A lot of good info there! I had no idea you could see if a gestational sac was breaking down or not in an ultra sound but it makes sense. I've decided to just stick it out this week and have my ultrasound on Friday (although it has moved from morning to afternoon due to surgeries as expected). Hopefully all will go well the rest of the week... Thanks also for the info on the antibiotics. I feel much better about taking them now. And someone had a very wonderful suggestion of writing letters to the baby, which I quite honestly just never thought of...but what a wonderful idea that is. I think I'll try it this week. Thanks again for the wonderful suggestions and comments. I know this is going to be a day by day thing.
So to update everyone, I called my RE's office yesterday about the spotting and they said the same thing I knew they would say. "Perfectly normal, don't worry". Blah blah blah. Easier said than done. They did though suggest for me to stop my baby aspirin since that tends to increase spotting. And then once the spotting stops to start it up again (doesn't that defeat the purpose? But I guess they know better). So last night I didn't take it and although I was spotting all yesterday afternoon (still dark brown to light brown almost watery like) I didn't spot once during the 10 hours of sleep I had. So this either means a) it was the lack of aspirin that helped. Or b) that I just need to be on bed rest in order to not spot. Because after I got up and moved around and had breakfast I spotted a little again. But all through today it's been pretty minor to none. So hopefully this is subsiding.
Although again with the symptoms, I was able to eat some pizza and salad at lunch today with no nausea issues. I'm not sure though if it was my new found friend Gatorade or just the fact that my symptoms are subsiding. All last night I dreamt of the drink and I thought this morning, I'm going to get me some of that! It's a little lemony and helps with the stomach while hydrating and after doing some research this morning on dr. google found that some drs recommend it to their patients. So although I'm not drinking it solely as my main form of hydration, I have been sipping on a cup today at work and it seems to have worked like a charm. Unless of course my symptoms are just diminishing, which is very possible as well.
Some more symptoms I forgot to list yesterday: (more for my on ease of mind than anything)
- Breast tenderness - still a little bit but comes and goes. I honestly didn't have breast tenderness at all with my first non-progesterone pregnancy so I'm thinking this is just the progesterone.
- Gassy - I have been very burpy lately and never usually have to burp.
- Constipated - still am from day one although I've been eating lots of fruit so it's not downright as terrible as I know it can be. Sorry for the tmi.
- fatigue update - not as fatigued today as I have been but that might be because I've stepped up the sleep to 10 hours since I'm training someone at work and I obviously can't fall asleep on the job. So we'll see how that goes.
- Ligament pain - had one major one this morning when I got up and that was pretty much all day.
And this morning I smelled waffles in my bathroom. Although none were actually cooking. Hmmm. At least the smell selection is getting better.
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Gatorade got me through my first - and very very sick - trimester. I heart Gatorade!
My RE cautioned me that half of all pregnancies experience some kind of spotting/bleeding, so it is somewhat normal. Of course, this is no help to someone who has experienced m/cs. He said to lie down and drink lots of water (G8torade) if this happens. And call in if it lasted from more than 24 hour straight. Anyway. Hope that helps alleviate a smidgen of your worries. Have my fingers crossed for you...
I drank a lot of gatorade in the beginning, too! I thought it really helped.
Glad the spotting is diminishing, but I know it's still a long way to Friday. I don't know how to make the time pass quicker--Olympics? Movies? I rent tv series on DVD when I need to get through something, because as soon as one ep is done, you can put in the next. Very distracting. Can go on for hours and hours. We got through two seasons of Lost in the first few weeks of this pregnancy. I should really name the baby Sawyer in honor of that time.
Writing letters to the baby sounds more wholesome and appealing, though!
Thinking of you.
Its a good thing that the spotting is diminishing and the other symptoms sound very promising to me.
Praying with my fingers crossed for the ultrasound!
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