12 week Ultrasound...more Bed Rest
Technically I was 11 weeks, 5 days yesterday when they did my "12 week" ultrasound. The baby was jumping and leaping all over the place!! The doc had to actually wait until the baby settled down for a second in order to get a heart rate. It was 174. Baby's growth was perfect!
The down side was that the placenta is attaching right behind my cervix. So they do not want me to move...and we are still on 100% pelvic rest...the doc even went so far as to say to not think any dirty thoughts! Even arousal causes uterine cramps! I am obviously VERY early. I had placenta previa all the way up to a week or two before delivery with my girls, and am not worried about that getting in the way. (If it does, I would just have a C-section, which is fine.) I am more worried about what my doc said about potential for abruption with how it is placed...and that I cannot afford to cramp or have uterine spasms.
So, the unpleasant news is that I have already been on strict bed rest for 3 weeks...and I learned yesterday that I am the only one in my universe that harbors the delusion that I will be off bed rest at any time in this pregnancy. :-( My docs both talked to my DH yesterday and he told them I am unrealistically optimistic...they essentially agreed with him. I explained that a sentence of 7 months of bed rest (I had over a YEAR with Sophia because of a horrible weird complication) is extremely depressing. So, I need to take it in small chunks of time. They were wonderful and understood that I need frequent "re-evaluations" for my own sanity. Kind of like little episodes of false hope to keep me going. LOL It is a mind game, but it is what I need.
Essentially, they said they will see in 3 weeks if I need to continue to stay down. I am usually on bed rest by 18 or 19 weeks in Pregnancy, but this is CRAZY. For any of you who have never done strict bed rest, it is difficult to really imagine how it changes your life. I used to shower every morning and night. I am now allowed 2 showers a week. I can only get up to use the restroom..that is it! Not to let the dogs in or out...not to reheat something in the microwave or put a DVD in. I am not allowed to SIT UP for anything...have to eat laying down! I already have horrible reflux and have to drink and eat laying down...plate on my chest. Laptop, books, anything I do has to be suspended over my head one way or another, which usually means aching arms. I have lots of thank you notes I need to write, but my handwriting stinks at this angle and only Sharpies work to write upside down. LOL I love to read, but holding the books is actually painful after a while (carpal tunnel and such), so DH is loading books on my Ipod. I'll just zone out to those all day, I guess. I do talk to the family and Sophia climbs up and we play "Go Fish" and memory and such...but I can't see anything. lol
I do talk on the phone and text. Woohoo!
I'm totally fine with this, and my 3 injections a day...if it means we bring home a healthy baby. I am begging God for a healthy baby...and I have a LOT of time to do that!
Next week is the mark where we found out Matthew had died, so I am eager to get past Tuesday's ultrasound with great news! Tuesday, April 12th is when we go to Maternal Fetal Medicine for the big genetic scan and speech about how old I am....yadda yadda. LOL
OH, and DH has a job interview on 4/15 (tax day). We are praying!!
The down side was that the placenta is attaching right behind my cervix. So they do not want me to move...and we are still on 100% pelvic rest...the doc even went so far as to say to not think any dirty thoughts! Even arousal causes uterine cramps! I am obviously VERY early. I had placenta previa all the way up to a week or two before delivery with my girls, and am not worried about that getting in the way. (If it does, I would just have a C-section, which is fine.) I am more worried about what my doc said about potential for abruption with how it is placed...and that I cannot afford to cramp or have uterine spasms.
So, the unpleasant news is that I have already been on strict bed rest for 3 weeks...and I learned yesterday that I am the only one in my universe that harbors the delusion that I will be off bed rest at any time in this pregnancy. :-( My docs both talked to my DH yesterday and he told them I am unrealistically optimistic...they essentially agreed with him. I explained that a sentence of 7 months of bed rest (I had over a YEAR with Sophia because of a horrible weird complication) is extremely depressing. So, I need to take it in small chunks of time. They were wonderful and understood that I need frequent "re-evaluations" for my own sanity. Kind of like little episodes of false hope to keep me going. LOL It is a mind game, but it is what I need.
Essentially, they said they will see in 3 weeks if I need to continue to stay down. I am usually on bed rest by 18 or 19 weeks in Pregnancy, but this is CRAZY. For any of you who have never done strict bed rest, it is difficult to really imagine how it changes your life. I used to shower every morning and night. I am now allowed 2 showers a week. I can only get up to use the restroom..that is it! Not to let the dogs in or out...not to reheat something in the microwave or put a DVD in. I am not allowed to SIT UP for anything...have to eat laying down! I already have horrible reflux and have to drink and eat laying down...plate on my chest. Laptop, books, anything I do has to be suspended over my head one way or another, which usually means aching arms. I have lots of thank you notes I need to write, but my handwriting stinks at this angle and only Sharpies work to write upside down. LOL I love to read, but holding the books is actually painful after a while (carpal tunnel and such), so DH is loading books on my Ipod. I'll just zone out to those all day, I guess. I do talk to the family and Sophia climbs up and we play "Go Fish" and memory and such...but I can't see anything. lol
I do talk on the phone and text. Woohoo!
I'm totally fine with this, and my 3 injections a day...if it means we bring home a healthy baby. I am begging God for a healthy baby...and I have a LOT of time to do that!
Next week is the mark where we found out Matthew had died, so I am eager to get past Tuesday's ultrasound with great news! Tuesday, April 12th is when we go to Maternal Fetal Medicine for the big genetic scan and speech about how old I am....yadda yadda. LOL
OH, and DH has a job interview on 4/15 (tax day). We are praying!!
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