The Update

I really planned on posting last night after putting up our baby's first pictures, however, I definitely fell asleep at 9:00...and that is only because I had to make it through the 8:00 hour to wait for dinner to be done and eat.

But I will start at the beginning and get to all of that...

Yesterday I had an appointment with my Ob at 1:00. However, for the first time ever, I had some spotting when I woke up and while it wasn't a lot and wasn't bright red, there was, what I would call, some clotting, which I've read is not good at all. So I had some things to do for work and then called to see if I could get in any earlier than 1.

My Dr. was in surgery but her wonderful, wonderful nurse Justina told me to come in about 30 minutes and she might be out by then (this is 11:00) and I can just be there whenever she can fit me in.

So my Matt and I headed up to the Dr. and waited for a bit and were told (and apologized to up and down) that my Dr. was still in surgery, but they would have an ultrasound tech. do my ultrasound right then so at least we could see if I needed to worry at all. Last week my Dr. did my ultrasound, so this was different, but I was happy to get back there.

This is around 11:30/11:45 I believe. The tech does an external ultrasound first. I've only had vaginal ones before so this felt "real" and it was just like what you see in the movies. It was a funny realization for some reason.

After a few seconds of searching around my belly she found the baby. Looking just as it should and she instantly saw the heartbeat! Matt saw it too, but it was hard for me to see, so she told me to hold my breath... and there is was, just beating away. A perfect little flutter. Baby measured exactly what it should and the heartbeat was 127 beats per minute which, from what I am reading, is very good for 6w2d.

Then we did an internal ultrasound so she could get a better look and pictures for us. It was so amazing to see. I started to cry a little bit.

After we went to see if my Dr. was back yet (the office is IN the hospital which is so nice!) and Justina said she still wasn't back and after confirming with me that everything was great w/ my ultrasound and making sure I felt OK now she said if we wanted to go get some lunch and come back that might be good.

Again, I am so amazed at how wonderful this practice has been so far. Justina could not stop apologizing and being WAY nicer than I am sure she is paid for, which I really appreciated, even though I totally understood. And I told her that. Things come up and I said if I was having a complication/surgery, I would want my Dr. to be there for me, so obviously that was very important for her to be down there for all this time because things probably weren't good. I thought about how some women down there was probably not as lucky as I was just then for seeing a healthy baby and heartbeat.

We went to lunch and came back and waited another, maybe 45 minutes? Justina came to get me and told me Dr. Bell still was in surgery and she was so sorry. I could come back tomorrow (couldn't do that) or next week or wait a few minutes and see if she'd be back soon or if another one of the doctors could see me (they were all very backed up b/c of all of this). I said that I'd just wait since we were there anyway. So they took me to Dr. Bell's room (which is covered in puppy pics! yay!) and said that if I didn't mind, another Dr. would come talk to me. Fine with me, I'd like to meet them all anyway.

So we met with Dr. Scott who was very confident in all of my information and testing thus far. I asked her what could be causing the spotting/clotting if everything is fine? She said that it's more common to HAVE spotting than to not. I guess I'd just gotten lucky so far. She also said that unless it's bright red flow I am probably good and even then, do not panic b/c she's seen those cases turn out just fine too. A huge relief.

I got blood drawn for another progesterone check and beta check. She told me they'd rush them and call me back if progesterone was low and Dr. Bell thought I should take supplements.

I didn't hear anything until about 5:30 when I got a call from...Dr.Bell! Who first apologized for what happened today (again, how freaking nice are these people!?) and told me that while anything above 10 is still good, my progesterone had dropped from 16.4 to 13. She said she'd just feel more confident, and so would I, if I took the supplements and they could only help. Fine by me! Oh, and my beta was 28,000 which she thought was great!

Now...the important part...she told me she was calling them in right now, but take them before bed b/c they might make me tired. Huh.... I've taking progesterone before (a different kind though) to start my period when I haven't ovulated for months, and they never had that effect on me.

So we go to Target and pick them up. The pharmacist comes out from behind the counter to make sure I don't have questions and she's clearly about 6 or 7 ,months pregnant. I've talked with her before and really like her. She asks me if I am expecting and how far along I am. I can tell she could tell I was a little freaked out and she reassured me that my Dr. was very thorough for putting me on these and that so many women take these in early pregnancy and that it's totally fine and nothing to be worried about. She was really, really sweet. Matt said that we've been so lucky with such nice people for our pregnancy so far.

When we got home we started dinner, but I wanted to take my first pill right away b/c I figured if I need them, I want them in me asap. BAD move. I took the pill, sat down at the computer for a few minutes and when I stood up I literally thought I was going to fall asleep. I don't even remember anything from that point until I woke up this morning.

On the bright side...I got to sleep through the night without getting up to pee or tossing and turning! But I was knocked out! So I'll be taking them a little later from now and on, but I'm excited to get some good sleep for the next few weeks!