Hello to all the mummies,
Sorry for the long laspe in the forum.
I had a very frightful experience again last wednesday. I was having dinner as it was my hubby's godma's birthday. I felt discomfort at the side, my back was aching and I just could not sit still. Shortly when the food arrived, I felt wet between my legs, so I went to the toilet to check.
What I saw next, I hope none of you fellow mummies have to experience. It was fresh red blood on my panty. This was not the brownish stains u get from spotting. I was bleeding..
All sorts of thoughts ran thru my head, the worst possible scenerio was that I had lost my baby.
I left my husband's godma and family bewildered at the restaurant and told my husband to find me any gynae that was still open at that time. It was 8.30pm. I could not stop crying or shaking.
I managed to find a clinic which was closing at 9pm and thank god we were the last patients. The nurse took my blood pressure but becoz I was such a wreck, my blood pressure had a very high reading on 151. The nurse made me re-take the blood pressure for another 3 more times, each time asking me if I had hyper tension or high blood pressure.
You can imagine my anxiety and fear of wanting to see the gynae fast and finding out if my baby is ok. When I finally got to see gynae, he checked a few things.
1. If bleeding is continuous, flowing down the leg kind. If it had blood clots or flesh bits?
2. If the cervix was open? If it was, chances are to safe the baby would be impossible.
3. If I was having polyps? As that could cause the bleeding.
I only heaved a sigh of relief when he did a v scan and showed me my round sac and fetus and let me hear the strong heart beat of my baby.
He could not explain why I had bled so suddenly, except that maybe the uterus is detaching itself from the lining. I was given an injection and 2 days MC. I was told not to have sexual intercourse either.
I hope my sharing will encourage you ladies to take very good care of yourselves especially now in the first 3 months. The gynae showed me a newspaper cutting which showed that 1 in 5 babies are lost thru miscarriage in the first 3 months.
So eat well and rest well. btw my EDD has changed again 6 Feb 09 and I have not decided on a gynae yet. I was so shaken that I did not make any booking for my next appt.
I am just very thankful my baby is safe within me now.