We are thrilled to announce that we have a little love bug in the making. Baby Montgomery is scheduled to arrive on Valentine's Day! It's been amazing having Will in our lives. We can only imagine how wonderful it will be with two perfect children. Matt and I are certain that Will will be a loving, gentle, fun and helpful big brother!
12 week sonogram picture. This sonogram will always mean more to me than what I will be able to explain, but I will give it a try...
The night before this sonogram was done, we had the biggest scare. That evening I started to have heavy bleeding that wasn't slowing down. It was late that night and it was time for us to go to bed. All Matt and I could do was lay there. Matt held me and tried to convince me to stay positive. I cried... a lot. I was so worried that we were losing our Love Bug. I tried to sleep, but I spent most of the night fearing the worst. I prayed. I cried.
First thing the next morning I called my doctor.They had me come in right away. The nurse calls me back into the room. She wants to check for a fetal heart beat with the Doppler. As she is rolling the Doppler over my belly all we here is silence. Heart wrenching silence. Again, trying to stay positive. I keep it together. The nurse tells me that it's still hard to pick up a heart beat on the Doppler this early (13 weeks or higher is when it starts to work best). She leaves the room and sends my doctor in. Dr. English comes in to talk to me. She delivered Will. We have grown close with Dr. English and love her so much. As soon as I see her the tears start to roll down my face. I can't hold them back any longer. She hates to see me cry and has the nurse rush out to grab the sonogram machine. Dr. English tells me that we are going to quickly check to see how our baby was doing. I know she was secretly hoping for positive results. I'm sure she couldn't handle much more of my crying.
The results are below:) Sigh of relief when we see Love Bug moving on the sonogram and see the heart beating away! Baby is doing great. Now, we just need to figure out where all the bleeding was coming from. A more extensive sonogram with the sono tech showed that I have a small tear on the outside of my uterus. The placenta was slightly torn away causing the bleeding. I was assured that this happens often and that everything should be ok.
During the next two weeks I was advised to take it easy. The bleeding continues. We were hesitant to announce our little joy just yet. Wanted to get confirmation at the next sonogram that everything was still ok.
15 week sonogram. With the move, we are now 45 minutes away from my amazing Dr.Enlgish. It pains me to say that I had to switch doctors. We loved her so much, but the distance just wouldn't work with delivery (Could you imagine having a 45 min drive to get to the hospital when you were in labor.... NO THANK YOU!). We received a great referral from good friends of ours for our new doctor. The first appointment went really well and I can say that I was happy with him. So, I guess I'll keep him:) The new doc and I talked about my tear. The sonogram showed that it was still there. He explained it to me in more detail. My placenta is 99% attached, with 1% torn away. It sounds scary, but he assured me that the baby is getting everything that he/she needs. Dr. Rost said that its ok for me to stop worrying. He doesn't foresee this being a problem. It will be more of a nuisance for me than anything (continued bleeding). He said this could linger and last the whole time, or at minimum clear up by 18 weeks. I left the doctors office feeling high on life. We are 15 weeks pregnant. The baby is still doing really well and I know that we should be ok. It's time to announce this baby!!!!!
The next sonogram on September 16th will let us know if Will is going to have a little brother or a little sissy!!!! We can't wait to find out. Happy, healthy is all we can ask for..... But, it's still exciting to find out what color I should pick out for the nursery:)
16 week belly picture. Officially wearing maternity pants now.
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