Oh what a (SCARY) night!

So Friday after work, DH and I had plans to go to dinner with my parents. We met them at a restaurant at about 8pm, and enjoyed a nice dinner.

Afterwards, we were going to go to a friends house for awhile. DH was dropping me off at our apartment to use the bathroom and change my clothes. He was going around the block to his mom's house to let the dogs out.

As I was getting out of the car, I coughed and felt a gush. I knew right away what it was.
I told DH- "I think i'm bleeding" and he said "you probably peed yourself," and laughed.
He left and I ran in the house, threw all my stuff on the floor and went in the bathroom. I pulled my pants down and sure enough, my panty liner and underwear was full of bright red blood. I freaked.

First I called DH to have him come back home. Then I called my parents panicking to them and hysterical. DH came home and after a few minutes- we left for the ER. I wanted to kill him because before we left he had to use the bathroom. Then we had to stop for gas. Like- could there be a more inconvenient time??

Anyway-we got to the hospital and my parents, sister and brother-in-law all met us there. I got signed in, my vitals were taken and I registered for insurance reasons. I only had to wait about 5 minutes before being taken to triage. I was brought into a gynecology exam room and changed into a gown. After about a half hour of complete disbelief, crying, losing hope, restoring hope, shivering, exhaustion and some more bleeding- a doctor came in to do the exam. He used a speculum and determined there was no blood in the cavity and my cervix was closed. He asked my history and what meds I was on.

He left and another man came in and took blood, put in a needle for the IV and then left again. After this I was brought to a curtained room in triage. So far everything seemed okay- but I still hadn't gotten a sonogram. After another 15 minutes or so of waiting- a woman came in to bring me to the sonography room. At this time I had another gush of blood and it was all over my legs and my hand. The sonographer gave me a wet paper towel and I wiped off my hand and cleaned myself up at best I could. Then- off we went.

She told DH that he couldn't come and he was really upset about that. I was, too, because if I was miscarrying- I was gonna need the support. I asked her to please let him come and she said he can walk over there and wait in the waiting room outside the room. I still wasn't happy with that but it was better than nothing.

We went in the room and she gave me this big cushion to put under my butt. Then it was time to find out where we were at. At first she didn't say anything at all. I finally asked if she saw anything and she said- "yes- the baby is fine." I cannot even describe the relief I felt at that moment. She let me see the screen even though she isn't supposed to, and the little heart was beating away. For the next half hour, while my poor husband was probably freaking out in the waiting room, she checked everything else out. She determined also that my cervix was closed and there was fluid in the cul-de-sac. (I learned later that is the area behind your uterus) She then gave me a wet towel to clean myself up better, gave me a new sheet since mine had blood on it, and wheeled me out. I gave DH the thumbs up and told him the baby was fine- and he ran off to tell everyone. He was soooo relieved.
I knew we weren't out of the woods yet, though, because the last time I miscarried I saw the heartbeat and then the next day it was gone. I still felt better, though.

After all of this, I had another pelvic exam done by the resident from my new OB's office- and he determined the same thing the other doctor did. All I had to do now was wait for the beta to come back, which finally did at about 3 in the morning. 67,000- very good. We left the hospital and got home at about 3:30 am.

5 hours later we were up and on our way to the RE's office for more bloodwork and another sonogram. The nurse did a pelvic exam and the sono. Pelvic exam showed a little bit of staining in the vagina but no active bleeding. Sono showed that the baby was still there- heartbeat still beating away. The nurse said there looked to be blood in the uterus, but hopefully is shouldn't affect the baby- but I should expect to have more bleeding. Needless to say I am relieved- and terrified. I am so afraid of losing this baby.

The nurse called later on and my beta was 20,000 higher than 8-9 hours before, which is good, and the RE switched me from progesterone suppositories to PIO injections. Not fun- but i'm willing to do anything.

I spent the rest of the weekend barely moving off of the couch, and the bleeding has stopped almost completely, with just a brown smidge here and there. That I can handle. I haven't really had any cramping except for the occasional one, and this morning I woke up with cramps, but I think they were stomach cramps. Sadly, I can't tell the difference anymore. They have been coming and going, so I am praying they don't mean anything.

Tomorrow is my first OB appointment. I'm hoping beyond hope that everything is still okay.