{ Valentine's Day!! }
I want to thank everyone for the prayers last week! We had a few really scary days and it was so great knowing so many people were thinking about us.
How Far Along? 23 weeks!!! (doing this after the fact since I missed last week!)
Maternity Clothes? None new to report!!
Weight Gain? 14 pounds!
Stretch Marks? Nope!
Gender? Baby girl!!!
Sleep? Not as much as I'd like.. I can't get comfortable.. and I wake up with puffy eyes!
Food Cravings? powdered donuts & bbq lays!
What I Miss? I missed getting out to run errands and go shopping!! Missing work is wonderful - but if you can't get out to do stuff it kinda takes the fun out of it! I was just thankful that I could lay around and make sure baby girl was calm and things were ok inside!
What I Miss? I missed getting out to run errands and go shopping!! Missing work is wonderful - but if you can't get out to do stuff it kinda takes the fun out of it! I was just thankful that I could lay around and make sure baby girl was calm and things were ok inside!
Symptoms? Well, a rundown of what happened Thursday (2/10).. I had a normal day.. no crazy lifting or anything.. I went to Marshalls on lunch and stopped by my house for a second before I was going to head back to work.. without getting graphic.. I had a ton of bleeding which you NEVER want to see while pregnant. I freaked out.. almost fainted and just thought - get yourself to the hospital. So, I got back in the car.. called my doctor (who is AMAZING) and they told me to come right in. I called Brent - freaking out of course - and he said he was on the way.. My doctor discovered that I was having contractions, which could have been from dehydration.. They did a few ultrasounds during the 3 hours that we were in the office and had me hooked up to the machine that monitors contractions.. The bleeding finally quit and I was free to go home. My doctor said that I tore my placenta, but she couldn't find it on the ultrasound. This entire time Addie Mae looked amazing on the screen - she moved the entire time and it made us feel SO MUCH BETTER to see that.
My doctor sent me home on strict bedrest and I had to go back to see her the following Monday. All looked good still - but she wanted me to take it easy for another week.. no driving, no walking the dog, no anything! If all stayed the same during the week I could return to work the following Monday - which is today :) Everything has been great and I'm so so thankful. Googling Placental Abruption is an awful thing to do - she advised me not to - but of course I did anyway. I spent hours on thebump.com message boards trying to read as much as I could about what was going on - SCARY STUFF.
I'm so glad that I have such a great doctors office who took the best care of Addie Mae and I - and from now on out I'm playing it SUPER safe.
My doctor sent me home on strict bedrest and I had to go back to see her the following Monday. All looked good still - but she wanted me to take it easy for another week.. no driving, no walking the dog, no anything! If all stayed the same during the week I could return to work the following Monday - which is today :) Everything has been great and I'm so so thankful. Googling Placental Abruption is an awful thing to do - she advised me not to - but of course I did anyway. I spent hours on thebump.com message boards trying to read as much as I could about what was going on - SCARY STUFF.
I'm so glad that I have such a great doctors office who took the best care of Addie Mae and I - and from now on out I'm playing it SUPER safe.
Best Moment of the Week? Getting to see little miss a few extra times, even though it was under awful circumstances.. it was great to see her!!!
I'm so glad everything is ok! You are the prettiest pregnant girl, seriously! Your outfit is so cute.
ReplyDeleteGlad everything is calmer now, how scary! Take it easy. You look beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, so glad to see this! I was thinking about you and Addison the other day! :) So glad all is well and you are up and doing better! :)
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