Had a scare but still scared

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Registered: 02-02-2006
Had a scare but still scared
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Fri, 06-22-2007 - 10:08am

The day before me and my 3 yr old dd were leaving for Florida to visit my parents I woke up in the middle of the night bleeding...and it was alot too. I had no cramps so I opted to wait until the morning and make an appt to be seen and have an u/s...

  ~Debby
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Registered: 05-18-2006
Fri, 06-22-2007 - 10:18am

Oh sweetie I am so sorry you are having to go through this.

 
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Registered: 12-15-2005
Fri, 06-22-2007 - 10:24am
Oh Sweetie... I'm sending you some extra love and hugs.

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Registered: 01-07-2007
Fri, 06-22-2007 - 10:27am

Oh Debby,


I'm so sorry about your scare. I'm glad that you saw the baby and everything looked good. I'm sending P & PT that your spotting will stop so you can relax a little bit. I don't blame you for wanting to change doctors!!! I hope your scan on Monday goes well!

 

 

 

 

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Registered: 11-06-2005
Fri, 06-22-2007 - 10:54am

((((HUGS))))


I'm so sorry for your scare.


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Registered: 08-15-2006
Fri, 06-22-2007 - 11:27am

I'm so sorry you're going through this. I'm a firm believer in taking charge of your own healthcare -- because if you don't, who will. KWIM I'd find a new OB sooner rather than later. JMO I'm sending P&PT your way!


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Registered: 04-12-2003
Fri, 06-22-2007 - 11:56am

I'm sorry you've been going through this, and I hope Spot will go away very soon, and stay away for good.

I'm glad you're finding a new doctor - with everything we PALs worry about, have an unsupportive doctor is just not a good thing.

Hugs,
Kitty

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Registered: 05-03-2007
Fri, 06-22-2007 - 4:22pm

I am so sorry you are going through this. I know how you feel. I am going through the same thing right now as well. Last Tuesday (at 10 weeks 6 days), I bled through my pants then filled the toilet with red blood when I peed. After that there was just a little bit of dark blood when I wiped. I also waited to go to the doctor until the morning. The baby was alive and well and my doctor wasn't sure what happened. I was told not to work for one week and to take it easy- no exercise or sex and to drink a lot of water. My doctor said the brown/dark blood is old blood and to not to worry about. When she did the pelvic exam she could see it just sitting there and said that it will eventually all come out and it would take about a week. (Its already been longer than that. But its just been a little bit each day. I read other women have had it for weeks.) That only pink/red blood is to be concerned about and if I was to have any red blood again it would be looked at as a new incident. This Wednesday I had my NT scan with a specialist and he also looked for causes of the bleeding. Once again the baby was alive and well, my cervix is closed and the correct shape. The doctor could not see anything wrong or the cause of the bleeding. I expressed to him that I was concerned about the not knowing and he told me that it is better that he doesn't see a problem. My doctor told me that sometimes blood pools in the uterus and your body pushes it out when the baby gets bigger to make more room. My doctor keeps reassuring me that sometimes these things happen (30% of all women bleed) but that the baby is fine. I was told I can go back to work but still need to take it easy for one more week. She doesn't want to see me again until 16 weeks which makes me nervous. I have pretty much been going to the doctor every week since 6 1/2 weeks. I have had 5 ultrasounds already. I am nervous. I don't like the fact that unless I start bleeding red again I won't have a doctor's appoint for a month. To be honest nothing that my doctor or the specialist has said to me has made me feel better. However, the fact that my doctor doesn't think she needs to see me is the only thing that makes me think that everything is ok. I am trying to be calm as possible which is so hard and I am hoping for the best.

I wish us both peace of mind and healthy babies. Hang in there. Good luck in finding a doctor you feel more comfortable with.

Rene

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Registered: 02-02-2006
Fri, 06-22-2007 - 9:37pm

thank you Rene, and I'm so sorry that you're going through this too. I wish my doctor told me half of what yours did, it really sounds reasurring.....

  ~Debby
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Registered: 12-01-2006
Sat, 06-23-2007 - 1:05am

Debby:

I am so sorry you are having this scare!! Hey - remember when I posted a couple of weeks ago that I was spotting??? I spotted and bled on and off for over two weeks. It just stopped - or seems to have stopped - two days ago. It would taper off then at one point it gushed again and I called the Dr who had me come in for another u/s. I was stunned to see the baby was ok and they couldn't detect any reason for the bleeding on the u/s. I have no idea why this happened. It's so frustrating though - I'm still afraid to let my guard down! I never had any bleeding in my first three pregnancies - just testbook pregnancies - so tend to panic at anything out of the ordinary. I had no idea so many women experienced spotting - I just automatically thought of my m/c when I saw it happen to me. I go in Monday for another appt - they should be able to hear a hb with a doppler. I have had several u/s over the past few weeks and everytime baby looks great and is measuring ok.

I hope everything goes well at your NT on Monday. I will be looking for an update from you and will be thinking of you. P&Pt coming your way - hang in there!!!

Andrea

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Registered: 12-01-2006
Tue, 06-26-2007 - 5:20pm

Debby,

Thinking of you. Hope to hear your NT scan update soon.

Andrea