7 weeks!

Had a bit of a scare this weekend. Friday night I had some pink spotting. I was so scared that I just couldn't handle it. I cried myself tired. The next morning I woke up to brown spotting. Brown spotting is considered "old blood" and is a better sign that whatever may have been bleeding probably stopped. I called the nurse line to get their opinion and they told me exactly what I expected to hear. This is normal for woman to spot around the 7-8 week mark. They told me to stay off my feet for the rest of the weekend and to call back if it turns red. The rest of Saturday I was crampy all day, but not terrible. Enough that I couldn't take my mind off of the possibilities. I tried to think back to what may have caused me to bleed but I can't think of one thing. They say that it could be from the placenta attaching to the uterus which happens around this time. So who knows. It really could be anything. As long as it stopped and I wasn't cramping badly, I'm hopeful that it's one of those normal pregnant things. I never spotted with Morgan so this is new territory for me.

I haven't spotted since Saturday morning and am on pins and needles for my ultrasound on Thursday. It's first thing in the morning at 9am. Thank God! Once I hear a heartbeat, I will feel SO much better about this pregnancy. So many can try to say to relax and whatever happens, happens. So much easier said than done. We have put so much into this. It's like gambling. If you put $10k on the table and the odds of something coming of it were less than 50%, you would be sweating and worried too. I do deep breathing to get me through my more anxious moments as I know stress isn't good for baby. I do try to relax the body as much as possible.

Good news is that I have less than 3 weeks left to take my Progesterone shots. John has been wonderful making sure to help me with them. I do have to do them myself on Mondays as he bowls. Much easier when he is around to do them for me. Kind of an awkward position for me to do it.

We still have people to notify but trying to hold out until this ultrasound. So much happier to tell people when we know it's a viable pregnancy. I plan on updating on Thursday after ultrasound with picture :-)