A scare... but we're A-OK now!

I wasn't sure if I should post this or not, but decided since everyone seems to want to be kept up to speed, heres the latest.

Sunday afternoon I was woken up with a "gush down there" and totally panicked. We had some bright red blood but no cramping. Craig and I decided to just relax and NOT rush to the ER unless the spotting got worse or if it had cramping. As the evening wore on, the spotting turned to a brownish color and never had any cramping. So we opted to just wait until morning and call Dr. Gruszynski's office here in town.

I got ahold of them just after 8am and they got me in right away to see the dr. He didn't seem too alarmed since it wasn't bright red and said it was "old blood" and set me up an appointment for an ultrasound on Tuesday (today). Once I got out of the office, I called Dr. Stephenson in Chicago and explained to them what had happened and they too, didn't seem too alarmed.

So today I had an ultrasound and everything looks good. The spotting is caused from the left size of the uterus thinking its time for my monthly cycle and it released some older blood it still had. I might experience this every 4 to 5 weeks when my cycle would normally be due. And since the baby is attached to the right size, the left size "gets confused". But its not doing any harm to me or the baby.

During the ultrasound, the baby did a complete summersault. It was the coolest thing ever! It's amazing at how human-like the baby looks but yet I can't feel it move. Today it's about 6.3 centimeters, which is about 2.5 inches. And according to the book I have at home, it's about the size of a peach!

This picture here is really rather neat.

It might be hard for you to see what is entails

but if you look at the box that is zoomed in on the

right, you can see the eyes & nose!! Look closely,

you'll see a dark spot on the left, thats the baby's brain... and then below that on either size you'll see a circle for the eyes. Then down just a ways in the center you can see the nose!! I know its hard to see, so Im doing my best to point it out to you!!! In the non-zoomed portion of the picture, the white part next to the head is an arm!! The arm was like in a waving position!!!

In this picture, the baby is all stretched out!! Looks like I do when Im getting ready to take a nap!!! The head is on the right, and then the legs are spread apart on the bottom left size!!! You can see one arm is up near the head and the other arm is down on its side!!! The baby moved all over today in the ultrasound scan. I still can't feel the little monkey moving around but in a few weeks I should be able to!!! How exciting will that be!!!

Im not overly happy with the ultrasound technician at the dr's office. She was very unprofessional and even had her own child in the room with us!! NOT HAPPY! So when I go back to see the doctor on Monday I will bring this up to him and if this is the only ultrasound lady they have, I'll see if they can send me to the hospital for my scans going forward. According to my dr. in Chicago, they want me to have scans every 4 weeks!!

So everything is still going really really good. Im feeling great and the nauseousness has subsided for the most part! THANK GOODNESS!!!!!!

Thanks again for all your support!!! We really appreciate it!!!!!