So far so good. Our little fighter - now dubbed "Rocky" - is still hanging on. I had a vaginal ultrasound at our appointment and our doctor turned the screen and showed us the little blinking heartbeat. What a relief. I'm measuring at 6 weeks, one day, plus or minus two days.
Because of the bleeding, which so far is unexplained, I have been instructed to stay off my feet for the next 24 hours. Then for the next week (I have another appointment next Thursday) I am to "take it easy" ... no sex, no working out, no taking our toddler out on my own and to keep taking my medicine. With all this in mind, we decided to tell my husband's parents what's going on. They live in the area and are very supportive and wonderful. My MIL is here now doing dinnertime with my girl and has already folded clothes and spruced up the kitchen. They have sworn to secrecy. Personally I'm glad that my husband will have someone to talk to about this stuff if he needs to, and I know that we desperately need the help. Because I'm not quite sure how I'm going to keep us in groceries or wear my daughter out without taking her anywhere on my own. It's going to be an interesting week.
Thanks for your prayers!! This is quite a rollercoaster. My doctor commented that he wanted to take this week by week because he didn't want to keep me on the progesterone if the baby's heart stops for some reason.
Hold on til the bell rings, little Rocky. Keep fighting.
Here from LFCA: I'm really hoping that all is well. We had a similar scare and experience at about 8 weeks and it was incredibly emotionally wrenching. I'm wishing you have a happy ending!
Posted by: coffeegrl | Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 11:13 PM
Manda, I am so sorry you are going through this. I am HAPPY that Rocky has a heartbeat. Listen to your doctor and take it easy. I'll pray for you.
Posted by: Rachel | Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 05:18 AM
I foolishly checked my gmail all day, hoping to hear when DUH, I have the address to this here blog.
So very glad to read this, Manda. Take care of yourself and that bean of yours. Much love and prayers, girl.
Posted by: barbetti | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 09:45 PM
Oh Manda, thank goodness! Go, itty bitty Rocky, go! He/she is going to have to be a fighter to keep up with Big Sis Syd! Please, please rest up - nothing but snuggles with Sydney & John and naps. Send the mother-in-law off to Target for a replacement crock-pot (RIP) and lots of tasty provisions from Trader Joe's - it is for the BABY, dangit!!!!
I am so over the moon for you that you saw the little peanut on the ultrasound!
Posted by: Morgan S. | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 09:45 PM
Oh phew, this made my day (and I had a very, very bad day). Go Rocky go!
Also, awesome to have your in-laws close and willing to help you out. You deserve it now. Let them spoil you!
Posted by: She Likes Purple | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 09:17 PM
I am glad Rocky is fighting!!! Good luck sweetie!!!
LFCA
Posted by: mybumpyjourney | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 08:33 PM
Yeah for good news. I've been thinking about you all day, and I'm going to keep up the prayers. And I am really glad you have some help and you don't have to try to do it all yourself. If there's ANYTHING I can do, let me know.
Posted by: Elizabeth | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 07:05 PM
Oh, GOOD! I am so, so, so happy that the baby is okay. Same as Arwen, I bled often too and it freaked me the hell out. Glad your MIL is there to help - this will be really good for you, I know it.
Posted by: A'Dell | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 06:19 PM
Oh, I've been checking back for hours! I'm so glad you posted, and even gladder that the little one is doing well so far!
I never know whether it's good to share this story or not... but with my first pregnancy I had implantation spotting, then more spotting, then full-on bleeding, then even more bleeding... We're talking several menstrual cycles' worth of blood over the course of a few weeks. I was terrified that I'd lost the baby, many times, but every time we went in that little heartbeat would be there on the screen again, blinking reassuringly. Like I said, I bled from implantation onward, and it wasn't until I was about 7.5 weeks that the doctor figured out I had a subchorionic hematoma. It eventually resolved itself, with the bleeding petering out at around 9 weeks. But oh man, all those weeks of terror... it was awful. I feel your pain when it comes to that.
On the upside, that little baby with the blinking heartbeat is now a very feisty 3-year-old. I pray that your little blinking one may be a 3-year-old someday too!
Please keep updating! I am thinking of you and praying for you every day.
Posted by: Arwen | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 06:10 PM
Thank God! What a relief. We just keep praying over here...
Posted by: Shelby | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 05:57 PM