive thoughts right?