Taking it Easy!

We have the same old same old almost every day. The only thing that breaks up the monotony is Porter's preschool. We are always looking for activities the kids can do so we were slightly excited for the snow storm that hit the other day. Sam and the kids got all bundled up to go outside. Sam had to clear the driveway which is torture except we have a snow blower which makes it manageable. The kids just got to play around outside and Ruby loved walking in the snow. Last year she could barely stand in her snow clothes and now she loves it.

I scheduled my big ultrasound for December 21st! It will be really nice to know if it's a boy or girl so the kids can get use to it. Ruby told me this morning that she wanted a baby sister and boy babies are bad. She might need the next 5 months to get use to it if its a boy.

Still resting and still hating it! We found someone to come clean twice a week and it has been nice to have clean floors but who would think watching someone else clean would be torture.

No Optional Activities

Sam and I both went to my Dr. appointment so we could figure out what was going on and what to expect. It was reassuring to hear the heartbeat which the Dr. said was a good strong heartbeat. We, mostly I, asked lots of questions and here are some of the answers.

I am on rest for who knows how long. I dont have to lay in bed all day but if there are any optional activites that I could get someone else to do then I am not supposed to do them. I specifically asked about going to Walmart and he said optional try to get someone else to do it.

My placenta does cover part of my cervix which is a partial placenta previa, and continued bleeding is not uncommon.

Hopefully as my uterus grows the placenta will move with it. He just delivered someone whose placenta didn't look like it was going anywhere until it finally moved around 30 weeks.

If the placenta doesn't move it is an automatic C-section.

I will have a few more ultrasounds to keep checking. My next ultrasound will be right before Christmas.


My wonderful husband has been and unfortunately will continue to hold down the fort, work tons of hours, do all the shopping, and help with the kids, while I do a lot of nothing and feel worthless. When Sam teases me in the morning telling me he has to go to work because not all of us get to lay around all day I tell him I work all day and all night because I grow people, I may not be doing it very well right now but its still work, ha ha.

FYI

I have decided that after months and months without any posts that I will start posting more. I just dont have the time take pictures of every moment, then put them on my computer, and finally edit and upload to blogger so most of my posts will be pictureless and pretty boring. I really started this blog so I could print it to a book and I could have a sort of journal of my life to look back on. My journal needs more entries even if it means less pictures.

3rd Ultrasound

I got another ultrasound so that my Dr. could see what was going on. My ultrasound was at 10am and my Dr's office closed at noon for the holiday weekend. Luckily my Dr. knew how important it was and called me before he left. He said that I had a low placenta, placenta previa, but I couldn't officially be diagnosed until around 26 weeks.
My placenta partially covers or touches my cervix. The area around the cervix is thinner and the placenta cant embedd as well so sometimes it bleeds and any dilation of the cervix will cause bleeding. I am on rest for now, not bedrest unless I bleed, but resting and taking it easy. I have a dr. appointment next week so we can discuss everything more and ask all of our questions.

Staying in LA

The next day while Sam finished his conference (luckily they didn't notice he missed half a day and he still got his certification) I talked to my Dr. and told him what the ER had said. He told me to basically be on bedrest for 48 hrs after any bleeding and to take it easy and got an ultrasound scheduled. Sam and I decided that it would be best for me and the kids to stay at my parents while he went home and my parents would drive me back before the ultrasound and would stay for Thanksgiving.
This meant giving up my New Moon ticket and not getting to wear my matching shirt to the midnight premiere with all of my friends. I was really bummed because this was the biggest girls night party of the year and I had been looking forward to it for months.
I stayed at my parents for a week while my Mom took care of my kids. It was really boring to lay on a couch watching TV all day long. My Mom kept my kids busy and they left to go to parks and visit my sister so sometimes I was by myself for hours, except my grandma did check up on me every hour or so.
Eventhough it was boring it was a nice break and I think the rest really helped. On Tuesday we packed my parents, me and my kids into their car, and by packed I mean we were really packed in there. We took it slow and steady because my parents dont allow food in their car and I have to eat every 2 hours. In the end it took 7 hours, not bad with all the stops we made, and we were finally home to see Sam.
Thanks Mom, Dad, Lacy & GG too!

My horrible vacation

Sam had a real estate conference in San Diego on Nov 18 & 19. We thought it would be fun to drop the kids off at my parents house and have a few days of fun and relaxation to ourselves in San Diego. We stayed right on Mission Bay and the water was only 20 ft from the hotel. The first night we were there we did a little shopping and walked along Mission Bay, it was beautiful and so calming just Sam and I.
We planned what fun things we could do and had dinner at Olive Garden. The all you can eat salad is the first time since being pregnant that I could eat something without my stomach instantly hurting. Sam had one plate of salad and I ate the rest (minus the tomatoes, onions, peppers, and crutons). It felt so good to just eat. I tried one bite of my fettucine and my stomach hurt so I asked for a second bowl of salad and it was wonderful.
This is where my dream turned to a nightmare. We got back to the hotel and I noticed I had started spotting. I was freaked out because with the two other pregnancies I had never spotted. I went to bed and hoped the rest would make it go away. The next morning everything seemed fine even though I was having some cramping as I dropped Sam off at his conference so I could have the car to go shopping. I took a nice long bath and laid down in the bed to watch some TV. All of a sudden I felt like I was leaking and quickly realized I was bleeding. I called my dr and was waiting for a call back. I texted Sam and started looking up hospitals on the internet. The bleeding seemed to be getting worse and I didnt know what to do so I text Sam that I was driving myself to the hospital and I would keep letting him know what was happening.
I got to the hospital totally freaked out and I wished I had the words to rant and rave and say all the horrible feelings I have about that ER. Basically it was a giant waiting game, a sitting in the waiting room for 5 hours not knowing if I had miscarried or not. They did a whole lot of nothing durning that five hours. They have a horrible system to make people feel like they are going to be next. After 1 1/2 hrs Sam arrived via taxi and all they had done was do an initial blood pressure check and gave me a bracelet. After Sam got there they did take me back to talk to a nurse and get all my information. An hour later they took me to ultrasound and told Sam he had to stay in the waiting room. I did get to see the baby's heartbeat so I felt a little better, they told me I just had to wait for the radiologist to read the ultrasound like I was almost done. An hour later they took my blood pressure again. Another hour later another blood pressure check and they finally took my insurance card. We asked yet again where I was in line and they said 2nd. Around the five hour mark they took me back for yet another blood pressure check and told me that the next available room was mine so we walked back to the room and I finally got to lay down.
We waited for a half an hour in the room and the doctor finally came and told me that I had a hemorrage on my placenta but it was promising that I was past 12 weeks (I was 13 weeks 4 days). He said to rest but no study had shown that resting would help because if I was going to miscarry I would there was nothing to stop it. He also went on to tell us that if I miscarried it was for the best because most miscarries are due to genetic problems. He wanted a blood test and yelled at the nurses that they hadn't gotten blood on a possible miscarriage before I was in a room. We told the dr we were ready to leave so he said we could after the blood draw and he would call with the results only if he needed to. So we told the nurse we were leaving and she had this clueless look on her face and said she would get the discharge papers. We waited for 15 mins and didn't see anyone so we left without being discharged because we just couldnt take it anymore.

1st Dr. Appointment

I finally made it to my doctor appointment. As usual I was totally stressed out because what if there was no heartbeat. I told my doctor about my concerns with the early pregnancy test and being so sick so after the dreaded physical we went to his ultrasound room. The first thing he said was "Thats no 8 weeks baby. This baby has toes, look at the feet those are toes."
Going in I thought I was around 8 weeks but after the crown to rump measurements it was determined I was 11 weeks 5 days. Three weeks further along than I though!!! My due date is now May 21, 2010.

I will post the ultrasound pics later but my scanner is no longer working so they will have to wait.