My man did let me accompany him to Sam's Club Saturday night, I had to ride in the elec cart. I hadn't had any spotting all day Sat.!
Sunday and Monday went spot-free, if memory serves (sometimes it does not). Then Tuesday I had strange dark spotting- very little though and very short lived.
I've decided to switch OBs if at all possible. I called Dr. McAlister's office, told the woman my life story (first mistake), and she told me that since I would be a "transfer OB patient" I would have to arrange for all my medical records to be sent to them, then when they all arrived the Dr's would have a meeting about it and decide if they were willing to accept my care. WHAT!?!??!!???
So I called Dr. Bradford and spoke with his nurse. She said she had that problem with them all the time, and to call back and set up and appointment and they would go ahead and start faxing my records over.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Still on bedrest....
After a great deal of consideration, I decided not to call the Dr. the next morning, and they didn't call me (which I thought was a little odd, but whatever). I continued to spend most of the week in bed or the recliner. D did some school work but I'm pretty sure he's mostly playing computer games. I'm hoping to encourage him to play outside more today- I'm thinking I'll just set up a couple of wicker chairs so I can keep my feet up and go out there with him. Since he has no siblings, he gets pretty bored outside by himself. I can't really blame him- even though I used to play outside by myself as a child all Summer.
So Melanie, Betsy and Dianne brought us dinners this week (fabulous!) and I thought the spotting had all cleared up. Since I had not spotting all day Friday I was planning to ask B if I could take him to work and keep the truck, so D and I could get some groceries (with me riding on the electric cart while there). But then Friday night I suddenly had more spotting- so today I am home in bed again. I don't love it, but I'll do whatever I have to do.
So Melanie, Betsy and Dianne brought us dinners this week (fabulous!) and I thought the spotting had all cleared up. Since I had not spotting all day Friday I was planning to ask B if I could take him to work and keep the truck, so D and I could get some groceries (with me riding on the electric cart while there). But then Friday night I suddenly had more spotting- so today I am home in bed again. I don't love it, but I'll do whatever I have to do.
Monday, May 24, 2010
maybe not so great
got in to see the OB this a.m. She did the u/s, the baby was sitting right there looking perfect, she said she didn't know what the bleeding was from- couldn't find a hemorrhage or anything. She said to stay close to home, but I don't actually have to stay in bed... but I can't walk too far or long, stand too long, or do any cleaning.
That was 10:00 this morning. While resting in the recliner around 2;30 this afternoon, I suddenly felt all kinds of activity and ran to find loads of blood and tissue. we can't determine any identifiable parts, just a lot of tissue (we hope). Called Dr back. She said to stay in bed and call back in the morning and I'll probably go in and see the OB and have another ultrasound.
I don't guess I was ever meant to have a normal pregnancy. D may still get to be an only child yet.....
That was 10:00 this morning. While resting in the recliner around 2;30 this afternoon, I suddenly felt all kinds of activity and ran to find loads of blood and tissue. we can't determine any identifiable parts, just a lot of tissue (we hope). Called Dr back. She said to stay in bed and call back in the morning and I'll probably go in and see the OB and have another ultrasound.
I don't guess I was ever meant to have a normal pregnancy. D may still get to be an only child yet.....
just keeping up
So that I don't forget the dates entirely, I better get it all written down.
Wednesday (5/19) the Wheelers took D & I to look at shelter dogs (Gizmo needs a dog now w/India gone) but the one in our town was closed on Weds. We looked in nearby towns and decided to try back the following day.
So Thursday afternoon they picked us up and we went to the local animal shelter. From there we checked out a shelter in a neighboring town, and when I used the bathroom before leaving the facility I noticed spotting. We had intended to go to another shelter, but Celeste decided we would go to the Dr. instead.
I was on and off the phone with said Dr for a while, and eventually they said I needed to go to radiology at the hospital for ultrasound. I was almost there by the time they came up with that instruction.
Aunt Jenn came and got most of the kids, and I had both types of ultrasound. The baby was sitting there as usual, heart rate was 150 bpm and the tech didn't know where the spotting had come from.
The next day the spotting finished clearing up and I called the nurse who said I needed to stay off my feet- no cleaning, shopping, etc....
By Saturday the spotting was gone but I stayed on bed rest. B did the cooking and cleaning up after (sort of) and D entertained himself mostly. He did watch a movie with me- he was very sweet. =)\
Early Sunday morning I awoke feeling moist, and went to check and found bright red (heavier) bleeding with some clotting/tissue. I stayed in bed all day yesterday, and it's starting to taper off again. I'm starting to think it's another subchorionic hemorrhage, which I wasn't expecting but have heard you can carry to term with it and sometimes it resolves itself by 20 weeks or so. I'm hoping to get in to see the Dr. today (Monday) instead of waiting until tomorrow. If I can get a real u/s at the breast center it'll be far less painful than my new OB doing it, plus they will be able to see a lot more because it's a far more sensitive machine. I'm also going to call my Fam Dr. who is an MD as well as a naturopath, to ask about red raspberry leaf capsules someone told me to take 9 of every day. I worry that toning your uterus in early pregnancy might be similar to starting an exercise program after conceiving, when you hadn't been exercising before? There's actually a great deal of conflicting information online.
Wednesday (5/19) the Wheelers took D & I to look at shelter dogs (Gizmo needs a dog now w/India gone) but the one in our town was closed on Weds. We looked in nearby towns and decided to try back the following day.
So Thursday afternoon they picked us up and we went to the local animal shelter. From there we checked out a shelter in a neighboring town, and when I used the bathroom before leaving the facility I noticed spotting. We had intended to go to another shelter, but Celeste decided we would go to the Dr. instead.
I was on and off the phone with said Dr for a while, and eventually they said I needed to go to radiology at the hospital for ultrasound. I was almost there by the time they came up with that instruction.
Aunt Jenn came and got most of the kids, and I had both types of ultrasound. The baby was sitting there as usual, heart rate was 150 bpm and the tech didn't know where the spotting had come from.
The next day the spotting finished clearing up and I called the nurse who said I needed to stay off my feet- no cleaning, shopping, etc....
By Saturday the spotting was gone but I stayed on bed rest. B did the cooking and cleaning up after (sort of) and D entertained himself mostly. He did watch a movie with me- he was very sweet. =)\
Early Sunday morning I awoke feeling moist, and went to check and found bright red (heavier) bleeding with some clotting/tissue. I stayed in bed all day yesterday, and it's starting to taper off again. I'm starting to think it's another subchorionic hemorrhage, which I wasn't expecting but have heard you can carry to term with it and sometimes it resolves itself by 20 weeks or so. I'm hoping to get in to see the Dr. today (Monday) instead of waiting until tomorrow. If I can get a real u/s at the breast center it'll be far less painful than my new OB doing it, plus they will be able to see a lot more because it's a far more sensitive machine. I'm also going to call my Fam Dr. who is an MD as well as a naturopath, to ask about red raspberry leaf capsules someone told me to take 9 of every day. I worry that toning your uterus in early pregnancy might be similar to starting an exercise program after conceiving, when you hadn't been exercising before? There's actually a great deal of conflicting information online.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Ha haaaa!
I've been wanting to write down all my pregnancy info, but worried that since we haven't announced to the general public that we are expecting- we're hoping this is a full-term pregnancy but w/past experience we're really uncertain- that more people would be on the band-wagon than we had intended if I posted on facebook notes or even on my regular blog. Since only sweet Alissa follow this particular blog, perhaps no one else will bother to look over here. =) (And Alissa knows)
So I took the pregnancy test at Celeste's house the afternoon of Thursday, April 29. It came back really positive, really quickly. So I called Dr. Pres. Bradford from the bathroom, and told (Pres Bradford's wife, actually, answered the phone at his office) a brief history of me and set up an appointment for the next morning. D-Ball had to miss the Rocky Branch One Room School House activity we had signed up for, but it couldn't be avoided b/c Pres. Bradford had surgeries the rest of that day.
So I went in, he drew blood, we chatted briefly. He said I could walk slowly in a straight flat line (not fast, no inclines) but that's all I could do for exercise. And nothing to raise my blood pressure. He prescribed prometrium because my progesterone has always been too low in the past, and told me to take over the weekend and come back on Monday for more bloodwork.
I went in the following Monday, and the hCG from Friday was 1800, but progesterone was only 13.6 (it needed to be 15 or better). I had to keep taking the prometrium, and he drew blood for both hCG and progesterone again, and did a pap smear. The next morning they told me my hCG was up to 19.4 (with prometrium) and whatever hCG was it had gone up appropriately.
This past Monday was 6 weeks 3 days, and we all (A-ball,D-ball & I) went in for an ultrasound. The baby was in the uterus as it should be, and we could see the little heartbeat and everything measured just right. The ultrasound measured in at 6weeks 4 days, so it was only one day off.
Today I had my first appointment with Dr. Laura Collins' office. It was the one where they go over my entire past medical history, which thankfully they still have a lot of it from when Dr. Bradford was with that practice. I updated them with bladder sling, pannectomy, and gastric bypass info and current meds. They drew blood for I'm not certain what, but she included a TSH to see if we need to adjust my synthroid while pregnant. I asked if I could do more exercise now, and she politely replied,"Are you under the impression that you are not high-risk?" I told I thought I would be less so now, since losing 100 lbs (OBVIOUSLY I still need to lost 50-70 more, but still!) and I'm no longer diabetic, hypertensive, or have sleep apnea. She said I might be minimally less high-risk, but it "doesn't count" and I can still only walk slowly in a straight flat line. She pointed out the big, red "High-risk" stickers posed all over my medical charts just to reinforce it.
I have an appointment next Tuesday with Dr. Collins herself, who will do a full exam, possibly another ultrasound (?? not sure why) and then "we'll chat" she said. They gave me a bunch of pamphlets and info, including the one about being old and preggo at the same time. Ugh.
So I took the pregnancy test at Celeste's house the afternoon of Thursday, April 29. It came back really positive, really quickly. So I called Dr. Pres. Bradford from the bathroom, and told (Pres Bradford's wife, actually, answered the phone at his office) a brief history of me and set up an appointment for the next morning. D-Ball had to miss the Rocky Branch One Room School House activity we had signed up for, but it couldn't be avoided b/c Pres. Bradford had surgeries the rest of that day.
So I went in, he drew blood, we chatted briefly. He said I could walk slowly in a straight flat line (not fast, no inclines) but that's all I could do for exercise. And nothing to raise my blood pressure. He prescribed prometrium because my progesterone has always been too low in the past, and told me to take over the weekend and come back on Monday for more bloodwork.
I went in the following Monday, and the hCG from Friday was 1800, but progesterone was only 13.6 (it needed to be 15 or better). I had to keep taking the prometrium, and he drew blood for both hCG and progesterone again, and did a pap smear. The next morning they told me my hCG was up to 19.4 (with prometrium) and whatever hCG was it had gone up appropriately.
This past Monday was 6 weeks 3 days, and we all (A-ball,D-ball & I) went in for an ultrasound. The baby was in the uterus as it should be, and we could see the little heartbeat and everything measured just right. The ultrasound measured in at 6weeks 4 days, so it was only one day off.
Today I had my first appointment with Dr. Laura Collins' office. It was the one where they go over my entire past medical history, which thankfully they still have a lot of it from when Dr. Bradford was with that practice. I updated them with bladder sling, pannectomy, and gastric bypass info and current meds. They drew blood for I'm not certain what, but she included a TSH to see if we need to adjust my synthroid while pregnant. I asked if I could do more exercise now, and she politely replied,"Are you under the impression that you are not high-risk?" I told I thought I would be less so now, since losing 100 lbs (OBVIOUSLY I still need to lost 50-70 more, but still!) and I'm no longer diabetic, hypertensive, or have sleep apnea. She said I might be minimally less high-risk, but it "doesn't count" and I can still only walk slowly in a straight flat line. She pointed out the big, red "High-risk" stickers posed all over my medical charts just to reinforce it.
I have an appointment next Tuesday with Dr. Collins herself, who will do a full exam, possibly another ultrasound (?? not sure why) and then "we'll chat" she said. They gave me a bunch of pamphlets and info, including the one about being old and preggo at the same time. Ugh.
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