Deja Vu

It happened again. I woke up this morning to find bright red streaks on the toilet paper. Ugh. I wasn't quite as freaked out as last time, but it's still unnerving. Drew assured me it was no big deal and within a couple of hours it had pretty much stopped, but I called my doctor anyway. My next apt. isn't until July 1 and if nothing else, perhaps the Dr. could give me some reassurance as we head into the weekend. They were fabulous and told me to come right over. (These are the times being right across the street from my doctor comes in handy!) I knew in my heart everything was going to be fine, but I didn't want to pass up the chance to make sure.

My heart was right. And the images I saw on the sonogram this time were even more amazing than I imagined! He/she really looks like a baby now and was literally bouncing around! At one point I saw him/her kick her legs out. I don't think the ultrasound technician noticed the tear that snuck down my cheek. The heartbeat was normal, size measured just right for 11 weeks and my cervix is totally closed. All good news. The placenta is sitting a little low in the uterus right now, which isn't a huge cause for concern - especially this early, but something they are going to keep an eye on at the 20 week scan. Otherwise everything was perfect. Once again, the bleeding was just "one of those things".

Stastically, I'm now at a 2% chance of miscarriage per the doctor. And to be honest, I'm not sure if it ever gets any lower than that. Not bad odds...maybe I'll finally relax one of these days! I'm holding out for 1 more week - for some reason 12 weeks along feels like the right time - and then I'm going public with my extended family and my colleagues at work.

The pictures didn't scan so well this time, but here's a peek at our little guy/girl today. The top photo is all baby. The bottom photo had the tech cracking up. This was when he/she kicked and the pointy looking thing on the bottom left (I know...sort of impossible to see on this scanned version) is a baby butt! I will resist the urge to add a sound byte from Sir Mix a Lot's "Baby Got Back" but feel free to sing along in your head.