06.16.07
Baby Update
Thank you so much, everyone, for your prayers! I started bleeding a third time Monday morning, but it was very scant and brownish, so we decided to just stay in bed and hold off going to the doctor to see what developed. When it hadn’t stopped by Tuesday, we called the English-speaking head nurse, which is what we’d been told to do first if I had a problem. She said we didn’t really need to worry, but since I was close to time for my check-up, anyway, to go ahead and come in that afternoon.
The doctor announced that the baby is fine, developing normally for dates, and looks pretty healthy - especially considering all that has happened. He also was able to check the problem area in the placenta via. ultrasound and declared that it is no longer a problem and we are out of danger for the time being. It seems that the tear is near the top of my uterus, so some blood from the earlier tears was trapped inside and is now slowly working its way out. I have been allowed off of bed-rest (with some restrictions - mostly common-sense) and also been cleared to go back to work in the fall unless something else happens in the mean-time. However, I have also been warned that there is a good chance that the problem will repeat itself. Therefore, I’ll have to be careful and watch for symptoms for the remainder of the pregnancy.
Right now, we are praising God that the crises is over for now, and that both baby and I seem to have come through in good condition. With the tear near the top and blood trapped inside, things could have gone very badly (we might not have known there was a problem until it was too late to do anything, or until I was very sick) - so we are thankful for God’s protection.