Still pregnant. Don't laugh...as of yesterday I wasn't so sure. Remember that cramping episode I had 2 weeks ago that scared me into calling the clinic and requesting another ultrasound?? Well yesterday I woke up feeling TERRIBLE!!!
I was in pain! It felt like I was 30 weeks pregnant (I can say that because the twins measured 32 weeks when delivered even though technically we were only 24).
It hurt to walk with every step sending a shooting pain through my stomach. Not cramping so much but shooting pain!!
Dwayne would be the first to admit that I complained continuously throughout the day...He did keep asking me if it's possible that it was IBS.
I'm please to admit that yes, I very much believe that the terrible pain I experienced was IBS. Who knew!!
Monday, January 19, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
January 14, 2008 - 10 weeks
Well, we went to see the specialist today. Yes we're seeing a specialist since I'm considered high risk now. Our last pregnancy I requested that we try treating it as a normal pregnancy (refused to be followed by the specialist) but since we all know how that one turned out I think my regular doc decided she didn't want to be to be involved (maybe she knows that I'm extremely close to losing it this time around).
Alas, to keep a short story short we're seeing a high risk doctor. Pretty much he hasn't limited any of my activities (so I'm not sure what his specialty is) but I'm taking him at his word. I've kept busy thus far with Nordic skiing (skate and classic though I try to limit it to classic as much as possible since its a bit easier on me).
Dwayne and I are tossing the idea of travel in March/April and other than recommending we get good travel coverage we're not limited there either (we'll be somewhere between 20 and 28 weeks if we get that far).
I'm also scheduled for work travel from 15.5-17 weeks and since this was the time frame when we ruptured with the twins, I'm a little nervous. I'm sure that work will keep me occupied. As long as we don't have the ongoing and massive bleeding we had with the twin pregnancy I think its pretty safe to say we'll be ok.
Otherwise the specialist will be frequently checking me for infections (the only possible cause for our previous incident of pPROM). We've been told we have a 5% chance of it happening again. I dont' care if it happens again, I do care as to when though. PROM after 36 weeks I'll be ok with.
The specialist has a mini ultrasound machine in his office so we got to see the now fetus once again. Again its measuring on schedule (actually one day ahead but the machine is crappy so we can't put any faith in that) and the heartbeat of 161 looks good.
PS - around this time the boys hearbeats were 164 and 165 so its looking pretty similar with this one.
Alas, to keep a short story short we're seeing a high risk doctor. Pretty much he hasn't limited any of my activities (so I'm not sure what his specialty is) but I'm taking him at his word. I've kept busy thus far with Nordic skiing (skate and classic though I try to limit it to classic as much as possible since its a bit easier on me).
Dwayne and I are tossing the idea of travel in March/April and other than recommending we get good travel coverage we're not limited there either (we'll be somewhere between 20 and 28 weeks if we get that far).
I'm also scheduled for work travel from 15.5-17 weeks and since this was the time frame when we ruptured with the twins, I'm a little nervous. I'm sure that work will keep me occupied. As long as we don't have the ongoing and massive bleeding we had with the twin pregnancy I think its pretty safe to say we'll be ok.
Otherwise the specialist will be frequently checking me for infections (the only possible cause for our previous incident of pPROM). We've been told we have a 5% chance of it happening again. I dont' care if it happens again, I do care as to when though. PROM after 36 weeks I'll be ok with.
The specialist has a mini ultrasound machine in his office so we got to see the now fetus once again. Again its measuring on schedule (actually one day ahead but the machine is crappy so we can't put any faith in that) and the heartbeat of 161 looks good.
PS - around this time the boys hearbeats were 164 and 165 so its looking pretty similar with this one.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
January 7, 2008 - 9 weeks
Yes the ultrasound is two days after I had the cramping. You might wonder how it is that I lasted that long...actually the timing (2 days later) was at my request. I had a full and busy day yesterday so today was the earliest I could make it. Thank God for the busy day...time went fast and my mind was only on this issue for about 80% of the time.
Today's ultrasound showed a heartbeat and appropriate growth of the embryo. Whew. False alarm. I love false alarms and I love being wrong. Much better then the times I've freaked out over the smallest thing and been right. I hate being right.
This is about the time in our last pregnancy when the heart would have stopped beating. It was guestimated that the embryo stopped growing at about 9 weeks so seeing the heartbeat and seeing the appropriate growth was a real milestone for us.
We've happily moved on to:
85% fear and 15% hope
Today's ultrasound showed a heartbeat and appropriate growth of the embryo. Whew. False alarm. I love false alarms and I love being wrong. Much better then the times I've freaked out over the smallest thing and been right. I hate being right.
This is about the time in our last pregnancy when the heart would have stopped beating. It was guestimated that the embryo stopped growing at about 9 weeks so seeing the heartbeat and seeing the appropriate growth was a real milestone for us.
We've happily moved on to:
85% fear and 15% hope
Monday, January 5, 2009
January 5, 2008 - 8 weeks 5 days
I tried. I really did. But today I started with heavy cramping. Now I've been pregnant 3 times, I've experienced labour pains and I've experienced a miscarriage. I've been pregnant with twins and I've been pregnant with a singleton. I know what's normal and what's not. These cramps are NOT normal.
I've taken extra strength Tylenol but it hasn't helped the cramping at all. The only comfort is that the pains are NOT the same as my previous miscarriage. In fact it wasn't until AFTER I started bleeding with my miscarriage that I even experience any cramping BUT that doesn't mean I"m not worried.
When pregnant with the twins I cramped everyday. Noticeable but never enough to need pain killers. While these aren't sharp pains, they are constant and my back seems to want to partake in the fun too.
My efforts of being footloose and carefree are out the window. Called the clinic...I can come in for another ultrasound...this time though there's no long wait for the anxiety to really set in (mind you the cramping has caused twice the usual stress in a much shorter time).
99% fear and 1% hope.
I've taken extra strength Tylenol but it hasn't helped the cramping at all. The only comfort is that the pains are NOT the same as my previous miscarriage. In fact it wasn't until AFTER I started bleeding with my miscarriage that I even experience any cramping BUT that doesn't mean I"m not worried.
When pregnant with the twins I cramped everyday. Noticeable but never enough to need pain killers. While these aren't sharp pains, they are constant and my back seems to want to partake in the fun too.
My efforts of being footloose and carefree are out the window. Called the clinic...I can come in for another ultrasound...this time though there's no long wait for the anxiety to really set in (mind you the cramping has caused twice the usual stress in a much shorter time).
99% fear and 1% hope.
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