First Ultrasound

After many prayers an a lot of stress I called into the Nurses hot line on Tuesday night as I had been spotting for four days. The nurse asked a million questions and then gave me some ideas on what could be causing the bleeding. The next morning the nurse that helps my Dr (whom I have yet to meet) called me to check on me saying she received a message that I had called in and was a little worried. She scheduled me for an emergency ultrasound just to make sure that everything was alright. So I took the afternoon off from work and went to see the Dr. The Dr's first words were we have a baby and we have a heart beat.......I sighed a huge sigh of relief because your chances of miscarriage go down once the baby's heartbeat is found! So she showed me the baby up on the screen from every different angle and I made the comment to her that it looked kinda like a lizard at this point and she said no more like a dinosaur. Then she turned the sound on so I could hear the babies heart beat, she said it was beating 171 beats per minute. After looking around on the ultrasound she came across a spot behind the placenta that was hemorrhaging and said that sometimes that happens and it will heal over. I was so relieved to figure out what was causing the bleeding and that the baby was looking good. I sure wish Russell could have been there to see the ultrasound and hear the heart beat however he is in California on a wildfire. He will have other chances though. The Dr I saw for my emergency appointment is not the one that I have chosen however she was the only one available that day so I will see my Dr. on August 28th. Until then I have been told to take it easy and to not lift anything heavier than a milk jug. I told my mom darn I can lift the detergent to wash laundry or the Clorox jug to clean. YEAH RIGHT! I will try to post ultrasound pictures soon, they are not scanning clear enough so I am going to have to figure out some other way to get them on here. I will update my blog after my next appointment on the 28th!