a little scared

13w 2d

Last Tuesday I had my last appointment with the FC and we got to see this:

Twins

 

Twins

Baby A

Baby B

Then on Thursday at 5 pm I started seeing red, blood that is.  It was very scary.  I got up from my chair at work and felt wet so when I checked (I was alone in the office, everyone else had gone home by that time) my finger came back bloody.  I immediately called the midwives emergency line.  They told me that if the bleeding got worse or I started cramping, to go to emergency at the hospital. Otherwise they would set up an ultrasound for me on Friday. I was told to relax for the weekend and not do any housework; curl up on the couch, watch Christmas movies and just rest. By the time I got home the bleeding had stopped and was just spotting. So I called in sick on Friday and went to the ultrasound and got to see the babies again:

Twins

Baby B

Baby A

Everyone was doing fine, wiggling around, and waving and turning over with strong heartbeats!  The official ultrasound report didn't get to the midwives until Monday, but everything was "absolutely perfect" and they couldn't find any reason for the bleeding.

Fast forward to yesterday morning, just after I got out of the shower, I started bleeding again.  This time was the exactly the same as last time, it only lasted about 20 min then stopped and turned to spotting.  Again I called the midwives, but they didn't send me for another ultrasound this time.  I'm still spotting a little today, but I'm taking it easy and trying to rest as much as I can.

The possible reasons that the midwife gave me that I could be spotting/bleeding in a simple increase in the amount of blood in my body.  Also I'm just extra vascular at this point and a simple bump to my cervix, even inadvertently, could result in spotting.  If it continues to be an issue they will consult with an OB and possible send me for another scan.  I'm not going to bother calling them if it happens the same way again.  My next appointment is Jan 7th, if there are any more episodes, I'll let them know then.

11 Weeks

11 weeks

Sometimes I still can't believe I am 11 weeks pregnant.  I've seen the babies twice now and my belly is growing, but it still seems so unreal!

Last week I got a new job, I start on Dec. 17.  My replacement starts on Monday and I have a week with him to train.  So today I moved all of the files to his new cubicle.  I may have over done it a little even though I was using a cart to move everything, it was still a lot of bending over and repetitive motions.  By the time I was done, my lower back was pinching every time I bent over.  Then after lunch we decorated the office for Christmas.  It's the most I've done since becoming pregnant and now I'm exhausted and I have a headache.  I had to run out to pick up butter to make cookies tomorrow and for the first time ever I parked in the expectant mothers parking space and didn't even feel guilty about it!

I realized today that I didn't come back with pictures from the last ultrasound!  Without further ado, here is the first family photo (9w4d):

Aren't they cute!

So far I haven't had too many symptoms.  I've had some nausea in the evenings, mostly around dinner time, and my boobs have been really sore in the middle of the night - it hurts like hell to roll over!  I've already had quite a few aches and strains.  At one point I thought I was having a gallbladder attack; I even had an ultrasound and everything; but that wasn't it, I just hurt.  My chiropractor thinks it was a rib and when he adjusted me, there was a loud crack in the area of the pain and I haven't had any pain there since.

Last weekend I woke up at 7am on Saturday morning because my back hurt so bad that I made D go mattress shopping that morning.  Our new mattress gets delivered on Sunday - I can't wait!!  Last week I started seeing a massage therapist to help with these pains and the headaches I've been getting. 

My mom said all her headaches went away while she was pregnant, but that hasn't been my experience.  I've been getting more than normal, it sucks and D is getting tired of giving me neck rubs - too bad, I gave tons to him while he was sick, now it's time to return the favour.

I had a midwife appointment yesterday.  It was pretty uneventful, except that I got to hear one of the heartbeats!  It's still pretty early to pick up a heartbeat on a Doppler, but since there are two, one of the babies was up out of the pelvis enough to be heard.  The other one would not stay still long enough and was very low and behind the uterine artery, so while she could hear it in the background, she couldn't pin it down on the Doppler.  Other than that, this was my physical appointment so she checked my liver and kidneys and listened to my lungs and heart.  Every thing is a-okay!  Since I'd already had a PAP this year, we skipped that and the FC had ordered blood work so they didn't have to do that either.  It was a pretty easy appointment. 

I get to have one last ultrasound with the FC on Tuesday and it can't come soon enough.  After that I don't know when I will have one next, but it will be too far away whenever it is!