July- August 2011
The first few weeks were very smooth. We enjoyed a trip to the beach with lots of fun in the waves and hours enjoying the sun! I was in no hurry to schedule an appointment because I was still early and knew it would be a few weeks until they would see me anyway. Other than the expected fatigue and upset stomach I really felt great until the last week of July. I started experiencing some pretty intense pain across my back and my belly so I scheduled an appointment to get checked out. The doctor expressed concern that I was experiencing a ectopic pregnancy and sent me for a sonogram to verify if the pregnancy was in the fallopian tube or in the uterus where it should be. The ultrasound showed the baby in the uterus measuring 6 weeks and 2 days. The baby was as high and close to the top of the uterus as he could get but we could still see a heart beat and everything looked good. The doctors decided the pain was likely caused from kidney stones and and that I should go home and see if I could "flush" the stones on my own.
Sonogram picture of Gabriel Michael: 6 weeks 2 days
The pain continued for the next several days and then I started spotting so I went back to the doctor for another ultrasound that showed the baby was still okay. The docs sent me home with orders to "take it easy and try not to worry everything is fine" so that is what I did.
7 weeks 6 days
That night I was laying in bed when I had a very sharp severe pain across my belly. It only lasted a few seconds so I decided it was gas pain and not anything to worry about. A couple minutes later my mind was changed, I felt and heard a snap in my belly and immediately started bleeding VERY heavily. I was bleeding so bad that I knew there was no way my baby would survive. After calming myself down and getting my kids to bed I called the doctor. To my relief it was my regular doctor on call, I explained what had happened and that I was pretty sure I was miscarrying. (I had had other miscarriages and NEVER bled this bad so I figured it was a safe assumption) Dr. F told me that as long as the bleeding let up I was safe to wait until monday since it was Friday night and she did not want me sitting in the ER for hours for someone to tell me something I already knew. So we waited and began to try and deal with the loss of yet another pregnancy. Monday morning I went in for my third ultrasound in 2 weeks, my husband took off work to be with me to hear the news we had prepared for all weekend. I did not even let the technician turn my screen on for me to see. I knew my baby was gone, I did not need to see it. When the tech started the sono my husband hit my leg and told me to look, the baby was FINE! We were completely shocked and excited! The doctors later told me that there was a small pocket of blood between the wall of the uterus and the baby's sack that was a small tear. She said I needed to "take it easy" and put me on bed rest, but that eventually the baby would grow into that space.
8 weeks 2 days
After this appointment was when I really started to get excited about our baby! I was no longer worrying about what was gonna be "wrong" with the baby when he got here, but awe struck by God's hand protecting the tiny precious life growing inside me. God's grace enveloped me after this appointment and I began to see His goodness every time I turned around. The recognition that no matter how bad things might get God is always right and God is always good was an everyday lesson in our lives.
On August 25th I had a nurse visit and a sono with a quick "looking good" from the doctor. Although I was still on bed rest things were calming down and we were settling in. Since I was only 2 days shy of 11 weeks now and needing to pull my maternity clothes out I decided it was time to tell the kiddos so I did not have to dodge any more questions from inquiring minds. My kids were so excited and their excitement just helped my excitement swell!
10 weeks 5 days
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