what a day!

yesterday nathaniel and i had the privilege to spend 7.5 HOURS in the hospital. long story short, i went to the movies tues night (the vow and i wa very disappointed, i thought it would be better!) came home to blood. lots of it. i chose to stay home tues night and re-evaluate in the morning, i did this after i prayed, then c and p.donny prayed. i felt that it was the right thing to do. in the am i went to the hospital. i got in right away, heard the heartbeat and then saw the on call obgy (my dr is in florida on vacation) he was really nice. he then sent me upstairs to spend the day while i waited for my ultrasound, then a visit with the obgyn, then the specialist.

it was a long day! but i am THRILLED with nate! he was SO good! chris had to leave for a meeting, so it was just the 2 of us for the wait time. i am so amazed by the change in him. the nurses ALL said how well mannered and behaved he was. and that most kids do not act like him. that is so nice to hear after the last few week, now i know i made the right changes!

(above pic, i read him baby manuals to keep him entertained)

then we snuggled in my bed. that moved. very thrilling for him. ha

and he had lunch too!

so they wheeled me in the wheel chair to the u/sound. nate sat on my lap, chris was away. nate said to me "mom, i LOVE this place! i LOVE the hospital! they bring you food in bed, you can eat, rest, watch t.v and get rides!"

bawahhhhh

so. after speaking with the specialist, it's determined that there is a problem (duh) with my body that is causing the bleeding, the loss of ben and the other m/c's. they think that the problem is with my blood. there is nothing that can be done bec i am pregnant, other than to keep me pregnant! but after the baby comes, i will be sent for tests and to see a blood specialist

they think that the blood is coming from a hole/tear in the placenta that is out of view from the u/s, in behind the back or that there was a pool of blood that was between the cervix/placenta that came out when some shifting went on. there was blood spots in my last u/s

so, i am to stay home, rest and take it easy for now. i am not to stop living, but to be very careful. if there is anymore blood, i am to go back stat. once i get further along in the pregnancy it should get better and i will be able to do more. the concern is keeping this baby in and alive :)

BUT the ubber great news is this! u/s tec, did a screen shot and let us peek at the sex. she's not allowed to say anything bec we did not go for a full u/s (that's next week) but chris, being chris and doing it all with out telling me did extensive research on how to read u/s's to determine the sex, and saved all the data stored on his phone for easy data checking. haha. so when he saw right away, he called it, thr tec smiled then laughed and looked at me. so yeah, we unofficially know. but we are waiting until the next u/s to confirm it 100% before we share. i hate saying that, i don;t want to come off as smug. i just want to wait until the next u/s

so over all, it's good.

i can say 100% that i was not fearful, concerned yes, but i did not cry or get upset. i choose to stay calm and to trust god. i was very relaxed and slept tues night. i chalk it up to peace that i can't understand

it also helped having chris and our pastors full on support me. i love my pastors! the support that they have given to us, the prayers, emails, calls etc just makes me smile. that rock

happy rest and do nothing day for me!

and i can't get over 7.5 hrs and nate was so great about it. i owe him a donut :) ha!

Posted by mel at 9:20 AM