Yesterday's appointment went great! I feel so bad for complaining about the doctors office for my first experience with them. I think I jumped to conclusions, though I think the idea that you have to pay upfront without insurance is still a bit greedy, especially in this economy.
Anyway, we had another ultrasound and we FINALLY have a reason for the spotting. There was no way we would have known before but it's placenta previa! WOOHOO! I've never been so excited to hear something like that, because it means there's a reason and it has nothing to do with baby. For those who aren't OB terminology friendly- placenta previa means that the placenta is covering part of the cervix. This is very likely to correct itself as the uterus grows but the placenta was so small for the past few weeks there was no way they would have been able to see it. I'm on the usual placenta previa restrictions: no sex, no hardcore exercising and no jumping or forceful moves which make put pressure on the placenta/cervix and cause bleeding. If the placenta never moves, I'll be further restricted as time goes but the doctor was very hopeful it would move up, and I'm having a c-section anyway so no worries there.
The ultrasound tech was awesome. She explained everything that she was looking at and let us watch baby for about 3 minutes while he moved. He was very active, and was pushing off my uterine wall with his feet and doing flips. It's so cute now, but in a few weeks- that's going to hurt! LOL! I hadn't even had anything to drink and he was still very active, I think I'm in for a busy baby! Heartrate was 171 bpm. She even checked for the umbilical cord cyst and she told me not to panic, she's seem them quite frequently early on now that ultrasound technology has advanced. She didn't find a cyst anyway so she thinks it's gone away! YAY!
She also showed us baby in 3D. I've seen other babies in 3D, but never my own so I thought this was pretty neat. It's amazing how quickly they grow from a little blob to a tiny human. (This pic has baby's head at the top, a right arm, and a right leg visible.)
I have another ultrasound next week for my first trimester screening so I'm excited to see how much more he's grown and what antics he's up to. I think I can finally start to relax a little bit after I get the results back, but I feel much better knowing why I was spotting.
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