Another Appointment

So I woke up this morning to find that I had started to bleed some time during the night. It was mostly old blood and only a little bit, but with my history - always a cause for concern. So I called into the doctors office and they set me up with an appointment to come in - had I been contracting or more blood/new blood they would have just sent me to the hospital. So I went in and they did 2 ultrasounds and my doctor checked to see how the bleeding looked inside. On the one ultrasound it was to check the cervix, which is still measuring normal (same as last week) only you can start to see a funneling (which just means that I'm starting to dilate - which we already knew). She didn't want to check to see if I'm further then a two, because that would make the bleeding worse, but she said the funneling was only a little bit, so she thinks I'm still around a two. Had I been contracting she would have checked, but she didn't want to make it worse then it already was - which I understand, the doctors never wanted to check me with Riley unless I was contracting, and even then they hated doing it. The other ultrasound was to check the placenta and the fluid around the baby. Both looked really good, but if it's just a small abruption they wouldn't be able to see it on the ultrasound (I don't think they ever really saw Alexandra's, Riley's was the only one they ever gave a number to- 30%). Then they put me on a monitor for the baby and also to see if I was having contractions that I just wasn't feeling. The baby's heart rate was good and steady, and I was having uterine irritability (so not contractions, but not a great sign). Then my doctor called the specialty high risk doctors to ask their opinion. (They only transfer you to the high risk if your normal ob/gyn doesn't feel comfortable doing your treatment, in case you were wondering, and up to this point I've been a great patient and my doctor has been completely comfortable) They can't tell whether it's an abruption or if I'm starting into pre-term labor (they couldn't do the one funky test because of all the other stuff that they had done already). So they decided to give me the steroid shot for her lungs in the office (I go to the hospital tomorrow at noon for the next dose). Depending on if the bleeding gets worse or contractions start up then they will know which it is. Hopefully neither happens, but....

So when my doctor came back to tell me they were giving me the shot, you could tell the high risk doctors had told her to put me on bed rest too. She starts out by saying that she is not a doctor that has a strong belief in bed rest. That there have been no studies firmly proving or disproving it's effectiveness. But that I should take it easy and not do anything. Which I found kinda funny, so she's ordering bed rest, without actually ordering bed rest. In fact when I told her my mom was going to take the girls this weekend, you could tell that she was relieved.

So my orders at this point are to take it easy, drink lots of fluid, and head to labor and delivery if contractions start at all, or the bleeding gets worse, or baby stops moving (which hasn't been an issue today - in fact she's kicking at the laptop right now - well maybe more headbutting it since she's head down or I guess they could be punches too!).

I also had some more blood work done and another urinalysis. Protein in my urine today (which they said might be from the bleeding) and my blood pressure was higher today then it's ever been, but that could just be stress....I'm hoping. Which ever doctor is on call tomorrow will call me if the results of either of those are abnormal.

So hopefully my next post will be tomorrow afternoon complaining about how shots in the butt hurt! Thank you for everyone who is keeping us in your prayers! We really appreciate it!