Pregnancy Update..

I am now 16 weeks along. Some of you already know I've been having some weird things happening with my left leg. I thought I tore my Achilles Tendon about a month ago but didn't think it was bad enough to see a doctor. I kept ice on it and elevated it when possible, but it continued to get worse each day. I also started noticing bumps on my calf the size of a dime to a quarter that were hard and red and were painful like bruises. At first I thought they were bug bites of some sort, but they didn't itch. They seemed to multiply each day and I started noticing them hurting more when my Achilles hurt. That seemed really odd.

I was scheduled for a maternity appointment Feb 4th so I was trying to wait until then to ask the doctor about it, but a few nights ago the pain was unbearable and to the point I could not rest my leg comfortably to sleep. I was up all night painfully tossing and turning and trying not to go crazy. I got up the next morning and noticed the skin on my leg felt very tight and almost swollen, but couldn't really see any swelling. I did some research on the internet and found some things that really scared me so I decided to see the doctor this morning. It only took one look from my doctor to tell me I had blood clots. A LOT of them!!! (12 this morning, now up to 14 and counting) About an hour later he sent me over for an ultrasound (where we got to sneak a peek at our super cute teeny tiny healthy baby _____! yeah, so exciting!) to check and see the severity and depth of the clots. If they are surface clots, I will be ok just taking some aspirin and keeping heat on it. If they are deep clots, then I will have to be put on a blood thinner that can only be injected... EVERY DAY FOR THE REST OF MY PREGNANCY!! :(

I absolutely hate needles and really can't see myself being able to inject MYSELF twice a day. SO, please keep your toes and fingers crossed that these clots are only on the surface and will be easily managed with mild medicine (taken orally).

We will find out the results some time tomorrow. I will keep you posted!

Xoxo.

p.s. I also have a bladder infection, which seems inevitable with my bladder that doesn't enjoy being pregnant in the first place...remember last time? ugh!

BRING IT ON!

no, don't, i was kidding, please go away! :)



Our little Frankenstein....


Anyone wanna guess what we're having???
:D