First, and most important, I want to
advice all of you moms-to-be to become
proactive in your pregnancies. If you
suspect that anything is not going
right, don't rely on doctors to tell
you different. Trust your intuition
and demand the care you deserve.
My first pregnancy ended up in a
miscarriage at 8 weeks. In my second
pregnancy, once I surpassed the 12
weeks, I was so excited! Everything
was going well, except that I noticed
some yellowish discharge at times. It
sometimes smelled funny. I told my
doctor, but he said discharge was
normal. At 13 weeks, I was laughing
so hard I thought I had urinated, so I
went to the bathroom and found bright
red blood on my underwear. I called
the doctor and he said to lay down and
come in first thing in the morning. I
had a sonogram done and they said it
was a blood clot outside of the
placenta. It was nothing to worry
about. I was in bed rest until it
went away. The bleeding lasted three
days. A week later I was teaching,
and when I sat on the floor, I felt
some urine come out again. I went to
the bathroom and again found bright
red blood on my underwear. I had
another sonogram and was told it was
another blood clot. I was in bed rest
for another three days. Then,
everything seemed fine for almost two
months. I felt great. Until around
my anniversary, in my 20th week, I
thought I had eaten something that
made me sick. I kept having an urge
to urinate every five minutes. Then I
felt some stomach cramps that night.
The next morning I noticed my
underwear too wet. We drove back home
and I called the doctor. He said to
go in to see my doctor first thing in
the morning. In the morning, I went
to the bathroom and a gust of water
came out. Fluid ran down my legs all
the way to the hospital. My doctor
was already waiting for me. He tested
the fluid and told me it was amniotic
fluid. The spececialist did a
sonogram and told me I had lost all of
my fluid. The baby was fine, but with
no fluid. She had a strong heartbeat
all the way through. I stayed in the
hospital. I was told to pray a lot.
We did. Four days later, our baby
girl decided to come out. I had
horrible lower back pain, and I was
told I was in labor. She was born
alive. We held her for two hours, and
then she went to heaven. I was 21
weeks two days.
I'm now pregnant again, 19 weeks. I'm
very nervous and scared. Yet, my NEW
doctor has been amazing. He tested me
for Bacterial Vaginosis at 10 weeks
and found it was positive. That
discharge I had last time was not
normal. He put me on antibiotics for
seven days and it went away. I
haven't had it again. This time I
didn't have any bleeding at any time.
He checks me every two weeks. The
next three weeks will be so stressful,
but I'm almost sure my doctor will
help me get through them. I have him
check me EVERYTIME I feel something,
even if he says I'm O.K. I checked
myself into the hospital last week
thinking I was leaking, but it was
just increased discharge. They said I
was fine, but I insisted on having a
sonogram with a specialist before I
was sent home. We're praying every
day...but he feel that this time, this
baby girl will make it to her due date.
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