Update

I had another ultrasound alittle over a week ago which revealed that the tear is still there. It hasn't yet begun to reasborb, however it is now a hematoma which is a bruise so there is no new bleed which means no new tearing and I haven't had any bleeding since that day. I have a repeat ultrasound on June 26th to check the hemorrhage again. My mid-wife tells me it could take up to 2-3 months to completely heal. The really goods news is that the baby is completely healthy with a strong h/b of 151 the day of the u/s and the placenta is completely attached to the uterine wall which is a very good thing. Hopefully my next ultrasound will reveal a partially reabsorbed and shrinking subchorionic hemorrhage/hematoma. Here are my recent ultrasound pics. I am leaving out the between the legs shot until my next appt confirms the sex of the baby, but we have a pretty good idea what this new baby is going to be. Any guesses?

Happy 6th Birthday!

We love you Adam, aka "Mr. Steven"! Happy Birthday dude!!

Subchrionic hemorrhage?

This is what I was diagnosed with via ultrasound on Monday April 30th, after I awoke at 2:30 in the morning with a gush of blood. I thought I was loosing the baby so naturally I was a nervous wreck. My midwife scheduled an ultrasound later that morning which revealed a very healthy 11wk 1 day old fetus, (which put me alittle farther along then expected) with a strong h/b of 167 bpm. We were very pleased to see our baby moving around and nowhere near fetal demise. The cause of the bleed was a subchrionic hemorrhage which basically means a blood vessel ruptured putting an 8cm by 5cm gap between the placenta and uterine wall, which is wear it is supposed to attach itself. The good news is that this is a very common occurance in pregnant women and since my body went to work right away and clotted, I didn't loose that much blood and now the placenta can reattach itself and absorb the blood clot that formed. It may take a few weeks to months to completely heal so I have been ordered light duty, no pulling, pushing or lifting until I heal. I go in for a repeat ultrasound in 4 weeks to make sure my body is healing properly. I haven't had any bleeding since then so I guess that is good news for me. If I where further along in the pregnancy my diagnosis would have been placental abruption. I am praying that doesn't happen which could lead to preterm labor. I know that God has his hands around me and I am feeling all the prayers on my behalf. Here is the u/s pic of our little peanut #5.