Wednesday, June 5, 2002

6w1d, Bleeding, ER, and Heartbeat....



Everything had been moving along at a snail's pace it seemed. We were just waiting for our next ultrasound scheduled for this Friday to determine whether there was a growing baby with a heartbeat (at the last ultrasound we just saw a sack and a yolk sack). Then out of the blue last night I felt a gush of something and went to the restroom (my spotting had finally stopped the day before) and there was red red blood. It continued and was quite heavy, so Paul and I headed off to the emergency room assuming we were miscarrying.

We were in the emergency room for almost 4 hours. They ran HCG levels (31,039), did a pelvic exam (cervix still closed), an abdominal ultrasound (could just see a shadow) and finally a vaginal ultrasound (where they saw the fetal pole and a fetal heartbeat!) The baby measured 6w1d (even though technically I should be 6w4d) and it gave us a due date of January 27, 2003.

The resident said that this could go either way and labeled it a "threatened abortion."  I noticed on the ultrasound picture of the baby that the sack is not round, but is more oblong....which I think I have read somewhere is not a good thing. I asked the resident about it and she didn't know.

The nurse then gave me a Rhogam shot (I am 0- and Paul is 0+) in case this was maternal/fetal bleeding???

Today the bleeding is pretty much over (just a little bit of spotting) but the threat of miscarriage is still there in my heart. We will know more on Friday when we have our ultrasound with Dr. Schmidt. As always, if you can find it in your heart, please say a prayer for us.

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