Hi dogmommy that’s great about the glucose test!
Ahh small baby, bet I have another biggen!
I had a scare Thursday night, went to the toilet and passed bright red blood on the paper when I wiped, quite a bit, wiped again and there was more dark red blood
Phoned the clinic emergency number, the lady was not reassuring at all and said she didn’t want to sugar coat it and it’s likely a miscarriage!!
Panic mode set in, called 111 which is a health line where they refer us to the appropriate treatment any time of day and night, operator said a dr would call back within an hour
Kept wiping more blood though pinky red now and no cramps
Dr was lovely and said as it’s an ivf pregnancy I could go to a&e if it was more than a teaspoon of blood
I wasn’t sure how much it was so we decided it would be best to rest at home and Calle my own gp in the morning as it was now 10:30pm and I was Knackered and just wanted to curl up in bed
Kept wiping more blood through the night although smaller amounts then a bit bigger amounts in the morning though it never reached the pad
Went to the dr at 9am, she referred me to the epu who called me at 10am for an appoIntment at 10:45
They were so good as the gp had said it would be unlikely to get an appointment before Monday
Went to the scan on my own as we had no one for the kids so dh was sat in the car park with them as caleb asleep anyway
The nurse said as it’s early 5w6d we might not see a lot or we might see a baby but no heartbeat so might have to repeat the scan in a week
The clinic had actually called back in the morning and I spoke to a lovely nurse who was much more reassuring and said it doesn’t sound too bad as the bleeding has started dark and got lighter rather than heavier, she said not to worry about going to the gp as they could put forward my 7 week scan to next week, obviously though I wasn’t going to wait that long!
Anyway the nurse said she wouldn’t put the screen on that I look at as she wanted to see what she could see first
She said give me a minute, started scanning, then said to the second nurse, can you turn the screen on, I was so relieved as I knew it must be ok, she turned to em and said were on good
And there on the screen was a little white blob with a heartbeat!!
I was so sure it was over, had even started to feel low down cramps, was so upset crying beforehand then this!
She gave me a picture to take out to dh, I didn’t look at him as I walked to the car then opened he door and said we have a baby with a heartbeat! The look on his face!
There was a small bleed in front of the sac, she said I might carry on bleeding or spotting but for now it has stopped
She said we’re not out the woods yet but she feels positive about things and for now things are good, also because the bleed is in front of the sac and not behind so it shouldn’t push the sac out
Anyway sorry that was so long I’m just so happy for now all is good and just have to pray it stays that way
Also when Caleb woke up at 3:30 I hadn’t my proper wave of nausea because I sipped a bit of juice I have next to the end and I proper gagged! Sorry tmi but my first proper symptom that isn’t tiredness that I always have anyway lol
Hope you’re all well, I’ll post a pic below, the circle is the yolk sac