11-3-2010 - 9 Weeks - we have movement

My mood while writing this blog: Sooooo relieved!

Despite spotting 3 days in a row and all the intense cramping I had last week, I am happy to report that the little one is alive and well and looking good!! I am 8w5d, but the baby is measuring ahead 2 days at exactly 9 weeks.

My doctor said the baby was really moving around, but every time he turned the monitor towards me and DH, the little stinker would stop moving. Nice strong heartbeat around 170 bpm and we could start to see arms and legs, how cool! I have no placental separation, doctor said we could do the horizontal mambo again, but I'm not sure I'm ready for that as long as I'm still spotting. I think DH is just gonna have to be disappointed a little longer. I'm still going to take it easy and if I'm hurting or cramping, I'm resting and that's all there is to it.

The doctor read through all the bazillion tests I had done and didn't find anything of too much concern. One of the lupus tests came back slightly abnormal, but not enough for him to be concerned. I did also test positive for one copy of a blood clotting gene mutation, but doctor said I needed 2 copies to have a problem and my homocysteine levels were normal, which is good. I'm going to start back up on the baby aspirin for now.

My next milestone is making it past the next few weeks, which is when I lost the last baby.

I'm sorry I didn't respond to each and every one of your encouraging and thoughtful comments on my last blog, but I really appreciated having so many wonderful ladies rooting us on and hoping for the best. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.