I know it's been a while since I have posted. The holidays have come and went and what a whirlwind that was. Husband and I took a 14 hour car trip with our pup to visit my family for Christmas. We then travelled on another 6 hours to go watch our alma matter in the Rose Bowl. Then, after celebrating a victory - we made the 20 hour treck back home. Are we crazy or what?!
So I had been cruising along (so to speak) feeling fairly confident that we were on track. Still not shouting it from the rooftops confident, but deep down inside that excitement and anticipation was starting to bubble up. A few days after Christmas, i woke up to spotting. GASP! Now I know all of the science that says spotting can be common in pregnancy but i hadn't spotted a drop in my first 14 weeks and hadn't spotted with my earlier pregnancies either (not like those are the model of perfection). As I sat there, the spotting sinking in, i saw the whole dream of baby going down the drain. I thought, this is it, this is how it's going to end. I immediately panicked and called Dr. K's office (the RE)...his reassuring nurse asked me a few questions - yes, it was brown rather than bright red and it wasn't even close to a period flow. She told me that everything was likely fine and to call back if it increased in flow or became red. Well, i didn't have to call back. As quickly as it had come, it went away. I did lots of laying in bed and on the couch the next couple days and I haven't seen a spot of blood since - and that was 8 days ago.
I was originally scheduled to see my regular OB next wednesday - i would be 16 weeks, but with the spotting I called and asked if i could come in this week. Luckily, they fit me in and I saw my wonderful doctor, Dr. D this morning. Within seconds of the doppler hitting my stomach, we could hear the heart beating away, stong and fast (so i knew it wasn't mine). 150 bpm - such a beutiful sound. So today we reached 15 weeks and everything still appears to be on track. My theory with the spotting is that i "overdid" it the day before - we had played golf and then i went hiking with husband and pup. Of course now I am super paranoid about exercising at all, but know that it's not good for me to become sedentary. I walked quite a bit at the Rose Bowl (out of necessity) and seemed to hold up ok. So I plan to reintroduce walking as my primary form of exercise starting tomorrow.
And in about four weeks, we are going to find out if it's a boy or a girl - can you believe it?! I can't.
