Recap

Okay, so let me recap the craziness that has been my life the past couple weeks. The Monday before our vacation, my doc told me the baby wasn't as large as it should be, and that basically it was probably already dead and I'd probably have a miscarriage. That Wednesday another doc in the office looked at my chart and said she wasn’t convinced there was a problem (I have a friend in the office that prompted that.) She had me come in for blood work and what had happened was that my date of conception was later than they thought because I ovulate so irregularly. The blood levels looked great, my cervix was still closed, so they sent me off on vacation with a new delivery date and the belief that everything would be okay.

While on vacation, I passed a large blood clot. I went to the ER there and the doc did a pelvic exam – but no ultrasound – and said I was having a miscarriage. Of course I was devastated and spent the last week mourning the baby. I called the office when I got back and they asked some questions. When I told them I’d never had really bad cramps, they scheduled an ultrasound appointment for Tuesday to make sure everything had completely left my body. So Tuesday I’m there on the table, upset because I had always pictured getting an ultrasound to be a happy time, when the tech turns around the monitor and shows me a baby with a heartbeat. I lost it. I just cried and cried. Turns out I never miscarried at all.

What is going on is that I have a blood clot in my uterus. There is still a possibility of losing the baby because of this clot. If it continues to grow, it could impact the placenta. But there’s also a better chance that everything will be okay and that the baby will grow large enough to push out the clot or cause it to be reabsorbed. The bad part is that the baby won't be large enough for that to happen until I'm 4 or 4 1/2 months. Truly a roller coaster. So I could still use all your thoughts and prayers and for now I'm still pregnant.