The very good news is that the placenta reattached itself where it had ripped. Comparing the ultrasound pictures (which are pretty low quality) from my 10 week appointment to my 14 week appointment you can see the huge difference! At my 10 week appointment my OB/GYN was pretty skeptical due to the fact the placenta looked like it was just barely hanging on since the hematoma was surrounding 3 sides of the baby. Now the hematoma is in the upper left area of where the baby's sac is...it is not noticeable on this ultrasound photo though. It is the smallest I have ever seen it on ultrasound and looks like the size of a grape. There is very dark fluid right next to a very very very small clot.
I asked my doctor if all of my horrid cramping from last week could have been the fluid reabsorbing and he said it was very possible. I haven't had any cramping at all for the most part in the last 3 days. He did tell me to still expect the normal pregnancy cramping in my lower abdomen where the uterus is stretching and to expect some period like cramping as the SCH continues to reabsorb.
Right now he said he can treat the pregnancy like it was any normal pregnancy. He said I can definitely feel comfortable walking long distances as long as I'm not cramping. I told him that I had refrained from sex for 5 weeks. He said it is more than okay and it would not cause preterm labor or the SCH to get any bigger. He also said with how small the SCH is it wouldn't pose any threat.
So interestingly enough I noticed that as I began to feel my normal self again the SCH had gotten smaller. Now I've only been feeling decent for all of 3 days but it is definitely a bright start for me!
14 wk. ultrasound.
As far as the pregnancy is going lately...I feel okay. My blood pressure and heart rate are normal. I feel like I am getting some of my energy back now that I am creeping into the 2nd trimester. I definitely don't feel the need to sleep for 12 hours at a time anymore which is WONDERFUL! I am not cramping as much. The colace is definitely helping out with my horrid problems with constipation. I don't feel the need to cry or go crazy at any given time. I am still nauseous at times but not as often as I was say 2 weeks ago. I usually feel sick when I am in the car or right as I get out of the shower. I have been trying not to take the Zofran as often. I am still taking Buspar for anxiety. I take 15 mg. twice a day, right when I wake up and before I go to sleep. The dizziness from the Buspar has gone away as it has built up in my system. I do still feel my anxiety get out of hand at times but I also understand that the medicine isn't going to completely solve the problem.
I've noticed that in the past few days the more I've been able to accomplish the less anxiety I've had. I just couldn't stand sitting on the couch all day knowing that I had to bleach the bathrooms and do laundry and run errands....I feel so much weight lifted off my shoulders now that my doctor has cleared me to basically go about the pregnancy as if nothing is wrong.
I am still pretty nervous about 'having fun' in the bedroom again....based on all of the horror stories I've read on Google. Somebody the possesses as much anxiety as me should definitely NOT run to Google for opinions and first hand experiences from other people....yet I always do. Oh and another thing that is off topic: Natalie has been getting frequent ear infections. She is 19 months old and has had about 9 so far...but not enough to have tubes in her ears considering she didn't have 7 before she turned 1. We have stopped using Q-tips because the doctor said they can actually scratch her inner ear and lead to an infection. He told us to take a cap full of hydrogen peroxide and pour it into each of her ears so it will eat up all of the ear wax. Of course I called my Mother to ask her opinion on the matters since she has had 4 children with a history of frequent ear infections. She said if Natalie is tugging on her ears like she has an ear infection to NEVER do it because she made that mistake with my twin sister Maddie when we were younger. She had an ear infection and it left Maddie screaming in pain when she poured the peroxide in her ear. However, if Natalie is just digging or tugging at her ears to try to get the ear wax out then it's okay.
SO: we tried it last night for the first time! It made her ear a little red for about 20 minutes and then that faded away. Natalie gave Matt a really odd look like, "What the hell did you just do that for?" after he did it. Then she put her fingers in her ear for just a second and went back to cuddling with Matt and watching TV. I've noticed though ALL day today she hasn't touched her ears once which is good so it seems to have worked. :) We will probably continue doing this once a week. :)
I don't go back to the doctor as long as everything is okay until April 8th. That is when I will have my 20 week anatomy scan and find out the sex of the baby! So 6 weeks from now I should have an update on the baby.
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