I thought it would be a good idea to explain what has been going on since so many people have asked. Kind of a long story....
On August 25th Jeff and I found out out we were pregnant! We were so excited. I was literally only 4 weeks along. I think I took a million pregnancy tests. Well when I was 6 weeks pregnant Jeff and I were on a date night that ended up with me having to go to the hospital. We thought for sure that I miscarried. They did an ultrasound and the baby looked good it was so soon that they said the heartbeat should start beating in the next few days. We couldn't believe it because I always thought if you were bleeding... That it was the worst case scenario.. They did discover that I had a subchorionic bleed that was pretty big. (The baby implanted badly to where it bruised my uterus and has caused a bleed there)
I was told to take it easy. Well at 8 weeks I was in the hospital again.. I was in so much pain. We thought again that I miscarried. The baby had a heartbeat and we couldn't believe it! But a few days later I was in the hospital again.. It was so up and down. Everything was still okay but the bleed was huge and I only had a 50/50 chance of keeping the baby.
I was put on bed rest and when I went to the doctor at 14 weeks they said the bleed was gone. Of course Jeff and I were so extremely happy. I was getting tired of bed rest. The doctor told us it was okay for us to go out of town.. We were headed to Cancun a day later! Once we got to LA we were sleeping at a hotel to catch our flight early that morning.. Well here comes the bad news I ended up in the hospital there. Jeff and I decided we should drive home after I got some IV fluids so that we could be in Fresno. I stayed the night in the hospital in Fresno.. Again being told there was a 50/50 chance of losing the baby.
I got to see a high risk doctor at 17 weeks and the bleed was large at 7x6cm.. The doctor gave us a 60/40 chance this time. We found out that it is a girl!
Today I saw the doctor again.. I'll be 20 weeks on Friday. The doctor said that the bleed has shrunk and its 3x3cm and it looks like its all healing.. My cervix looks great and there are no signs of preterm labor. I'm still on bed rest and we are remaining strong through all of this. We have faith and we are reaming positive. All we can do is remain optimistic and know that this little girl is definitely a fighter through all of this. It has been a roller coaster but we have learned so much from this trial and we are continuing to learn from this.
