I’m sorry for the delay on the rest of our Infertility Journey! The last bit of my pregnancy was rough to say the least! But all worth it now that he’s here and we have a healthy perfect baby boy!
When I turned 11 weeks pregnant we had just taken our announcement pictures and were just about ready to announce we were pregnant. I woke up that morning and felt a little crampy but I had been crampy on and off the whole time so I didn’t think much of it. I went to work and at about 9:30 I felt like I had to pee so I got up and immediately felt weird. I went to the bathroom and noticed I was bleeding bright red blood. I just remember my whole body going numb and calling Stephen. He too freaked out and I called the doctor and they made me come in for an ultrasound. I cried the whole way there because I was terrified I was miscarrying. They immediately did bloodwork to test my HCG levels again to make sure they hadn’t dropped and then did an internal ultrasound.
The doctor scanned my uterus back and forth for a few minutes and then discovered I had a pocket of blood inside my uterus. I had started to wean off my medicine and once you do that you can develop blood pockets. I immediately felt some relief that I wasn’t miscarrying and that the baby was ok, but still concerned as to what this meant. They put me back on my progesterone injections for a few more days and put me on bed rest for 2 days. I went back a few days later and all was good! Thank gosh!
Our IVF doctor continued to monitor me up until I was 13 weeks and then released me to my OBGYN, Dr. Mauney. This was a surreal feeling. We finally made it out of the danger zone for miscarrying and the nerves settled a bit. Leaving our IVF doctor and nurses was so hard, they got us through the roughest time in our life and made our miracle baby a reality. We are forever grateful for all of them.
Once we started seeing my OB things started to feel normal, which is something we hadn’t felt up until this point. It was so nice to be completely off meds and to feel like this was a normal pregnancy. We had the normal amount of check ups and scans just like everyone else! For me, being pregnant felt like the biggest blessing god had bestowed upon me. I woke up every day thankful for this sweet baby inside of me.
We found out at our gender reveal at 16 weeks that we were having a BOY! I don’t think anything could have been more perfect for Stephen. As much as he didn’t care what we were having I knew that this was going to be so fun for him to have a boy.
My whole pregnancy really was a breeze, up until about 36 weeks. I started having swelling and really bad side pains that weren’t going away. My doctor sent me to the triage at labor and delivery to get checked out. They admitted me for contractions and because the baby’s heart rate dropped dramatically every time I would contract and also for my pain. They did lots of tests and blood work and couldn’t figure it out. Finally they did an ultrasound on my kidneys and found that I had multiple kidney stones in each kidney. They sent me home to pass the kidney stones on my own, and let me tell you… I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. After about 2 days I passed the stones and started to feel better.
Next post I will take you through my final doctor appointment and our surprise induction! And you won’t have to wait so long next time!! Lol
Xoxo,
Macey
Macey Buquoi 