Update from the ER

I'm sitting in the ER again waiting for the okay to leave, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to update this blog. I know it's been a while.

Before you get too worried you should know that everything is okay. I came in around noon because I had a little spotting after I peed. Any sign of bleeding is a red flag for me (no pun intended), so I drive down to the ER. Well, first I checked the babies heartbeat with the at home Doppler a friend gave me, and though I was happy to see a rate around 140 I still thought I should head to the hospital. At my 16 week OB appointment yesterday the heartbeat was above 160.

Honestly, by the time I got myself into the waiting room I was pretty much panicking. Danny came down from work to be with me though, which was awesome.

I got some blood drawn and a pelvic exam, but I'm still waiting to get the lab results. I also got some fluids, and they did an ultrasound. They said there was no sign of bleeding, my cervix is completely closed, and on the ultrasound the baby was moving around and looked really good. Danny even saw the face! He said it looked like every other baby.

Unfortunately the Dr couldn't tell us the sex, but I think it might be a girl because I didn't see anything! Maybe it's just wishful thinking. The good news is that next week Danny's parents are taking us to an ultrasound studio to get a gender screening done. Look for an update on Monday, we should know the sex at that point!

I'm really hungry, but I can't leave the ER yet because my blood pressure is too low. 80 something over 50 something. I might need some more fluids. It looks like I'm still not hydrated enough. Also; I'm still waiting on those lab results....

-Rachel (Sent from my iPhone)

UPDATE:
Lab results were all normal, my blood pressure went back to normal. They sent me up to the real OB who did a vaginal ultrasound to check and see if my cervix had opened or thinned out at all. She said it all looked good, cervix was closed and about 4cm thick. They want it to be at least 3cm, so mine was awesome! Still couldn't tell us the gender though.