rickip
07-29-2009, 12:52 PM
I was diagnosed with a subchorionic bleed, a blood clot on the placenta. I posted about it but nobody must be familiar with this bit of craziness...
Basically it's like if you hit your fingernail and got a clot under the nail. MOST of the time they resolve themselves, like literally 97-99% of the time. So why should I be nervous? Because nurse had said just take it easy, no heavy lifting, no sex, until OB could call me back (I had u/s Friday) and he called back today: No lifting even my kids, not even a 12-pack of soda, no vacuuming, no mopping, no sex, rest reclining a lot... follow-up ultrasound in 2-3 weeks.
Besides my poor DH having no nookie and having to pick up all the slack in the housework (he works outside, LONG hours,) part of me is going, why all this strict instructions if it almost always self-resolves? Or maybe that's if you put yourself on bedrest. Anyway, I have 6yo, 3yo, and nursing 19mo, this is logistically very difficult, and now I'm worried about this pregnancy. Part of me just wants, if this is going to happen, that I'd just miscarry right away so I can stop worrying? I don't know, this is all completely new territory for me.
Basically it's like if you hit your fingernail and got a clot under the nail. MOST of the time they resolve themselves, like literally 97-99% of the time. So why should I be nervous? Because nurse had said just take it easy, no heavy lifting, no sex, until OB could call me back (I had u/s Friday) and he called back today: No lifting even my kids, not even a 12-pack of soda, no vacuuming, no mopping, no sex, rest reclining a lot... follow-up ultrasound in 2-3 weeks.
Besides my poor DH having no nookie and having to pick up all the slack in the housework (he works outside, LONG hours,) part of me is going, why all this strict instructions if it almost always self-resolves? Or maybe that's if you put yourself on bedrest. Anyway, I have 6yo, 3yo, and nursing 19mo, this is logistically very difficult, and now I'm worried about this pregnancy. Part of me just wants, if this is going to happen, that I'd just miscarry right away so I can stop worrying? I don't know, this is all completely new territory for me.