This time, I'm almost at 28 weeks and there was a "significant" (but not over-the-top frightening) amount of blood. I called Labor and Delivery, and told them my symptoms (so as not to completely creep out any men who read my blog, let's just rhyme and say I have a beast minfection), and that I am not cramping or having any pain. After talking with the nurse for a while, I decided to stay home, lay down, and watch carefully to see if it stopped. As of this morning, I think it's getting better. Thank goodness I have an appointment tomorrow so I can drink that disgusting orange drink and have my blood drawn! No, but seriously, I feel okay about this baby, and I don't feel like anything is wrong, or else I would have gone in. But having an appointment tomorrow helps me feel a bit better.
Having a baby can be so frustrating sometimes, especially for someone who likes to have control in her life. NOTHING about being pregnant is under your control: not when you get pregnant, or whether you stay pregnant, or if it is a boy or girl, or if you have problems/complications, or when you deliver the baby, and the list goes on. I would love to go to the Casual Blogger Conference (click here to see the agenda; I am so jealous), but it is happening the weekend before my due date. I can't drive 4 hours in good conscience if I am still pregnant, and more likely than not, I will probably have my baby by then. There are other things I might be missing out on too as my due date approaches. I'm a girl who likes to have control, and nothing about this pregnancy is within my control. (P.S. I'm learning to relinquish control, slowly but surely.)
Enough whining. Here is a picture of me taken this morning, at almost 28 weeks. It's not the best picture - in fact it's really fuzzy - but my four year old had a hard time holding the camera vertically and pushing the button at the same time. And I don't know how to do those artistic shots where you take a picture of yourself in the mirror.
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You look great. I hope everything is OK!
Yes, so not in control. Labor is the same way, huh? Well, you're almost there! You look wonderful and Aidan did a great job with the camera!
I, too, am slowly learning to relinquish control. Pregnancy is way harder on me emotionally than physically. The anxiety of labor freaks me out starting at about 20 weeks.
But you'll do great, I know it!
Also, what a cute pregnant lady you are!
I HATE being pregnant but I love the outcome. :) How can something so natural screw up your body so bad? Good luck with the glucose test. Those are so not fun! Especially with me because I have flunked them both times!
Best of luck with your pregnancy. I am sure all is well. I bled a bit with my third boy.
You look fantastic!
I'll take pictures of Causal Blogger conference. It won't be the same but you can live somewhat vicariously through me, K?
Next year you could go for SURE!
Hope the rest of the pregancy goes well--no bleeding.
You look awesome:) I had problems with my last 3 pregnancies but thankfully all turned out well - 3 beautiful healthy babies! My first 2 pregnancies were such a breeze - but I learned alot from the trials of the last three.
Ack, scary!! I'm glad it's going away, remember I'm on call to take your kids 24/7, ANYtime, not just when you actually have the baby!
Hope everything is okay, hun! It was a wee little bit of bleeding that got me whisked off in an airplane to a major hospital. Oi! Hope yours is for a much more benign reason!
And you look so cute - that colour pink looks fab on you too!
Well, I'm glad you feel like everything is ok. Stuff like that is no fun during pregnancy.. Ugh! But you look SO GOOD!!! You're adorable pregnant :)
Scary! Glad you are ok. You are right there with me. I am 29 weeks and counting down. You look SUPER CUTE btw.
You look great!
Hope everything is okay. That would be scary to be bleeding like that.
And yes, kids make you realize that you have no control in life :)
I get to get the "wonderful" drink at my next appointment too
Hoping that everything is somewhat "under control" and that your delivery will be a non event.
My doctor had fruit punch flavor. Wasn't so bad! But I was retarded and didn't remember that I had to fast (they didn't tell me and the last time was four and a half years ago!), so I might have to do it again. :S
Enough about me. Your bump is so cute!! You're definitely a "skinny with a bump" person. ;)
I actually felt jealous when I saw your picture - You look great! Pregnancy is indeed hard and you have no control but it is so wonderful too. I kind of miss those days. sigh....
Bleeding is kind of scary at 28 weeks. The "Beast minfection" made me totally laugh out loud - good one!!
I hope that your bleeding has stopped and all is well.
Take care of yourself!
You look fabulous darling :D
I am glad that you are feeling better and the bleeding seems to be under control. I never had bleeding problems but I think that Heavenly Father knew better--I would have FREAKED out at even a speck. So kudos to you my friend. I'm glad that you have a Dr. appt. tomorrow and hope that you update (I may or may not be having a slight panic attack about all of this).
The picture looks fab as do you!!
That's so cute! I love that your 4 year old took that picture. I still need to take my 26 week picture... now that I'm 27 weeks and all... i could do it today if i'd just put on pants. Ugh. Pants.
Aside from the tiny baby bump, you don't even look pregnant.
For the record, that's a great picture. You have a budding photographer on your hands!!
I hope all goes well! Let me know how things go at the doctors!
Make sure you do your kick counts every day, every couple of hours! Remember that sick babies or babies in distress don't move much or at all. Baby should be moving at least 10 times an hour over the course of the day. My midwife drilled this into my head, and it saved my first baby's life. When she suddenly stopped moving at 32 weeks, I immediately went to the hospital and she was delivered within minutes- I had complete placental abruption with NO bleeding. Keep track of those movements!
One thing you can stop worring about is looking good. You're 28 weeks?! You look perfect.
Best of luck at the doctors tomorrow.
So scary to be bleeding!!! Hope it all goes away! And you're just the cutest preggo mama EVER!!!
You look awesome! Hope you Dr. appointment went well....and that you are able to gain back maybe just a bit of control.
You look great !! I was so huge with the twins that I cringe when I look at those pregnancy photos ... 5'2" and pregnant with twins is not a good look :))
Hope the Dr's appt goes well and that everything is just fine like you feel it is ...
You look so great for being 28 weeks prego. Take care and I hope your doctors appointment goes well.
You take care okay?! :) You look great though!! So cute!!! :)
Glad things are going okay.
We'll miss you at CBC--but maybe next year, right?
I hope everything is okay. I don't handle things like that so well, so I admire you for calmly calling labor and delivery and explaining the situation. I would have freaked out. Good job.
I'm so glad everything is okay. Also it might help you to know that in Poland there IS no orange drink. You buy a sachet of glucose at the pharmacy and take it in with you for your test. They stir it into a huge cup of room temperature water and it is a miracle if you don't vomit during the five minutes you have to drink it in. It's seriously one of the worst tastes ever. Especially first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. HATE it. Isn't the orange drink carbonated? That takes a lot of the grossness out of it somehow. And flavor. I could go for flavor in my glucose! (all of which isn't to say that the orange drink is delicious, of course!)
I hope everything went well! You look great!
You look fantastic pregnant! Glad everything is okay.
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