A sigh of relief...

We had a pretty restless night last night...and a very nervous morning.

Last night as we were getting settled in, ready to watch American Idol, I had to go to the bathroom. I won't go into too much detail here, but when I I went to the bathroom there was quite a bit of blood...more than just the normal "spotting." Of course I immediately was worried, and so was Matt. We called my sister (Dr. Dorhauer to the rescue!) and she asked all the questions...no cramping, no pain, just red blood that wasn't there awhile ago. She said put your feet up, don't do anything for the rest of the evening except rest, and call the dr. in the morning. So that's what we did. In the mean time though, we both tossed and turned all night, waking up after sleeping for an hour or two. Trying not to worry, but of course not being able to help but think the worst...and then feeling guilty for thinking that way. We both tried to reassure each other...whatever was going to happen was out of our control, and all we could do was pray.

So this morning when we called the dr. they immediately set up an appt. for an ultra-sound. We were there at 10am, and at 1005am we were in the room, me laying on a table, with Matt holding on to me for support. We immediately saw our baby Ü And we saw his/her little heart beating away (and we could hear it too!). And that little baby was jumping all over the place like it didn't have a care in the world! Oh, what a relief! Everything looked good...and for the next 20 minutes I couldn't peel my eyes away from that screen. I don't even know if I blinked! We got 2 pictures of our healthy little baby...you can see both leg buds and one arm bud too (it was laying on the other arm). I can't tell you what a relief it was for both of us to know that everything is okay. It was the greatest feeling in the world to see that little baby doing acrobatics in my tummy! I can't wait til I can actually feel all that activity!

Apparently the reason for the bleeding is a small "bleed" in my uterus (which they assured me is not uncommon). Sometimes when the placenta attaches to the uterus and starts to grow it can rupture a capillary, which will then cause bleeding. Normally, the body will just absorb this bleeding over time, and that will be that. No cause for alarm...and we thank God. Ü

So tonight when Matt gets home from work, we'll look at our little pictures again, and smile at the thought of that little someone bouncing away in there. And I imagine that we will both be going to bed early tonight, with nothing but sweet thoughts of baby aerobics in our heads Ü