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I am so happy for you Tara!! Stick and grow baby!!!

Hi girls! I should have updated sooner but it's been a crazy few days. My next u/s was scheduled this past tuesday. However, last thursday (5weeks4days), I started spotting pink before bed. I totally freaked out and laid in bed shaking with DH praying over me. I was so scared it was happening again. I had flash backs of my last m/c and laying in bed contracting. It was horrible. I didnt sleep and the moment the RE office opened on Friday, I called them and they got me in for a 2pm u/s to see what was happening. By morning the spotting turned brown and had slowed dramatically but it didnt make me feel any better. Dh took me to the RE and when I told him about the spotting, he sighed really loud. I said, "I SWEAR WE HAVENT HAD SEX!" He put the u/s wand in and I panicked. He immediately told me to close my eyes and relax and he didnt want me stressing. After I took a few breaths, he told me to open my eyes and right there on the screen was a beautiful heartbeat! He said everything was perfect and I was measuring ahead of schedule. He said the spotting sounds normal but gave me his number in case it started up again. He recalculated my due date as 4/20/2018. Of course, everyone was giggling at the 4/20 lol. I was in total shock looking at that little flicker on the screen. I couldnt believe it. I'm still in shock. After about 36 hrs, the spotting had completely stopped. It was only enough to leave a couple dots of old blood on a liner but enough to have me in panic mode, afraid to move most of the weekend. I had to make my niece's 1 year birthday cake and smash cake so I took lots of breaks. So far, so good this week. Sore nips, off/on sore boobs (changes by the hour), ZERO energy, just an overall crappy feeling. I told dh, I'm crappy and happy....so I'm craptastic!!! Lol! I think I'm starting to get a touch of morning sickness. My stomach feels empty 24/7 with waves of nausea. While I'm eating, I'll feel a knot in my stomach and have to force myself to eat something. Then I get bad indigestion immediately then go right back to feeling like I'm starving again. Then randomly through the day I'll just feel like if I bent over a toilet, I'd start heaving. And anxiety makes it 10x worse! But because I've never had morning sickness before, it's hard to tell if this a touch of it.... Lots a cramps too. Like just random tightening of my uterus. No bleeding though. I'm so paranoid about everything.

Next u/s is this Friday. He said he should be able to pick up the sound of the heartbeat this time. I'm nervous. I know I shouldnt be but I cant help it. I just want to see the heartbeat so I relax again lol.
I promise to update on Friday with updated scans! And of course...I always appreciate prayers!!!!

God is good! Still praying for u.
I remember after my miscarriage I was also paranoid about every twinge I felt and was scared to look at my pantie liner because i was afraid I would see blood. So it's normal to feel this way. But I gota say even when I get my period seeing that much blood still brings back bad memories.
Anyway, good luck on Friday, can't wait to read ur post tomorrow!

Glad everything worked out the way it did, Miracle, and you got to see that heartbeat! I am only 5 days behind you!

Happy Friday! And boy, am I happy! After I posted last, I had another small episode of brown spotting when I wiped. Immediately freaked out. The dr offered to get me in for an u/s on thursday but I had to take my sister for spinal injections. So I just took it super easy. The spotting happened after being on my feet all day. By this morning, everything was back to normal minus one spot after being constipated for days. But I was still nervous what the u/s would show. Even though my mom says I'm O+, the dr did bloodwork today to double check in case of rh factor. Dr said that he'll get ahold of the lab and let me know saturday.
Then in went the dildo camera! Immediately saw Baby Miracle! He was far enough back that I could see the heartbeat while he was measuring. He said I was measuring a day ahead again at 7weeks exactly and baby has grown 3x it's size. I couldnt take it and just blurted, "Is there a heartbeat?" He again had me close my eyes and listen. And I heard the most beautiful sound I have ever heard, "Thump swish, thump swish, thump swish!"

My heart melted and I started to cry! DH was so excited I thought he'd do a backflip. Dr doesnt know reason for spotting but he's not worried minus RH factor stuff but he's just doing it to double check. I'm on progesterone, heparin and prednisone so I'm covered there. He thinks there's just some leftover, old blood in my cervix that is coming out as my uterus grows. Based on measurements, he feels everything is progressing properly and isnt worried. We're going out of town tomorrow evening for a family reunion and just wants me to relax, drink plenty of fluids and see how long it takes for people to wonder why I'm acting weird. Lol. We're not telling anyone til 12 weeks. DH doesnt want to tell anyone yet. I think I can keep it a secret from his family as long as I dont get hit with vomiting lol. My family though...already knows something is up! My dad can tell my body temperature is higher. My mom thinks I'm working myself too hard with my cake orders because I always look exhausted the past few weeks. She thinks I'm sick and not telling her. And my sister thinks I'm too quiet. In my defense, I'm only quiet when I'm nervous lol. So that's about it...OH and I'm being referred to the high risk obgyn due to my history. My regular obgyn never took my miscarriages seriously. She thought it was always bad eggs...6 bad eggs in a row?? Come on. She always swept my mthfr under the rug and already told me that she wouldnt continue my blood thinners through pregnancy, so I'm glad I get to go to this dr who treats it. Next scan is next friday at 9:45 am!

PICTURES!!!

I am so incredibly excited for you Tara! As for the spotting, I know. Irving I say will make you less anxious on seeing it, but it is fairly normal to have some spotting. I did in both my full term pregnancies. That being said, I'm so glad your Dr is being so proactive with you!

Big hugs and huge congrats!!

Hang in there lovely, i had spotting, very little but with all my 3 pregnancies in the first 3 months, youll gonna be just fine and little bean, that sickness is a coming mumma and will make you feel all the more preggers -x-x-x-x-

That does make me feel better. I've read so many things on spotting in early pregnancy and how many women do spot and everything is OK. With my last pregnancy, I had spotting. It was brown as well. I remember looking at it back then and so many websites said that it was normal. But then I wound up miscarrying the day after the spotting stopped at 4 weeks 4 days. I read how such a large percentage of women have spotting in early pregnancy but because of my history I just think I'm not lucky enough to be a part of that percentage. Apparently this time I am!
I have to laugh... every time I tell the doctor that I've been spotting, he can't find any trace of blood down there. I think he starting to think I'm crying wolf lol!!