Sharing a story of hope! Bleeding AND low heart rate

Since so many women have helped me through very scary and stressful times during my short time being pregnant, felt like it’d be good to share the same.

A couple of weeks ago, I had very heavy bleeding (And that was in between constant brown spotting). It was the deep red that everybody talks about and had huge clots. Everything you’d never want to see. That Saturday I rushed to the ER, pretty much expecting the worst. When the tech did the ultrasound they saw a sac but no baby and said that I was 5 weeks and 3 days pregnant. Well that was nearly impossible in my mind because my LMP has me closer to 7 weeks.

They sent me home with the message “there’s nothing we can do now since it’s so early. You’ll have to wait and see what happens.” So I went home that night probably the most scared I’ve been in my life.

By the Monday after the ER, I was bleeding again and heavy. Same clotting... everything. I called my primary Dr. and they fit me in early for a Wednesday appt.

On Wednesday, they performed a transvaginal ultrasound literally to do a confirmation of miscarriage. Then, on the screen there was something that didn’t look like just a sac anymore. The tech said “did you see a baby when you went to the ER?” No, I hadn’t. She told me there was a baby now. Only the baby had a heart rate of 76 BPM and was measuring “small” from my LMP. I was now measuring 5 weeks 5 days. They told me that we’d have to wait and see what happens and to come back in a week.

Well a week was this last Wednesday. When they did the ultrasound, we saw a baby that had grown to 6 weeks and 6 days with a heart rate of 118. The Dr. was thrilled and said “let’s chalk it up to your dates being off.” The spotting stopped on Wednesday too (3 weeks total of it).

Not completely in the clear yet, but for all those ladies out there that are researching on the verge of tears or an anxiety attack, know that regardless of all the research you do, miracles can happen. ❤️

From this point on, I’ve decided to free my mind of worry and put the rest in God’s hands. For women that are going through similar situations, don’t lose hope. 🙏🏻