Let me start with the most important information: baby is still there. Phew! But we had a rocky few hours before the doctor’s appointment.
I developed another problem on wednesday: wet underwear. I mean really wet (I hope this is not too much information!). I was out shopping for T’s birthday present, when I suddenly notice my trousers felt really wet. Of course I immediately feared the worst. Thinking it might be blood, I rushed to the bathroom in the department store: no blood, just a wet patch on my underwear. After a night of googling ‘wet underwear pregnancy’ (yes, I know, it sounds a bit funny) I was comforted to find that many others have experienced the same thing. But some were saying they had discovered they were leaking amniotic fluid (scary!) whilst others discovered they had become incontinent.
Thursday we went to the doc. My heart was in my throat. He took me straight into the ultrasound room. There on the screen was our little one, looking even more like a baby than last week. But baby was so still, I was scared. “There is the heartbeat” said the doc. But I was inconsolable. “Why isn’t it moving the way it was last time?” I asked. “A third of the time they are still, just like we are, and the rest of the time they move around, just like we do” he explained. “Try laughing and let’s see whether that gets baby moving”. So I did. I laughed. And baby started kicking up a storm! I could see those tiny legs kicking away furiously as if to say: “stop moving my house around!!!” 😉
It was such a wonderful feeling. I can’t even begin to describe how happy I felt. T was over the moon too.
I told the doc about the ‘wet underwear’ incident and was immediately taken in for a litmus test. This involves taking an internal swab (like a pap test) with a piece of indicator paper to test the acidity or alkalinity of the ‘liquid’. If the paper turns yellow (acid), that’s good. If it turns blue (alkaline), then it could be amniotic fluid. Fortunately, the paper turned yellow suggesting it was just normal discharge.
My next ultrasound is scheduled for week 12, when we will have the Nuchal Translucency scan. We are now 10 weeks 6 days (if baby is still ok today). I have to make it through next week without going to the doctor. I am still so scared. Passing this milestone was a huge thing for us. It has given us so much hope. And I am terrified this will be taken away again when we least expect it.
I am happy and hopeful. I hope I don’t get crushed.
PLEASE make it baby! We LOVE you.
xxxx
p.s. I am working on getting those ultrasound pictures scanned and will put them up as soon as I can.
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