On Tuesday, I had some spotting after using the restroom. I called Christopher on my lunch break and he had me call my doctor immediately.
Spotting is never a good sign in early pregnancy, so my doctor squeezed us into the first ultrasound appointment the next morning. Christopher and I spent out night praying that God would take care of our little cookie and keep it healthy, and give me the strength to carry it to full term. Our main prayer was that the God would cease the bleeding.
When we went to bed, I hadn’t had any more spotting and we fell asleep feeling completely at peace with the situation.
We woke up the next morning, a little bit anxious, but mostly excited about seeing our miracle for the first time!
We got to Central Baptist a little early. Since we’ve never been through this before, we had no idea what to expect. My mom and dad came with us for support. When Christopher and I finally went back to the exam room, our ultrasound tech showed us what we could see of our baby.
The black oval in the center of the ultrasound is the gestational sack and the circle inside is the yolk sack. This feeds the baby until the placenta is fully formed. After our ultrasound, we went to see Dr. Ashmun so she could tell us what everything meant.
We waited for almost two hours.
Apparently she was booked solid and I never understood being “squeezed in” before then. When we finally got to see her, she explained that there was no bleeding behind the placenta – which is a good sign. She told us to be “cautiously optimistic”. She told us that based on the first day of my last menstrual cycle, they should be seeing a fetus by now, but the gestational and yolk sacks both looked fine. She said that we looked like we’re around 5 five weeks and she thinks we just got our positive very early.
Apparently she was booked solid and I never understood being “squeezed in” before then. When we finally got to see her, she explained that there was no bleeding behind the placenta – which is a good sign. She told us to be “cautiously optimistic”. She told us that based on the first day of my last menstrual cycle, they should be seeing a fetus by now, but the gestational and yolk sacks both looked fine. She said that we looked like we’re around 5 five weeks and she thinks we just got our positive very early.
We left feeling very reassured and confident that our baby was fine, and praising God for answering our prayers.
Later that afternoon, I had a little more spotting. I wanted to cry, I was so upset. After talking with some friends, I decided that the bleeding was from the ultrasound, and my theory was backed up by the decreased amount over my next few trips to the bathroom. By 2:30 that afternoon, I had completely stopped bleeding.
I am happy to report that I have been blood-free since then and we can’t wait to see our perfect miracle again next Friday before we go to Gatlinburg for our anniversary.
Please join us in praying that our baby will grow and develop healthily, that God would let me be strong enough to carry it, and that Christopher and I would be able to trust Him throughout this pregnancy.
Thank you all for sharing this wonderful miracle with us.
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