Baby news

I want to start by saying everything is fine. This is just for your information. Some of you got in on this whole emotional roller coaster of the last 24 hours, but for those of you who didn't, here's what happened. About 8:30 last night I felt a rush a fluid that I shouldn't have felt. When I went to the bathroom to check it out, it turned out to be blood. I was concerned, but not too much because I remembered doing this almost exact same thing when I was about 10 weeks pregnant with Katy. It turned out then to just be a tear that needed to heal and everything was fine. I panicked a little more this time when after an hour I had soaked through a pad and was still bleeding. I talked to mom in panic mode and almost went to the ER, but was persuaded to call first by Keryn. (Tyler was a calming force through this whole thing, taking care of the kids, getting them ready for bed, and willing to do whatever it took to calm me down.) They told me when I called that there wasn't anything they could do, so to just wait until morning and make an appointment with my doctor. Which is what I did, mostly because the bleeding slowed way down.

So, after a restless night in which neither Tyler or I slept very much, this morning I called my doctor's office and got the earliest appointment available for today: 2:20 pm. I spent the day at Keryn's, where she did not let me get up hardly at all. Being the wonderful sister that she is, she took care of my kids all day and I basically laid down and played computer games until my appointment. Tyler came home early so he could go with me and we went to the appointment. After waiting for more than an hour (first in the waiting room and then in the ultrasound room), we finally saw the doctor. Dr. Warner (the same doctor I had seen less than a week ago) came in and asked a few questions. He looked a little concerned, but said he didn't want to jump to any conclusions, he just wanted to see what was going on. He explained as he got the ultrasound machine ready that as long as the baby has a heartbeat and is whole and the placenta hasn't detached, then we'll be fine. And that's exactly what we saw. Everything is fine. I couldn't tell what exactly he was seeing, but apparently, I have another tear. So, everything is fine. I asked about what I need to do to make sure that everything stays that way and he said to just take it easy for a while. I told him I have two little kids at home and asked if I should be avoiding picking him up. He said not to worry too much about it, just don't over-do it. I just have to make sure that everything can heal and doesn't get jostled around too much. But baby Bruiser is still a healthy baby and still kicking away (although I told him/her to cut it out for a little while so that mommy can heal...we'll see). Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know. I love you all and I hope you're having a great day!