Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Panic attack!! (TMI Alert)

Last week I started having some slight spotting. I called my OB but they said they wouldn't see me until I was farther along and told me to go to the ER. This was on Tuesday. On Thursday I had another episode of spotting so off to the ER we went. I went to the desk, filled out my paperwork, started walking to sit down and they called me back. (My ER Wait time: less then a minute=AWESOME). Right away they got a UA and blood work. Within the hour they had taken me for a pelvic exam and thus started the wait for the ultrasound. In the ER with me in the adjoining rooms were 2 other girls in early pregnancy with spotting. They were ahead of me for the u/s. After about 3 hours (my hopes for a speedy ER visit had long since flown out the window.) my turn FINALLY came! The u/s tech took me back (she wouldn't let Michael come) and did a transvaginal and abdominal u/s. Both Combined took less then 2 minutes. She even uttered the words "fastest ultrasound ever." As she was walking me back to my room she told me the doctor would be in shortly to review the results. SHORTLY MY FOOT! It took 2 1/2 more hours. Michael had to leave for work and my Dad had to come up to sit with me. Finally the PA (yep PA, I didn't even get to see a doctor...) came in and handed me the u/s report. He said "she saw the gestational sac, but no yolk sac and no fetal pole. It could be that you are not as far along as you thought, or you are in the early stages of a miscarriage." It felt like he had punched me in the stomach. I only had a VERY VERY little bit of bleeding and I hadn't had ANY cramps at all. Plus I have been very very nauseous and my HCG levels were 21000 (which indicates between 5-8 weeks of pregnancy). He said he was going to get me a shot of Rhogam (because my blood type is B neg) and out he walked. Almost an hour later the nurse finally came in and gave me the shot and gave me a paper telling me I was on bed rest for 2 days. I was finally discharged.
Bed Rest majorly sucks when you've gotten possible bad news.... all I was allowed to do was lay there. I couldn't stop thinking about it and got myself almost sick over everything.
On Monday I went to see my OB finally. He did an ultrasound and right away saw the gestational sac and yolk sac. He still couldn't find the fetal pole, but he said that is pretty much normal and didn't seem worried at all. He said it was a really good sign that I have been nauseous and then wrote me a perscription for zofran (YAY!!!!). I got blood work done after the appointment and I went back today for the 2nd round of blood. Tomorrow I will get my results. Heres hoping for HCG levels that have gon sky high!!! Needless to say, this has been one VERY STRESSFUL week!

3 comments:

freya said...

i'm so sorry you had a scare like that and had to spend stressful time in the hospital! hang in there girl!

The Hargretts said...

Oh my goodness I got scared reading the first part but it's good to see everything turned out all right. Please let us know if you and Michael need anything, meals are included in that =)

Unknown said...

Thanks Guys! We got another ultrasound today adn everything is ok and our little peanut was front and center!! We are very very happy and feeling alot of relief!!