So, it’s Monday evening, and it’s been a long day. I called the OB office first thing this morning, and they rescheduled my appointment to this morning at 10:30 as I was still spotting, and also having some cramps. I started having some vague discomfort in the area of my right ovary, which for me isn’t unusual, but together with the spotting it made me nervous. I had to have a bowel movement this morning around 9:30, and I became VERY nervous when I had a few drops of bright red blood with it. THIS freaked me out, because I was having cramps as well.
10:30 comes around, and I had my appointment, which left me underwhelmed to say the least. The NP I saw is one I’ve seen before, and she dresses far too casual for me to consider her a professional. Today she had on knit palazzo pants that looked like grey cutoff sweats, and flip flops. I told her everything that had been going on, and she did an internal exam and also took some vaginal cultures to see if I have an infection that might be the cause of the spotting. She said my cervix was “nice and closed” which was a good sign. She also said my cervix looked easily irritated which could’ve been the explaination for the bright red blood when I pooped earlier.
I was done there by 11:15 or so, after having my blood drawn, but I wasn’t able to have a sonogram until 3 p.m. They had to do an internal vaginal ultrasound, which wasn’t painful but it did make the cramping worse. Basically I don’t kjnow anything other than the gestational sac measured 4W5d, and they didn’t see a fetal pole. The tech told me this isn’t uncommon with me being as early as I am although I’m not that reassured because the websites I’ve been frequenting say there should be something there on ultrasound.
The nurse/phlebotomist (I forget what she is officially) called me around 4:30 to tell me my hcg level was in the 8,200 range but the idiot didn’t even run the results by the NP I saw before she called me. When I asked her if this means things appear normal she had to go and ask. The NP had her tell me my levels are right where they should be. Unfortunately, I really don’t know anything else at this time and it’s extremely frustrating. I’m a nurse, I know how things work, so I’m hopeful to have some of my dozen or so questions answered tomorrow, specifically what the next step is. From the research I did online, the recommended thing is to repeat the ultrasound in 3-7 days, since the fetal pole wasn’t visualized.
I also need to know what I should or shouldn’t be doing, activity-wise. I’m taking tomorrow off, but my main goal other than relaxing is to get some damn sleep. I only managed about 5 hours this morning, and between that and the stress I was exhausted much of the day. I did get some sleep when I finally got home after the podiatrist appointment. I’d like to know if I can take a shit without causing bleeding, and the fact that I have to worry about this makes me crazy. I’d also like to know I can have sex again some time this year.
It’s about 12:30 a.m., and for now the cramps and the spotting have stopped. I’m cranky tonight though, because my significant other has been somewhat of an ass, while trying to be funny and joking. We finished watching the 6th season of MASH tonight, and now he’s engrossed in his computer while I’m typing this. I think my plan is to take my mp3 player upstairs and try to get some sleep.
