Had my ob appointment today. Seems the spotting "could" be something of an issue
Turns out I have a low lying placenta this time around. Currently completely covering the cervix. I can either spot again, which won't be so much of an issue, or I could have a complete bleed. If I do bleed, it's straight into hospital admittance to try and hang on to baby for as long as possible, staying there until baby can safely be born, blood transfusions for me if needed.
I'm not allowed to pick up DD or lift anything. Not allowed to fall over (had a giggle at that one). No sex.
Have already put a few things in place with mum. I drive a AWD, so I can't get away with not picking DD up to put her in the car, so if I need to go out, mum will be with me to help with DD. Unless DD miraculously learns to climb in and out of the car herself, but encouragement has yet to provide a result there. We're going to cook up on the weekends and freeze our meals so I just have to do the bare minimum during the week. DH will do the washing on the weekends and housework too I guess.
I feel really sad. DD's pregnancy was riddled with worry and "what ifs" and now I'm right back there. Seems I wasn't built to do this. The ob was great, he always is and said we're looking at worst case scenario, which I understand. But the fact that there has been spotting already has us all worried. Ob would love it if we got to 30 weeks, said he would be very comfortable delivering then, should it be needed. I'm hoping that we get through it all and deliver a full term baby, like DD ended up being. I don't have mum around from end of April until early June as she's away, so we've got that obstacle to get through as well.
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