Around 6:00 this morning, Caitlin called crying. She went to the bathroom and wiped....red blood was on the toilet paper. Of course her first thought was a miscarriage. By the time Joe made it back from his trip into work and I made my way over to her, she had pinkish/brown left when she wiped. To play it safe, we decided to take her to the emergency room to get checked out.
A few good signs....not bleeding bright red anymore, no pain, no cramping, and her cervix is closed. Next steps were to check her HCG numbers and do an ultrasound. The doctor said he didn't expect to see a gestational sac since she is so new into the pregnancy, but maybe something would show up and explain the bleeding.
Since we didn't have her HCG results back from yesterday, we were guessing that her numbers should be around 600 this time, since they were 221 on Tuesday. They took Caitlin down for the ultrasound. Of course no gestational sac showed up....No surprise there, but her right ovary's blood vessels looked enlarged. Maybe an ovarian cyst? Or maybe a simple broken blood capillary near the cervix? They really didn't give her a definitive answer. I do remember hearing her being wheeled back down the hall to our room with Joe and Caitlin in good spirits........As soon as she was wheeled into the room, she proudly announced that she had ROCK STAR HCG numbers of 910!!! Even though she had some blood this morning....all signs are pointing to a good pregnancy right now.....even with the brown, old blood showing up each time she goes to the bathroom when she wipes. :-( The doctor did tell Caitlin that it is more common than some may think to have some bleeding during pregnancy...especially in the 1st trimester. Saying many prayers!
Yesterday's HCG number came in at 546! (16 hours later it was 910). She is suppose to get her blood drawn again on Sunday morning and see the OB on Monday at 9:00am. He may do another ultrasound at that time to see if something shows up. On Monday, she should be 4w6d (since she ovulated late) .... the OB has her dated two days ahead 5w1d according to LMP. She may still be to early in the pregnancy to see anything on the ultrasound. We are praying that her HCG is at least 1820 from Sunday's blood draw!
By the way, I told my mom (Caitlin's grandma) what happened today, she told me that she experienced the same thing for the first 3 months when she was pregnant with me and I turned out to be just fine! So here's to thinking only positive thoughts from here on out!
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