Friday, March 19, 2010

Bedrest?

This morning at about 3:00 I got up to use the bathroom and noticed that I was bleeding quite a bit. I woke Jared and we discussed what we thought we should do about it. We decided that we would go back to bed and call the midwife first thing in the morning. This isnt the first time, but this time it was so much worse than it was in the past. I of course could not go back to sleep so at about 6:00 I finally got up and I was still bleeding quite a bit. Jared and I decided it was time to page the midwife. When she called back I explained to her what was going on and she told me to go to the ER right away. So we ripped Grant out of bed and off we went. When we got there they started an IV and took blood, got a urine sample and after waiting about an hour the doc finally came in and did a preliminary ultrasound. She did find a heartbeat which was such a relief. Then the radiologist came and got me to do a diagnostic ultrasound. We waited forever for them to get the results read. Turns out I have a medium-large hemorrhage on the edge of the placenta. The reason this is bad is because there is a potential for the hemorrhage to move or grow. If it does it will disturb the placenta even more, and could make the placenta detatch from the uterus. The placenta is what  keeps the baby alive, and sustains the pregnancy. I have been told to take it easy and basically not do anything. hopefully the hemorrhage will heal itself instead of growing. Thank you to all our friends and family for all your love, support, and prayers! xoxo

1 comment:

Michelle said...

awwhh ...I am so sorry to hear about that. I'll be thinking about you!