A Scary Day

Well, yesterday was an emotional day!  On Thursday night I had a tiny bit of bleeding.  I wasn't totally surprised by it because at my last two ultrasound appointments, they let me know that I have a pocket of fluid in my uterus and women who have that may experience spotting and bleeding.  I still didn't like that it happened though, so I called my nurse on Friday morning and went in for another ultrasound.  The good news is that the baby is still going strong - great heartbeat and size!  The bad news is that the size of the fluid pocket has grown.  Between my first ultrasound appointment (July 28th) and the one I had on Thursday, the size of the fluid area had remained stable at 29x15x19.  So that was a good sign that it hadn't gotten any larger.  However, at Friday's ultrasound, just a day later, the pocket had grown to 48x13x20!  Not so good!

When I spoke to my nurse about it, she gave me a good explanation of what exactly the fluid pocket is and the ramifications of it...

"The area is called a sub chorionic bleed.  It occurs in many pregnancies early on and most of the time resolve on their own.  As the placenta begins to form, there is sometimes a space or pocket between the placenta and uterine wall that can accumulate blood.  Most of the time, as the placenta grows, these pockets flatten out and form a good seal with the uterine wall.  On the other end of the spectrum, occasionally the pockets expand and a good seal is never achieved and a miscarriage can occur."

So, needless to say I am worried!  On the positive side, the odds are in my favor and a good majority of these situations resolve on their own.  On the down side, seeing the pocket grow in size wasn't what we wanted to see happening.  We are trying to stay positive and focus on all the good!  Needless to say, this baby has strong Pfaff/Dorian/Bordelon blood in it...we're going to fight this!  

I have an appointment with my OB on Monday for an exam and initial meeting, so I'm going to get his thoughts on this as well.  I will also be going back to see my specialist on Thursday for another ultrasound, so we can see what changes the pocket has made over the last week.

Please pray for us!  Please pray that our little bean continues to grow in size and strength, and remains unaffected by this pocket.  And that my body responds as it should, and this pocket flattens out and doesn't get any larger, so that a good seal is made with the uterine wall.

Thank you again for all of your love, support and prayers!  They mean so much to us, especially at times like this!

We love you!

Nile & David