1st Appointment with Midwife

We had our appointment this morning with Sherry. We were both pretty anxious about it, considering what we learned yesterday from the ultrasound. Of course when we got home, we looked it up on the internet, and we read the 'worst of the worst' horror stories of people with these hemorrhages. So we were a bit nervous...

When she came in the room, she was very positive, and upbeat about everything! She said the baby looked good, and she was actually "glad" I had the hemorrhage - because it explains why I am spotting. She said it is a small hemorrhage and that as long as I 'take it easy' the next month or so, hopefully it will resolve on it's own. We listened to the baby's heart beat using the doppler, and she was very excited we could even hear it at 10 weeks. (Which she said is another good sign :)

I explained my concerns with the possibility of miscarrying, and she seemed very positive that with making every effort to take it easy, that it would likely resolve itself. She will do a followup ultrasound in 4 wks, and see what it looks like.

So that is the plan. Nothing for me. Probably the absolute worst timing possible considering we are supposed be moving 2 wks from today! No work. No moving. No lifting. No walks. No nothing. What in the world am I going to do??!!

Ultra Sound - 9 wks, 6 days

So, we were scheduled to have our first prenatal visit on Friday, but Sherry's nurse called early that morning and said she had a woman in labor, and was going to have to reschedule. I told her that was fine, but I have had some spotting (that I never had with Tyler) and that I would like to get in soon. So after telling her that, Sherry wanted me to go ahead and have some blood work done, and we scheduled an ultrasound and my first appointment with her.

So today we had the ultrasound and everything looked good with the baby. His/her heart rate was 175 and the u/s put our due date on Nov 30. (8 days after we calculated.) The ultrasound showed that I have a subchorionic hemorrhage, and the tech said they are fairly common, and often explains why some women have 1st trimester bleeding. She said Sherry would go over the details with us at our appointment in the morning.