Update on Tater Tot

Tater Tot gave us a little scare this weekend. I experienced some bleeding and a little cramping. I called the Dr on Saturday morning and put me on bed rest this weekend until we could do an ultrasound on Monday. Boy was this a long weekend. Thank goodness for my mom and Brad. Mom has helped us out so much since she has lost her job. Some ways I think it was meant to be that way because God knew how much I would need her help. Muvie came over Sunday and spent the night and watched Nate for us today while we went to the Dr. I was so nervous. I can't feel Tater tot kick yet and it is hard to tell some days if I am really pregnant. All I wanted to see was that heart beat and movement. When we got into the Ultrasound tech room I started crying. All the emotions I have been keeping inside this weekend just let go on the ultrasound table. Thank goodness that the ultrasound tech wasn't freaked out by my crying. So I said a little prayer before she did an internal ultrasound. When she put the stick in I felt Tater tot kick me! What a feeling of relief!! He/she was moving around so much we couldn't believe how active it was. The heart beat was great around 164. She did lots of snap shots and then she did an external on my belly but Tater tot was moving around so much she couldn't get a good snap shot of him/her. She then made a comment before I left and pointed at the pic and said that is probably why you were bleeding. I had no idea what she was pointing at so we headed to the waiting room to see the Dr. This Dr was not my regular Dr that I see but I didn't care. I just wanted an answer of why I was bleeding. Dr McDaniel was really nice. Asked me lots of questions and did an internal exam and swipe of the q tip for test for any internal infections. He said he saw the problem. Now here is where things get a little fussy because it was one of those long medical words I never heard of and I wish I had him write it down. He basically said that the cervix has cells inside. Sometimes when you have kids those cells go outside and become irritated. Something that is common and not to be worried about. Then he went to the other reason why I could be bleeding. Right now I have Placenta previa. The placenta should be located at the top and mine is right on my cervix (at the bottom). This is not normal but very common in pregnant woman. Most of the time the placenta will move when the uterus grows making more room. He stated we need to keep an eye on it because if it hasn't moved by week 20 we need to discuss what to expect the rest of the pregnancy. What I have read it can have you go into labor early and you have to have a c section (which I was already having anyway due to having one with Nate). So I am not going to try to worry about it as much until I reach 20 weeks in Mid Oct.

BUT another thing has changed---my due date!!! As you remember when measuring the end of July he put me 2 weeks back. Well the Dr said with that machine that you take room to room it isn't high resolution like the one I had today and I am right on target from the original dates I gave to the Dr. So my due date is March 4th meaning this one will be a February baby due to the c section at 39 weeks. It will miss all the March birthday's and will have it's own birthday ( I don't have to share) in Feb. So with all that being said I was suppose to have my down syndrome test next Wed but you only have a small window for this test. I had to reschedule that appt for this Thurs. So I get to see Tater Tot twice this week! YIPPEE!!!

So all the prayers we have been saying this weekend came true. We asked God for a heart beat and the baby to be OK. Above are the pics of the ultrasound. I tried to point out the body parts so you can see what you are looking at. I hope you can see it.