Had a wee scare Monday. In the spirit of telling all on the internets, I shall spill it!
We stopped home for a quick snack and toilet break in between a park trip with friends and mini-pear's science class. There! In my undies! Something no pregnant lady wants to see! The least of my worries was having ruined a favorite pair of undies. No, I hadn't shit myself - although I suppose I was metaphorically doing so as I called my doctor's office, blurting to the receptionist, "My discharge is pink and brown!"
Super-receptionist got super-nurse on the phone, who asked me a few questions, "Did I feel any abdominal cramps? (No) How long had this been going on? (I suppose there was a 3 hour window in which it had started.)
She said she'd speak to my doctor and call me back about coming in to check things out. I drove mini-pear to her class, came home to an empty house and bit my nails a bit. Super-nurse called back, "Was I still actively discharging anything? (No) Still no cramping? (Yep) Let's see how things look in the morning, and if you want to, you can come in and we'll take a look at everything. (Okay)
In the meantime, I alleviated my fears where else? On the internet. While it's certainly alarming, there are various reasons one might spot during pregnancy, and while, yes, this could indicate the worst possible scenario it could also indicate absolutely nothing at all. I also remembered that with mini-pear, I'd actually thought I was starting a period at one point. Funny how something that seemed pretty devastating at the time could fade almost completely from memory.
So yesterday afternoon, my doctor cleared some time for me to come in and take a look at everything. All's well. Baby alive and bouncing around in such a way that I was both immediately reassured and worried for the future of our relatively calm, quiet household. I could almost hear the future whispers of well meaning friends and family members, "This one literally bounces off the walls. Don't the poor dears have their hands full!"
Worry for naught, I think it might be a good time to stop talking about slowing down and taking it easy and actually do so. Mini-pear and I had a good chat about her calendar and what activities we could cut back on and I'm calling to see if I can cancel the class I'd signed up for before staying up until 9 PM became a virtual impossibility.
Maybe we could get out that way sometime....so you can cut back on all your driving. Let us know when you have a free day and we'd be happy to come out, especially with this lovely weather (we're a little down today, however...just some little colds or something...I hope it wasn't that creek water!)
Posted by: Mandy | February 27, 2008 at 01:16 PM
That post took me through a roller coaster of emotions for you! Im so glad everything is okay.
Posted by: Kate | February 28, 2008 at 10:00 PM