Emergency room trip

I was kind of hesitant to post anything about this on my blog, but I quickly decided that blogs are NOT just for exciting events, but also for difficult events.

It all started yesterday, Saturday. I went to Disneyland with my sis in law last night. We spent 3-4 solid fun hours fighting the crowds and going on a couple of fun rides. I felt fine after our fun evening, except for the typical feet aches that I always have after a Disneyland trip.

Well I woke up this morning so totally exhausted that I decided to just take it easy and stay home from church. I have a calling but I teach every other week and it was my week off today. Even though I really wanted to go I felt like I needed to rest. It's a good thing I felt impressed to stay home!

Shortly after the morning had begun I had started bleeding. And this was not little spotting, it was a pretty heavy flow. I am 15 weeks pregnant tomorrow and I IMMEDIATELY started to worry and panic . I started bawling and I thought to myself, "this can't be happening, I'm too far along, I don't know if I can go through this, I'm not strong enough, I wanted this baby sooo bad," etc. etc.

Well without even thinking, we got dressed and headed out the door to the emergency room. Once we got there they were able to see us almost immediately (which is contrary to everything I've ever heard about emergency room visits). They took me back, asked me tons of questions, and did a pelvic exam. Still bleeding, they took me straight back to get an ultrasound. And on the screen I see my beautiful baby with a strong heartbeat (insert sigh of relief here). It was so scary waiting to know if my baby had a heartbeat or not, or if I was miscarrying. So that was a huuuuge relief (and CJ was able to see the ultrasound too, and he held my hand, I love him).

So after that we go back out to the waiting room being told we were just awaiting our official test results from everything. We checked out and just sat there. And THAT is when the dreaded "emergency room" stereotype kicked in. We sat there for about two more hours just to get our official results. Well, by that time of the day we were starting to get soooo hungry. We left the house at 11 a.m. and this was almost 3 p.m. now, having skipped lunch to get there asap.

After bothering the nurses 3 times they finally gave us some results that had come in because we told them we were just going to leave cause we couldn't wait any longer. So they told us that the baby looked healthy and strong, BUT, I do have a very low placenta right now which is why I started bleeding.

So, the doctor ordered me to a week of no heavy lifting, no long standing, no long walking, no intercourse, and basically just taking it easy. I have to see my real OB/GYN soon to see what kind of long term effects this may have on my pregnancy, but as of right now I'm feeling good even though I have some bleeding still (which is not as heavy as this morning).

I'm feeling sooo grateful that our baby is still healthy and safe. I'm also feeling hopeful that as long as I can deliver this baby full term and in healthy condition, everything else will be just fine. :) But today was definitely one of the SCARIEST days of my life!