bg(couch)life

i think it is time to give a little update……

so for any of you that don’t know i am on a bit of “couch rest”.  this is becoming increasingly hard as the time goes on.  on the 9th of sept. i went in and had an ultra sound after some spotting.  i was told that i had a subchorionic hemorrhage.  it was 3 cm and no big deal and i could go on with life as normal.  so i continued running, working and even backpacking.  on the 17th  we were going to the zoo with some friends.  i was having some bleeding that morning, but thought it was no big deal so we headed out the door.  by the time we got to the zoo i was gushing!  (sorry if this is more info than you want.)  i don’t know exactly what i was thinking but i tried to walk into the zoo anyways.  we didn’t get very far through the parking lot when my head started spinning.  i decided to sit in the car while cory, the kids, and our friends went in.  after about 15 mins i was feeling better so i walked into the zoo.  i went to the bathroom before calling cory to find out where i could meet them.  when i got into the bathroom i was sure that it was all over.  i will leave out all the details because… well because it’s gross.  so i  am in the bathroom trying to call cory, but he is in the sea lion cave and has no reception.  finally i get a hold of him and tell him that we need to leave.  i don’t think i have ever seen cory walk so fast in my life as he was as he came out of the zoo.  i called my mid-wife to see what she wanted me to do.  (i was bawling so hard talking to the nurse that i could hardly talk.)  she was able to get me into the clinic for an emergency ultra sound.  our friends kept benny and her friend, who had come with us, and cory, the other kids and i hurried back to vancouver.  i really felt like the baby was still there but  when we saw the little heart beating i was so relieved!  then i went in and talked to my mid-wife and she told me that the hemorrhage has grown from 3 cm to 8 by 7 by 3 cm.  so the baby was still healthy, but she didn’t know why the hemorrhage had grown. once again she sent me out the door saying that i could continue life as usual.  cory disagreed whole heartily and sentenced me to the couch.  when i started gushing again 5 days later we went back in and talked to my mid-wife and a doctor as well.  the doctor said that she was going to agree with cory and thought the couch was the best place for me. they went on to tell me that this was going to be a drama pregnancy.  so far they are right.  every time i think we are done with some of the drama something else fun starts.  i am 14 weeks so the chance of miscarrying now has gone down, but that has not lessened any of the drama.  i have another ultra sound wednesday, so we might know more. 

so for now i am trying not to go crazy and take everyone along with me.  and despite the constant work by my perfect husband, who is taking up all the slack, my beautiful children who are so helpful and forgiving of my short temper, my loving mother, and my awesome friends and girls in the ward (plus all the calls from my concerned dad and siblings) i feel like my life is falling in around me.  the mom of the home is the only one that sees all the little finger prints that need to be wiped off the walls and doors and drawers and closets that need constant organizing.  

that is my life in a nut shell for now.  we all know that i have a great husband, but he has really out done himself with this pregnancy.  he even told me i had that beautiful pregnancy glow which is amazing seeing how it would take a day at spa just to get me presentable.  wow i love you cory!!!!